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G-20 Leaders Kick off Stormy Summit
The AFP reports: “The United States, striving to recover from its worst economic crisis in decades, locked horns anew with exporting giants China and Germany over a plan to rebalance skewed commerce between deficit and surplus countries. President Barack Obama, grafting to salvage a deal at the G20 after suffering an economy-linked drubbing in US elections last week, said his administration wanted to boost growth via ‘prudent’ economic policies. ‘I don’t think this is a controversial proposition.'”

South Korea And U.S. Fail To Resolve Trade Deal Row
Reuters reports: “The United States and South Korea failed on Thursday to revive a stalled free trade agreement, dealing a blow to both countries’ leaders and putting a brake on bilateral trade. President Barack Obama and South Korea’s Lee Myung-bak said negotiators would continue talks to address U.S. concerns that the deal does not do enough to open South Korean markets to U.S. beef and autos.”

Biden’s Day Ahead
Vice President Biden will host a Veterans Day Breakfast, at 8:45 a.m. ET at the White House. Afterwards, he will visit Arlington National Cemetery, and at 11 a.m. ET will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns. He will then deliver remarks at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery.

Report: Pentagon Reports Finds Minimal Risk To Ending DADT
The Washington Post reports: “A Pentagon study group has concluded that the military can lift the ban on gays serving openly in uniform with only minimal and isolated incidents of risk to the current war efforts, according to two people familiar with a draft of the report, which is due to President Obama on Dec. 1.”

Clinton To Meet Netanyahu
The AFP reports: “Ahead of the meeting, President Barack Obama and Clinton led global criticism of Israel’s latest plans to build 1,300 houses in occupied east Jerusalem, where the Palestinian wish to form the capital of their future state. Netanyahu dismissed the international response as ‘overblown,’ with his office saying on Tuesday there was ‘no connection between the peace process and the planning and building policies in Jerusalem.'”

Report: Pelosi Says Obama Must Be ‘Perfect’ To Win Again
Roll Call reports: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Democratic leaders Wednesday afternoon that President Barack Obama has to be “perfect” to win a second term, several senior Democratic aides told Roll Call. Pelosi told leaders on a conference call that Obama will have problems running for re-election because of the loss of governorships in Ohio, Pennsylvania and other states, several aides said. The soon-to-be-ex-Speaker also said House Democrats have many opportunities to take back 25 House seats and win back the majority, aides said.”

Dem Donors Split On 2012 Strategy
Politico reports: “With the White House giving a green light to more aggressive ad campaigns by Democratic independent groups, major liberal donors will meet in Washington next week to talk fund-raising strategies in the wake of the Republican landslide last week propelled in part by the GOP’s huge spending advantage in political advertising. The meeting comes as major Democratic donors have increasingly divided into two camps: those pushing to match Republican outside advertising efforts in 2012 and those who contend their side lacks the resources to level the playing field and would be better served funding more permanent intellectual infrastructure rather than political advertising.”

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