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The deadline for a deficit-cutting plan from the supercommittee is just two and a half weeks away. In the meantime, Defense Department officials and their advocates on Capitol Hill are scrambling to find ways to stave off mandatory cuts if the committee doesn't reach an agreement.

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President Obama will be addressing a house deeply divided when he goes before Congress Thursday night. Many fellow Democrats hope to hear a speech filled with bold proposals to rally a dispirited nation.

Republicans have their own plan which revolves largely around legislation to knock down new and proposed labor and environmental rules.

President Obama is upping the pressure on BP to create an independently-monitored escrow fund to handle claims by those affected by the Gulf oil spill.

While some question whether the administration can do this, Democrats on Capitol Hill are with him.

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