UPI Almanac for Saturday, July 25, 2009.

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KEY WEST, Fla., May 25 (UPI) -- Key West, Fla.'s so-called Little White House, now outfitted with a $300,000 air conditioning system, has invited President Barack Obama to stop by anytime.

WASHINGTON, March 4 (UPI) -- The appointment of Charles "Chas" Freeman to be chairman of the National Intelligence Council triggered alarms in Israel and among its friends in Washington. It was the selection of Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair -- and it is not subject to Senate ratification. Freeman does not believe Israel's and America's strategic interests are one and the same.

CHICAGO, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama reached into the heart of Texas for his U.S. trade representative nominee, former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Forget about love and the politics of hope: The Fear Factor trumps them every time.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The first day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver went exactly the way Barack Obama wanted it to -- and it was a catastrophe for him and his party.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Who did presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois choose as his running mate? Was it Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware or Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius? Or will it be some surprise dark horse?

UPI Almanac for Friday, July 25, 2008.