The Note’s Must-Reads for Friday, October 16, 2009

The Note’s Must-Reads are a round-up of today’s political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com

Compiled by ABC News Desk Assistants PETER MARTINEZ, JAYCE HENDERSON, CARRIE HALPERIN, CLAUDIA MORALES and DOMINICK TAO

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HEALTH CARE:

The Associated Press: “Baucus predicts all Senate Dems will support health bill” LINK

The Associated Press: “Doctors begin TV ads pressing Congress on Medicare” LINK

The Associated Press: “Obama urges Democrats to be patient on health care” LINK

Politico’s Patrick O’Connor and Carrie Budoff Brown: “Public option backers fight on” LINK

Newsweek’s Jeremy Herb: “The Problem With Two Conflicting Health Reform Polls” LINK

NY Daily News’ Michael McAuliff: “Insurers target senators with ads as health care reform battle heats up” LINK

The Hill’s Mike Soraghan: “Pelosi: Time to know where caucus stands on public healthcare option” LINK

The Washington Post’s David S. Hilzenrath: “Wellness Incentives Could Create Health-Care Loophole” LINK

The Washington Post’s Shailagh Murray: “Pelosi Joins Fellow Democrats in Tough Talk for Health Insurers” LINK

EDUCATION:

Newsweek’s Ben Adler: “How We Overvalue Education” LINK

PRESIDENT OBAMA:

ABC News’ Mathew Jaffe: “President Obama to New Orleans: ‘We Will Rebuild’” LINK

ABC News’ Jake Tapper: “Fourth Grader Asks Obama, “Why Do People Hate You” LINK

USA Today’s Rick Jervis: “Obama: New Orleans not forgotten” LINK

USA Today’s Richard Wolf: “Social Security stop-gap debate revs up” LINK

The Associated Press: “Obama defends himself against New Orleans critics” LINK

Time’s Joe Klein “How Obama Could Earn His Nobel Prize” LINK

The Hill’s Michael O’Brien and Molly K. Hooper: “53 House Republicans call for ‘safe schools czar’ resignation” LINK

The Washington Post’s Michael Fletcher: “Obama Criticized as Too Cautious, Slow on Judicial Posts” LINK

PRESIDENT OBAMA AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS:

ABC News’ Huma Khan: “Karl Rove Says Allies, Not Bush Team, Shortchanged Afghan War” LINK

ABC News’ Luis Martinez: “Exclusive: Army Brigade Will Not Go to Iraq in January as Scheduled” LINK

ABC News’: “Closing Arguments: Afghan Runoff and Obama’s War Strategy” LINK

The Hill’s Roxana Tiron: “$400 per gallon gas to drive debate over cost of war in Afghanistan” LINK

The Los Angeles Times’ Liz Sly: “Iraq’s plan for referendum on U.S. pullout fades” LINK

The Washington Times’ Rowan Scarborough: “Obama adviser Jones shifted Afghanistan views — a lot” LINK

The Washington Times’ Ayesha Nasir: “Militants escalate Pakistan ‘guerrilla war’” <a href=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/16/militants-escalate-pakistan-guerrilla-war/
The Wall Street Journal's Anand Gopal and Jay Solomon: “Runoff Called More Likely in Afghan Vote" LINK

GOV. SARAH PALIN:

NY Daily News’ Jake Brooks: “Sarah Palin is bad news in 2012, but she was great for John McCain in 2008, says adviser” LINK

DEMOCRATS / REPUBLICANS:

Politico’s Jonathan Martin: “Third-party pooper: GOP’s N.J. dilemma” LINK

The New York Times’ Jim Rutenberg: “Acorn’s Woes Strain Its Ties to Democrats” LINK

ECONOMY / JOBS / BANKING / DEFICIT:

ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos: “’This Week’ EXCLUSIVE: White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod” LINK

ABC News’ Jake Tapper and Lisa Chinn: “$72.408 Per Stimulus Job? White House Says No” LINK

Politico’s Josh Gerstein and John Bresnahan: “WH readies phone-tap case concession” LINK

The Boston Globe’s Andrea Estes: “Patrick warns of 2,000 job cuts” LINK

The Boston Globe’s Kay Lazar and Robert Gavin: “Unemployment at 33-year high; insurance fund running dry” LINK

Bloomberg’s Rebecca Christie: “U.S. Criticizes China for Lack of Yuan ‘Flexibility’” LINK

Bloomberg’s Shobhana Chandra: “Industrial Production in U.S. Probably Climbed for Third Month” LINK

The Los Angeles Times’ Don Lee: “Sliding dollar may be something to cheer about” LINK

The Wall Street Journal’s Deborah Solomon and Dan Fitzpatrick: “Czar Blocks BofA Chief’s Pay” LINK

The Wall Street Journal’s Staff: “Mortgages Stay Below 5%” LINK

GITMO:

The Associated Press’ Andrew Taylor: “House approves transferring Guantánamo detainees to US” LINK

SEC. OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON:

NY Daily News Michael McAuliff: “Hillary Clinton is finally more popular than Barack Obama, new Gallup poll shows” LINK

REP. JOE WILSON

Politico’s Jonathan Allen: “’You Lie!’ worth $2.7M for Joe Wilson” LINK

UNITED NATIONS:

The Washington Post’s Stephanie McCrummen: “U.N. Official Assails Congo Operation” LINK

The Washington Post’s Colum Lynch: “U.S. Is Open To Talks on Conventional Weapons” LINK

CONGRESS:

The Associated Press: “Giving folks a little credit” LINK

ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT:

The Hill’s Jim Snyder: “GOP: Politics led EPA to regulate greenhouse gases” LINK

The Los Angeles Times’ Martin Zimmerman: “Hybrid cars dominate EPA list of top 10 fuel sippers” LINK

AFGHANISTAN:

The Washington Post’s Karen DeYoung and Joshua Partlow: “Runoff Expected In Afghan Election” LINK

The Washington Post’s Ann Scott Tyson: “Military Limits Publishing Images of U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan” LINK

OTHER MUST-READS:

The Boston Globe’s Michael Kranish: “Hedge fund leaders gain clout” LINK

Politico’s John Bresnahan: “Rangel still spending big on legal help” LINK

The Hill’s Susan Crabtree: “Mistrial declared in case of lobbyist from Abramoff scandal” LINK

The Associated Press: “Lawmaker questions NBA’s dealings with Greek team” LINK

ABC NEWS VIDEOS:

“Obama in NOLA: I Won’t Quit!” LINK

“Next Steps for Health Care Reform” LINK

“Karl Rove on Health Care and Afghanistan” LINK

“Hillary Clinton Seeks Russia’s Help With Iran” LINK