APNewsBreak: Illinois Sen. Burris cites fundraising burden in declaring he won’t run in 2010CHICAGO — Embattled Illinois Sen. Roland Burris said Friday he won’t run for a full term in 2010, making official the end of a short Senate career clouded by questions about his appointment by disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Obama invoking ’state secrets’ privilege just as Bush didWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama’s most liberal supporters are dismayed and disgusted because his administration is invoking the “state secrets” privilege just as former President George W. Bush did to shield eavesdropping programs from public exposure. Senator in Obama’s vacated seat says he was asked for donationsWASHINGTON - Illinois Senator Roland Burris, who filled Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat last month, acknowledged in documents made public Saturday that the state governor’s brother sought donations from him. |