Obamas' Uninvited Guests Prompt an Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — The Secret Service is investigating how a couple aspiring to be reality-show celebrities managed to appear at President Obama's first state dinner without being on the guest list, provoking questions about security at the White House.

Thanksgiving 2009  —  Hope you all have a wonderful holiday.  Keep our troops on the front lines and around the world in your prayers.  —  Video from the DFAC at COB Adder in Iraq:  —  Greetings from soldiers at COB Speicher:  —  Here is President Obama's proclamation.

Uh, oh - raw data in New Zealand tells a different story than the “official” one.  —  Reposted from TBR.cc Investigate magazine's breaking news forum:  —  New Zealand's NIWA accused of CRU-style temperature faking  —  The New Zealand Government's chief climate advisory unit NIWA is under fire …

China's backing on Iran followed dire predictions  —  Before Obama's visit, NSC warned leaders of Mideast turmoil  —  Two weeks before President Obama visited China, two senior White House officials traveled to Beijing on a “special mission” to try to persuade China to pressure Iran to give up its alleged nuclear weapons program.

Terror attack foiled as troops chase away man carrying bomb  —  Article's topics: Terrorism, Eilat, Sinai, Gaza  —  An IDF bomb squad detonated a 15-kilogram explosive seized during a search conducted along the Egyptian border on Thursday.  —  Late Wednesday night …

Comment Columnists / Lorrie Goldstein  —  Why ‘climategate’ won't stop greens

Emirate has a lot of explaining to do  —  It came in a short statement about the restructuring of Dubai World, one of the emirate's biggest and best-known companies, with the big news buried near the end.  —  But the decision to ask bondholders of the company and its most troubled subsidiary …

War build-up ‘left us scrabbling for smoking gun’, says Meyer  —  • Sir Christopher Meyer says plans to invade Iraq did not give time for weapons inspectors  —  • Meyer: ‘not clear if Blair signed in blood’ for invasion at George Bush's Texas ranch

Transcript: Health Care Debate  —  “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” with Sens. Nelson, Coburn, Reps. Wasserman Schultz and Blackburn  —  COBURN: Here's the question.  Here's the question we ought to be asking.  Do these recommendations make sense from a cost standpoint?

Obama issues special Hajj message to world's Muslims  —  (UPDATE: A news video update on the Hajj has been added below.)  —  Statement by the President on Hajj and Eid-ul-Adha, as provided by the White House  —  Michelle and I would like to send our best wishes to all those performing Hajj this year …