Obama tells agencies to save on travel, coffee mugs (Reuters)

OK, imagine you're the President of the United States.  You're finally back from a really embarrassing meeting with the President of Korea who tells you in no uncertain terms that the (relatively insignificant) changes you've demanded re: the US-Korea FTA are a complete non-starter.  So what's the first public thing you do on KORUS when you get back stateside?  Oh, of course, you meet with the one House group utterly opposed to the KORUS - and all other

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Reuters - President Barack Obama asked Congress on Friday for power to consolidate agencies that promote U.S.