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Obama faces showdowns on health, Afghanistan, jobs

Quick ReadTough decisions, showdown votes await Obama on health care, Afghanistan, jobs, banks

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip.

On Saturday, two days after his return to Washington, the Senate plans a make-or-break vote on his hard-fought plan to overhaul the nation's health care system. Obama also confronts a difficult choice on strategy and troop levels in Afghanistan, which will be criticized no matter what he...

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