<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"  xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>WCCO-TV - Minnesota's Breaking News, Video, Weather, Traffic and Sports</title><link>http://wcco.com/politics</link><description><![CDATA[WCCO-TV - Minnesota's Breaking News, Video, Weather, Traffic and Sports]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:55:28 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><atom:link href="http://wcco.com/politics/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Vows To Vigorously Pursue War On Terror]]></title><link>http://wcco.com/politics/barack.obama.afghanistan.2.775275.html</link><description><![CDATA[Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to
Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed leader and vowed to
pursue the war on terror "with vigor" if elected, an Afghan official
said.]]></description><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/barack.obama.afghanistan.2.775275.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:21:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rice Says Obama's Run 'Great For Our Country']]></title><link>http://wcco.com/politics/Condoleezza.Rice.Obama.2.775398.html</link><description><![CDATA[Condoleezza Rice says it's a remarkable accomplishment that a black
politician is on track for his party's presidential nomination. The secretary of state said Democrat Barack Obama's likely nomination shows the nation's progress in race relations.<br />									]]></description><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/Condoleezza.Rice.Obama.2.775398.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:22:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain Goes On Spending Binge Ahead Of Cap]]></title><link>http://wcco.com/politics/mccain.campaign.funds.2.775392.html</link><description><![CDATA[Faced with a spending cap for his fall campaign, Republican
presidential candidate John McCain is aggressively spending more money
than he is raising during summer months and methodically reducing his
cash reserves.									]]></description><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/mccain.campaign.funds.2.775392.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:46:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[German Paper, Al-Maliki At Odds Over Obama Quote]]></title><link>http://wcco.com/politics/der.spiegel.maliki.2.775368.html</link><description><![CDATA[A German magazine which published an interview with Iraqi Prime
Minister Nouri al-Maliki stating his support for presidential candidate
Barack Obama's proposed 16-month timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops
from Iraq is standing by its interview, despite statements issued by an
al-Maliki spokesman claiming he was "mistranslated."<br />									]]></description><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/der.spiegel.maliki.2.775368.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:30:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xcel To Hand Keys Over To RNC Planners Monday]]></title><link>http://wcco.com/politics/rnc.xcel.energy.2.775362.html</link><description><![CDATA[The keys to Xcel Energy Center are about to be handed over to Republican National Convention planners.									]]></description><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/rnc.xcel.energy.2.775362.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:19:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain A Second Fiddle To Giuliani At Yankees Game]]></title><link>http://wcco.com/politics/john.mccain.rudy.2.775417.html</link><description><![CDATA[With Democrat Barack Obama on the other side of the planet, Republican presidential candidate John McCain stayed closer to home Sunday, visiting Yankee Stadium with former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.]]></description><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/john.mccain.rudy.2.775417.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:33:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Backers Hopeful For Vote On Mental Health Bill]]></title><link>http://wcco.com/politics/mental.health.bill.2.775347.html</link><description><![CDATA[Proponents of mental health insurance long championed by the late Senator Paul Wellstone are hoping that Congress will finally pass the bill this week.									]]></description><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/mental.health.bill.2.775347.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gas Tax Holiday Idea Fizzles Over Job Losses]]></title><link>http://wcco.com/politics/gas.tax.holiday.2.775277.html</link><description><![CDATA[Despite calls from the presidential campaign trail for a Memorial
Day-to-Labor Day tax freeze, lawmakers quickly concluded -- with a prod
from the construction industry -- that having $9 billion less to spend
on highways could create a pre-election specter of thousands of lost
jobs.]]></description><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/gas.tax.holiday.2.775277.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:00:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Visits Troops And Officials In Afghanistan]]></title><link>http://wcco.com/politics/Foreign.Obama.Visits.2.775064.html</link><description><![CDATA[Barack Obama visited Saturday with U.S. troops and Afghan officials in
this war-weary nation, which is the focal point of his proposed
strategy for dealing with threats to the U.S. if elected president.									]]></description><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/Foreign.Obama.Visits.2.775064.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:29:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama In Afghanistan For Visit With Karzai]]></title><link>http://wcco.com/politics/obama.foreign.trip.2.774863.html</link><description><![CDATA[Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama started a campaign-season tour of combat zones and foreign capitals, visiting first with U.S. troops in Kuwait and then flying to Afghanistan - the scene of a war he says deserves more attention and more troops. ]]></description><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/obama.foreign.trip.2.774863.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:19:44 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>