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* Gay rights groups are launching a campaign to repeal "Don't Ask Don't Tell" after senior military leaders signaled their support for reversing the policy, the Washington Post reports.
* President Obama appears to be reeling back his cap-and-trade proposal, saying it may need to be separated from a more popular bill aimed at creating green jobs, according to the Wall Street Journal .
* A bipartisan push is underway in Congress to keep the trials of Guantanamo detainees out of domestic courts, AFP reports. The Obama administration plans to prosecute the accused 9/11 plotters in New York.
* Pharmaceuticals and health companies are dialing down their influence campaigns on the health care overhaul as they wait for Congress to act, the Associated Press notes.
-- Ambreen Ali, Congress.org
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