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Yahoo! News: Elections

Louisiana delivers GOP 2 seats in Congress (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 02:11 AM CST

William Jefferson concedes after losing to Republican newcomer Anh 'Joseph' Cao in the Louisiana congressional race, New Orleans, Saturday Dec. 6, 2008.  (AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber)AP - In a year when national Republican fortunes took a turn for the worse, Louisiana delivered the GOP two seats in Congress in elections delayed by Hurricane Gustav.


AP IMPACT: Donors, lobbyists help Obama get ready (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 12:00 AM CST

In this Aug. 4, 2007 file photo, then Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., talks about the influence of health care lobbyists in crafting health care legislation in Chicago. Faced with hiring a new administration, President-elect Barack Obama is learning how hard it is to keep his promise to avoid aides who have been entangled with the capital's lobbying scene. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)AP - Faced with hiring a new administration, President-elect Barack Obama is learning how hard it is to keep his promise to avoid aides who have been entangled with the capital's lobbying scene.


Blackwater guards: Mercenaries or decorated vets? (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 08:18 PM CST

In this Sept. 20, 2007 file photo, an Iraqi traffic policeman inspects a car destroyed by a Blackwater security detail in al-Nisoor Square in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP - Defense attorneys on Saturday lambasted U.S. indictments against decorated war veterans for deadly 2007 shootings as Iraqis welcomed the charges against five Blackwater guards in a case that fueled anti-Americanism and roiled diplomacy with Baghdad.


Rumsfeld nemesis Shinseki to be named VA secretary (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 01:52 AM CST

In this July 21, 2000 file photo, then Army Chief of Staff Gen. Eric Shinseki talks with reporters Pentagon in Washington.  Democratic officials say President-elect Barack Obama has selected Shinseki to be the next Veterans Affairs secretary.   (AP Photo/Kamenko Pajic, File)AP - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki to be the next Veterans Affairs secretary, turning to a former Army chief of staff once vilified by the Bush administration for questioning its Iraq war strategy.


Analysis: Obama defense agenda resembles Gates' (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 02:07 PM CST

Defense Secretary Robert Gates reacts during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)AP - For a Democrat whose opposition to the Iraq war was a campaign centerpiece, President-elect Barack Obama is remarkably in sync with Defense Secretary Robert Gates on many core defense and national security issues — even Iraq.


Obama banking on large-scale public works project (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 08:08 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama, wearing a Chicago White Sox baseball cap, leaves a gym and walks towards his vehicle in Chicago, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President-elect Barack Obama said Saturday that he wants to revive the economy and create jobs by upgrading roads, schools and energy efficiency in a public-works program whose scale has been unseen since construction of the interstate highway system in the 1950s.


With time short, Congress tries to seal auto deal (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 12:04 AM CST

Auto industry workers and supporters demonstrate outside the office of Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008, in San Francisco. Top executives from the Detroit automakers spent two consecutive days on Capitol Hill pleading for $34 billion in loans to help the industry survive. GM and Chrysler said they needed a combined $15 billion to help them maintain their operations through early 2009. Ford wants access to a line of credit of up to $9 billion but only if market conditions deteriorate. (AP Photo/Ron Lewis)AP - Racing to seal a deal with the White House, Democratic congressional leaders dispatched aides Saturday to draft an emergency $15 billion aid package to pull Detroit's Big Three automakers from the brink of collapse.


Caroline is latest Kennedy to eye NY Senate seat (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 01:18 PM CST

In this April 20, 2008 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. shares a moment with Caroline Kennedy before addressing supporters at a rally in Scranton, Pa.  The Kennedy clan wants to see their Caroline in the Senate seat soon to be vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton. The family just needs to convince her to do it, and New York Gov. David Paterson to put her there.  (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)AP - Caroline Kennedy — daughter of a slain president, niece of senators, and zealous guardian of her own privacy — is interested in the Senate seat once held by her uncle, her cousin says.


Round 2 for trial of Safavian in Abramoff case (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 04:25 AM CST

In this  Friday, Oct. 27, 2006 file photo, former Bush administration official David Safavian leaves U.S. District Court in Washington. It's time for Round Two in the Justice Department's prosecution of David Safavian, the only person convicted by a jury of corruption charges in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal and the only one whose conviction has been overturned on appeal. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - It's time for Round Two in the Justice Department's prosecution of David Safavian, the only person convicted by a jury of corruption charges in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal and the only one whose conviction has been overturned on appeal.


Obama to nominate Rumsfeld critic as head of Veterans Affairs (AFP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 02:51 AM CST

Barack Obama is to nominate retired army general Eric Shinseki, seen here in 2003, to head the Department of Veteran Affairs, the president-elect said in a TV interview to be broadcast Sunday.(AFP/File/Stephen Jaffe)AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama will announce Sunday the nomination of retired army general Eric Shinseki -- who warned Donald Rumsfeld that a large force was needed to invade Iraq -- as head of the Department of Veteran Affairs.


McCain warns against worsening of India-Pakistan ties (AFP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 02:31 AM CST

Pakistani Islamists burn US and Indian flags during a protest in Lahore on December 5. Former US presidential candidate John McCain has said the devastating attacks in Mumbai must not be allowed to hinder the peace process between India and Pakistan.(AFP/File/Arif Ali)AFP - Former US presidential candidate John McCain has said the devastating attacks in Mumbai must not be allowed to hinder the peace process between India and Pakistan.


Indicted Louisiana Rep. Jefferson Upset in 2008's Last House Election Day (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 12:07 AM CST

CQPolitics.com - The 2008 election year, overwhelmingly favorable to the Democratic Party, came to an improbable end Saturday as indicted nine-term Democratic Rep. William J. Jefferson lost his seat in Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District to Republican Anh "Joseph" Cao, a little-known lawyer. With all precincts reporting, Cao led Jefferson by 50 percent to 47 percent.

All eyes on Ghana presidential vote Sunday (AFP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 02:41 AM CST

Passers-by walk past a billboard featuring the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Party (NDC) John Atta Mills in Accra. Voting started Sunday in Ghana's presidential and legislative elections, with some polling stations in the capital Accra opening on time and others delayed by the late delivery of voting material.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Ghanaians went to the polls Sunday to choose the man who will succeed president John Kufuor, who is stepping down after two four-year terms, and vote for candidates to 230 parliamentary seats.


America's latest 'must-have' -- an Obama trinket (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 11:17 PM CST

Memorabilia featuring US President-elect Barack Obama is displayed at a store near the White House in Washington, DC. Even as Americans tighten their purse strings a surprising number appear eager to part with a few dollars for their very own Obama treasure creating a sudden explosion of collectibles from Obama coins, plates, T-shirts, and Christmas ornaments to mugs and dolls(AFP/Tim Sloan)AFP - Americans who can't get quite enough of Barack Obama can share a quiet moment with the popular president-elect each day as they sip their morning brew in a Barack Obama coffee mug.


Brief bios of La. congressional candidates (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 11:05 PM CST

AP - Brief profiles of the major party candidates in Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District. Republican Anh "Joseph" Cao defeated indicted Democratic U.S. Rep. William Jefferson on Saturday, denying him a 10th term. Cao will be the first Vietnamese-American in Congress.

Obama could bring change to US-Cuba ties (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 10:42 PM CST

A huge banner depicting Cuban leader Fidel Castro is on display in downtown Havana. After decades of tense ties, President-elect Barack Obama has an opening to bring change to relations between uneasy neighbors Cuba and the United States.(AFP/File/Juan Carlos Borjas)AFP - After decades of tense ties, President-elect Barack Obama has an opening to bring change to relations between uneasy neighbors Cuba and the United States.


Obama picks Shinseki for veterans affairs (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 07:39 PM CST

Then U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Eric Shinseki reviews the guard of honour in New Delhi February 3, 2003. President-elect Barack Obama has selected Shinseki to be the next secretary of veterans affairs, Democratic sources said. (B Mathur/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has selected retired Gen. Eric Shinseki, who clashed with the Bush administration over the number of troops needed in Iraq, to be the next secretary of veterans affairs.


Name by name, Obama's Cabinet taking shape (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 06:24 PM CST

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson waits for the start of the welterweight boxing match between Oscar De La Hoya of the U.S. and Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada December 6, 2008. U.S. President-elect Barack Obama recently named Richardson his Secretary of Commerce. REUTERS/Steve Marcus (UNITED STATES)AP - Day by day, name by name, President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet is taking shape, and other top jobs are being filled.


Obama picks Shinseki for veterans affairs: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 05:43 PM CST

Then U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Eric Shinseki reviews the guard of honour in New Delhi February 3, 2003. President-elect Barack Obama has selected Shinseki to be the next secretary of veterans affairs, Democratic sources said. (B Mathur/Reuters)Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama has selected retired Gen. Eric Shinseki to be the next secretary of veterans affairs, Democratic sources said on Saturday.


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