AP - Strategist Ralph Reed now raising money for McCain's campaign ... Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner picked to give Democratic keynote speech ... McCain's foreign policy adviser profited from Georgian government while advising his boss ... Poll Notebook: 4 in 10 still not firmly behind a presidential candidate ... Obama says he would reverse endangered species proposal if he wins White House

Reuters - House Republican Leader John Boehner on Tuesday urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to call lawmakers back into session to pass a bill expanding drilling in federal waters, now that she was willing to permit a vote on such a measure.

AFP - Republican White House contender John McCain said Tuesday he would support Georgia's bid to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) if he is elected president in November.

AP - Republican Secretary of State Mike Coffman won his GOP congressional primary Tuesday and looked set to succeed Rep. Tom Tancredo, the five-term Colorado congressman whose forceful opposition to illegal immigration vaulted him to national prominence.

AP - Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner will deliver keynote at Democratic convention ... Former Republican congressman from Iowa endorses Obama as best candidate for US policy abroad ... Partisans on both sides unmoved by arguments that GOP's Hagel is a good pick for Obama veep

AFP - John McCain's White House campaign manager refused to be pinned down Sunday on whether the 71-year-old Republican might commit to serve only one term as president if he is elected in November.