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he's reacting to a proposalby nee york'' mayor michael bloomberg.he's wants to ban the saleof hugee sodasd other sugary &pdrrnks more thaa16-ounces. it's a move to reduce &pobesity...anddother health problems. but here in baltimore....soda drinkers...are reacting. "i think that you should be able to basically put in your body whatever you want to, f you want to rink a gallon of diet coke then morr power to you." but baltimore's mayor stephanie rawlings- ffr a ssmilar soda ban. shees says...she's focusedon her own plan...to increase the beverage container tax...from two cents...to five cents. (mayor) "we're targeting all revenuus from our bottle legislation to help rebuild (rydeel) "and instead of seeking to ban hose supersized sugary drinks likk this, local officials ell us they're more preoccupied wwth simply ppomoting healthier lifestyles." and to mmay baltimoreans...that's a relief. "i think everybody should be able to drink whateeer they waat, it shouldn't be up to nobody.""if the parents don't wann them to drink sodas or big drinks like these then go toothe grocery stores, buy 'em ju

his comments mmrroo the tack of &pnew book from nee york times correspondent david sanger-- who writesut the president's urprising against america's eneeies. as sanger poiits out, few barrck obama tt move from a - leader who- early on- won the nobel peace prize and spoke of not want to keep our troops in aaghanistan."to becoming a prrsident who ordered the bin laden raid, escalated drrne strikes, ann- as sanger attacks against iran's nucleer program.(reporter: "why does he apprrach conflictssthis way? what doee it sayyabout his view of amerrca's role in the world?")""eelli think the president still understands is protection of the homeland. i think he understands that there are sttlllthreats out there, from either states like iran or north korea as well as and i thinn ttis pointtcame home to im with the christmas bomber, with the tiies square failed attempted bombing." president, surprisingly hands-on duriig the cyber-ops against iran... often meeting in the situation room to assess damage. erhaps not since lyndon johhson haddsat pn the ssme room, more than four decades before, picking