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The Note's Must-Reads for Friday, November 6, 2009

November 06, 2009 4:05 AM

The Note's Must-Reads are a round-up of today's political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com

Compiled by ABC News Desk Assistants KRISTEN RED-HORSE, PETER MARTINEZ, JAYCE HENDERSON, CLAUDIA MORALES, and CARRIE HALPERIN

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HEALTH CARE:

ABC News’ Devin Dwyer: “’Tea Partiers,’ House Republicans Rally Against Health Care Bill” LINK

ABC News’ Huma Khan: “AARP, AMA Endorse House Health Care Bill” LINK

ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos: “AARP Throws Its Weight Behind House Health Care Bill” LINK

ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos: “MoveOn to Fund Primary Challengers to Any Senator Who Blocks Up or Down Vote” LINK

The Wall Street Journal’s Naftali Bendavid: “Democrats Pose Health Bill Hurdle” LINK

The Wall Street Journal’s Naftali Bendavid and Janet Adamy: “Health Bill Garners Endorsements” LINK

The Washington Times’ Jennifer Haberkorn: “House leaders race to finish health care bill” LINK

USA Today's Kathy Kiely: "Obama to visit House on eve of weekend health vote" LINK

The New York Times’ Carl Hulse and David Herszenhorn: “House Democrats Seek Allies for Health Care Vote” LINK

The Washington Post’s Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery: “Democrats Wary of health-bill defections” LINK

Politico’s Chris Frates: “White House backs House bill” LINK

The Hill's Jared Allen: “Illegal immigration issue threatens healthcare vote” LINK

PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS ADMINISTRATION:

ABC News’ Sunlen Miller: “Obama Hosts Conference for Native American Leaders” LINK

ABC News’ Jake Tapper: “President Obama to Visit Walter Reed Friday” LINK

The Washington Times’ Joseph Curl: “Contrite Obama allocates 3 billion to Indian tribes” LINK

The Hill's Sam Youngman: “President offers condolences in Fort Hood shooting by Army major” LINK

USA Today's Staff & Wire Reports: "Obama promises Native Americans place on agenda" LINK

The Boston Globe's Political Notebook: "Obama to Native Americans: ‘You will not be forgotten’" LINK

Politico’s Carol E. Lee: “Obama to visit Walter Reed Friday” LINK

The Hill's Sam Youngman: “Obama delays meeting with House Dems until Saturday” LINK

ELECTIONS/DEMOCRATS/REPUBLICANS:

Bloomberg’s John McCormick: “Beating Obama in 2012 Draws Republicans to Plant Seeds in Iowa” LINK

Bloomberg’s Jonathan D. Salant: “Republican Wins May Make Democrats Cautious on Obama Agenda” LINK

Bloomberg’s James Rowley and Catherine Dodge: “Democrats Try to Shore Up Support as House Health Vote Nears” LINK

The Boston Globe's Political Intelligence: "Republican contenders lagging in early 2012 poll" LINK

The New York Daily News' Adam Lisberg: "Bill Thompson has no regrets about failed campaign; warns Mayor Bloomberg win was no 'mandate'" LINK

Politico’s Erika Lovley: “GOP’s special elections losing streak” LINK

Politico’s Nathan Daschle: “Lessons learned from gov. races” LINK

Politico’s John F. Harris and Alexander Burns: “Sen. Mark Warner: ‘We got walloped’” LINK

AFGHANISTAN:

The Wall Street Journal’s Yaroslav Trofimov: “Powerful Afghan Governor Challenges President” LINK

The Wall Street Journal’s Alan Cullison and Anand Gopal: “U.N. Dials Down Afghan Presence” LINK

The Los Angeles Times' Alexandra Zavis: “U.N. official admonishes Karzai to enact reforms” LINK

FOREIGN AFFAIRS/SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON:

Time Magazine's Joe Klein: "The State of Hillary: A Mixed Record on the Job" LINK

Time Magazine's Tony Karon: "In a Warning to Obama, Abbas Quits Palestinian Election" LINK

Politico’s Laura Rozen: “Five things learned from Hillary Clinton’s trip” LINK

CONGRESS:

ABC News’ Devin Dwyer: “Looking for a Bailout? Just Call Your Congressman” LINK

The Washington Post’s Neil Irwin, Dina ElBoghdady and Perry Bacon Jr.: “House votes to extend jobless benefits, expand home buyers’ tax credit” LINK

ECONOMY/TAXES/FINANCIAL REGULATION:

The Boston Herald’s Thomas Grillo: “Finance reform face-off” LINK

The Boston Globe's Megan Woolhouse: "Credit card firms hurry to raise rates" LINK

Time Magazine's Stephen Gandel: "Recession Dividend: A Boom in Corporate Tax Credits" LINK

The Boston Herald’s Jay Fitzgerald: “Congress renews tax credit” LINK

ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT:

The Washington Times’ Edward Felker: “Panel OKs climate-change bill without GOP” LINK

The New York Times’ John Broder: “Democrats Push Climate Bill Through Panel Without G.O.P. Debate” LINK

The Hill's Jim Snyder: “Republicans boycott, but Senate panel passes climate change” LINK

OTHER MUST-READS:

The Washington Times’ Stephen Dinan and S.A. Miller: “U.S. trials OK’d for 9/11 suspects” LINK

The Washington Times’ Jeffrey Anderson: “Fenty officials snub council on probe” LINK

The Boston Globe's Lisa Wangsness: "Patrick wraps up two-day visit to Washington" LINK

ABC NEWS VIDEOS:

“Congress' Moment of Silence for Fort Hood Victims” LINK

“President Addresses Ft. Hood Tragedy” LINK

“Rep. Hoekstra: 'Throw Out This Bill!'” LINK

“Obama Touts AARP Endorsement for House Health Care” LINK

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