• Gov. Bill Richardson to Be Named Obama's Commerce Secretary Wednesday
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• Florida's GOP Senator, Mel Martinez, not running for re-election in 2010, may quit early
• Government Accountability Office: the Bailout Isn't Being Policed Properly
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More below the heavy newsday fold…
• Gates: Military looking at quicker Iraq withdrawal
• Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism: "Weapon of mass destruction will be used in a terrorist attack somewhere in the world by the end of 2013"
• The Mumbai Massacre: Story behind the coordinated attacks more complicated than corporate press reports
• White House preparing health care bombshell with "right of conscience" rule
• California legislature may officially oppose Proposition 8
• Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism: "Weapon of mass destruction will be used in a terrorist attack somewhere in the world by the end of 2013"
• The Mumbai Massacre: Story behind the coordinated attacks more complicated than corporate press reports
• White House preparing health care bombshell with "right of conscience" rule
• California legislature may officially oppose Proposition 8
Lots more at the Newswire.