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Obama faces showdowns on health, Afghanistan, jobs - Yahoo! News
Obama faces showdowns on health, Afghanistan, jobs
By CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press Writer
1 hr 49 mins ago
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip. On Saturday, two days after his return to Washington, the Senate plans a make-or-break vote on his hard-fought plan to overhaul the nation's health care system. Obama also confronts a difficult choice on strategy and troop levels in Afghanistan, which will be criticized no matter what he decides.
His bid to re-regulate the financial industry faces stiff opposition in Congress. The decision to try high-profile terror suspects in federal courts has drawn withering Republican attacks. And he faces a problematic push by House Democrats for a new and costly jobs bill.
A president's job is always busy. But Obama's plate is piled so high that Thanksgiving seems to have come early at the White House....