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STRIKE UP THE BAND:
Karzai inauguration planned
Afghan President Hamid Karzai's
inauguration to a second five-year term
will be held Thursday at his heavily
guarded palatial compound in Kabul.
Foreign dignitaries are expected to attend,
but the president's relationship with
world leaders has been rocky since his
fraud-torn election in August. Karzai's
Cabinet, including his brother, has been
accused of corruption and involvement
in the opium trade. President Obama,
meanwhile, has yet to announce how
many additional U.S. troops he intends to
deploy to Afghanistan to fight the growing
Taliban insurgency.
MUSADEQ SADEQ/AP FILE
CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY IMAGES
HEALTH CARE ON THE FLOOR: Senate to debate its bill
Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate hope to bring the Senate version of the health care reform bill to the floor this week, kicking off what is certain to be a long, difficult debate that may carry into next year. The
House of Representatives adopted its health care bill Nov. 7. But the Senate legislation is substantially different, and even if it earns 60 votes -- as it must to stop a GOP filibuster -- the two chambers will struggle to
merge the bills into something agreeable. President Obama has said he wants to sign a reform bill before the end of the year, but most observers say that is unlikely.
PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS/AP
FAR OVERSEAS: President Obama in China
President Obama will make his first visit to China this week, and the relationship between the
two world powers appears strong. That's not to say serious issues aren't on the agenda as
Obama meets with President Hu Jintao. Obama is expected to focus on three issues: China's
role in the global economic crisis, its efforts to curtail global warming and its efforts to
constrain nuclear proliferation, especially in Iran and North Korea.
DECISION TIME:
Montgomery
County weighs
I-270 widening
The Montgomery County
Council is expected to
formally vote Tuesday on
a plan to add reversible
high occupancy toll lanes
to parts of Interstate 270,
which would be funded
partially by the single
drivers who use them.
The widening project
would be supplemented
with rapid bus transit
-- called the Cor-
ridor Cities Transitway
-- though advocates of
light rail are still lobbying
to change the council's
mind. The vote is techni-
cally advisory only, as
the state will make the
final decision, but the
council's vote is likely to
carry great weight.
ANDREW HARNIK/EXAMINER FILE
WEEK AHEAD

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