The Note’s Must-Reads for Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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 Digital News Associates and Desk Assistants CLAUDIA MORALES, REBECCA HILLMAN, JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ, JENNIFER METZ AND KATY CONRAD

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OBAMA/WHITE HOUSE:

The New York Times’ Sheryl Gay Stolberg: “Obama Weighs Smaller Measures on the Economy” LINK

The New York Times’ Helene Cooper: “Obama to Make 2nd Oval Office Speech” LINK

The Washington Post’s Anne E. Komblut:”Obama speech on Iraq has risks” LINK

The Wall Street Journal’s Jonathan Weisman and Jay Solomon: “Foreign and Domestic Priorities Tug at White House” LINK

The Boston Globe’s Julie Pace: “Obama to honor troops as Iraq combat mission ends” LINK

Bloomberg’s Flavia Krause-Jackson: “Obama Widens North Korea Sanctions on Nuclear Funding” LINK

ELECTION 2010:

Politico’s Jonathan Allen and Richard E. Cohen: “Tidal wave? 10-point poll edge for GOP” LINK

Washington Times’ Seth McLaughlin: “Similarities superficial in Pa. Senate contest” LINK

Politics Daily’s Bruce Drake: “2010 Midterm Elections: What’s Happening in the Hot Races” LINK

HURRICANE KATRINA 5th YEAR ANNIVERSARY:

ABC News’ Devin Dwyer: “Katrina Pols Weather Legacy of Storm’s Trials” LINK

BECK:

The NY Daily News’ Richard Sisk: “No chance of a Beck-Palin ticket in 2012, Glenn Beck says he has ‘zero desire’ to be president” LINK

IRAQ:

The Hill’s Ian Swanson: “Obama asks country to welcome soldiers returning from Iraq” LINK

Bloomberg’s Roger Runningen and Julianna Goldman: “Obama Marks Shift From Iraq Combat as Risks for U.S. Remain” LINK

Politics Daily’s David Wood: “No Brass Bands When Troops Return Home From Iraq” LINK

The Boston Globe’s Farah Stockman: “Worries about US date on Iraqis” LINK

TERROR:

The LA Times’ Paul Richter: “Yemeni men arrested in Amsterdam on terror fears after flight from U.S.” LINK

ABC NEWS VIDEO:

“Murphy: GOP Base ‘Wants Candidates Like Me, Like Joe’” LINK

“Obama To Senate GOP: ‘Drop The Blockade’” LINK