2008年12月29日星期一

Yahoo! News: Elections

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Elections

Mrs. Bush, Rice: Bush presidency not a failure (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 01:55 PM CST

In the photograph provided by FOX News Sunday, first lady Laura Bush speaks with FOX News Sunday's Chris Wallace during an interview at the FOX studios Monday, Dec. 22, 2008 in Washington. 'I know it's not, and so I don't really feel like I need to respond to people that view it that way,' Mrs. Bush said in an interview that aired Sunday, talking about the president's legacy against critics who are calling his administration one of the worst in history. . 'I think history will judge and we'll see later.' (AP Photo/FOX News Sunday, Freddie Lee)AP - The two most influential women in President George W. Bush's White House — first lady Laura Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice — are strongly defending the president's legacy against critics who are calling his administration one of the worst in history.

After 30 years, John Warner exits Senate at peace (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 03:59 PM CST

In this April 8, 2008 file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. John Warner, R-Va., listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - After five terms in the Senate, service in two wars and in his third marriage at age 81, John W. Warner still retains the unbent posture and bearing of the Marine he once was.

Obama adviser: Slowing economy won't halt tax cuts (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 03:19 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama greets well-wishers after his workout at the Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Base in Kailua, Hawaii, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)AP - A top adviser to President-elect Barack Obama said Sunday that the country's slowing economy won't keep the new administration from fulfilling its plans for a middle-class tax cut.

Rice: Obama election encourages people worldwide (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 04:02 PM CST

In this May 14, 2006 file photo, President George W. Bush, center, his wife, Laura,left, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrive on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. The two most influential women in Bush's White House - first lady Laura Bush and Secretary of State Rice - are strongly defending the president's legacy against critics who are calling his administration one of the worst in history. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File))AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the country is not "race-blind" and "we shouldn't deceive ourselves that we're race-blind," but said the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president was a key moment in history.

Aides play defense on Sunday shows (Politico)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 12:04 PM CST

Politico - Incoming White House aides pushed the new administration’s plans for a large stimulus package, while playing defense on the corruption case of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on the Sunday talk shows this morning.

First lady says shoe-throwing an assault (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 08:13 AM CST

AP - First lady Laura Bush says President Bush laughed it off, but that it was an "assault" when an Iraqi reporter threw his shoes at the president during a news conference in Baghdad.

UK's Brown defiant on economy, sees new U.S. alliance (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 02:43 AM CST

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown pauses during a speech in Leeds, northern England, November 28, 2008. (Nigel Roddis/Reuters)Reuters - Britain's Gordon Brown will use his New Year address to call for a "coalition for change" with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama in a speech intended as a rallying call to Britons.

Obama economic plan to cost between 675 and 775 bln: aides (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 02:28 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan will favour long-term infrastructure and job creation projects over tactics aimed at boosting consumer spending, his top economic adviser Lawrence Summers, seen here in November 2008, has said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - US President-elect Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan may cost between 675 billion and 775 billion dollars and will favor long-term infrastructure and job creation projects, top Obama aides said.

USA (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - The slowing economy won't keep the new administration from fulfilling it's plans for a middle-class tax cut in a stimulus package, David Axelrod, a top adviser to President-elect Obama, said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Protecting Obama When the Lights Go Out (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 01:40 AM CST

Time.com - A very public vacation day for the President-elect becomes a security problem when the lights go out in Honolulu and practically all of Oahu

Summers: Obama stimulus aimed at long term too (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 12:30 AM CST

US President-elect Barack Obama walks over to greet a crowd of onlookers after working out at the Semper Fit gym on Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kailua, Hawaii December 27, 2008. (Hugh Gentry/Reuters)Reuters - Spending government money solely to stimulate consumer spending would be a short-sighted mistake, one of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's top economic advisers said on Sunday.

Blagojevich lawyer to submit Obama report to panel (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 11:26 PM CST

In this Dec. 22, 2008 file photo, Ed Genson, attorney for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, argues during the Illinois House Impeachment Committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)AP - The lead attorney for Gov. Rod Blagojevich said he plans to submit President-elect Barack Obama's internal report on contacts with the scandal-plagued governor to the Illinois House committee weighing impeachment.

Oldest man in the US dies in Sacramento at 112 (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 10:48 PM CST

In this Nov, 5, 2008 file photo, Lelia LaRue, right, shows her father, George Francis, 112, a copy of the morning newspaper with President-elect Barack Obama on the front page, at the Sacramento, Calif. nursing home where Francis lives. Francis, the nation's oldest man who lived through both world wars, man's first walk on the moon and got to vote for the first black president, has died. He was 112. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)AP - George Francis, the nation's oldest man, who lived through both world wars, man's first walk on the moon and the election of the first black president, has died. He was 112.

Obama, daughters cause stir on Hawaii outing (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 10:20 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama enjoys shaved ice with family and friends at Hawaii Kai shopping center, December 26, 2008. (Hugh Gentry/Reuters)Reuters - Barack Obama, trying to enjoy the last semblance of normal life before he becomes U.S. president on January 20, caused a commotion when he took his daughters to a shopping mall in Hawaii on Friday.

Obama 'committed' to Middle East peace: aide (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 10:06 PM CST

US President-elect Barack Obama (2ndR) departs a gym after his morning work out, taking time to talk with locals at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kailua, Hawaii. Obama is AFP - Barack Obama is "committed" to achieving peace in the Middle East, a top aide to the US president-elect said Sunday, after one of the bloodiest days in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Surging Sales of 'Obama-bilia' Spread Cheer Among Souvenir Vendors (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 09:28 PM CST

CQPolitics.com - Abner Richet, a social work student at the University of Washington in Seattle, had been on his first visit to the nation's capital for only a few hours before he started shopping for souvenirs marking the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.

发贴者：iwvck8 时间 01:20 0 条评论

bnzv