News for January 6, 2007
 Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., meets reporters outside the White House in Washington on Friday after attending a meeting between President Bush and members of Congress to discuss the president's revised Iraq strategy. (AP Photo) Sports
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President shuffles generals
U.S., Iraqi forces set offensive
Temple ETJ proposal takes chips off table
House Dems vote to control future tax breaks
American sailor rescued after three days adrift
Hiring, pay increase in December
WASHINGTON (AP) - Days from announcing an overhaul of Iraq strategy, President Bush on Friday encountered a wall of criticism of the U.S. troop escalation that is expected to be the centerpiece of his new war plan.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi forces backed by U.S. troops will begin a neighborhood-by-neighborhood assault on militants in the capital this weekend as a first step in the new White House strategy to contain Sunni insurgents and Shiite death squads, key advisers to the prime minister said Friday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Resurgent House Democrats voted Friday, their second day back in control, to block future tax cuts or benefit increases from being financed with dollars that swell the national deficit.
PUNTA ARENAS, Chile (AP) - An American sailor who spent three days adrift after a storm dashed his round-the-world voyage was headed toward land Friday after being rescued in treacherous waters off the southern tip of South America.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ending 2006 on a positive note, employers boosted hiring and fattened workers