2009年1月13日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Senate Democrats expect to seat Burris (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 03:10 AM CST

Illinois U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris gestures, right, during a news conference in Chicago, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. U.S. Senate leaders announced earlier Monday they'll accept Burris as U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's Senate successor and expect to swear him in soon. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - Reversing course, Senate Democrats grudgingly accepted embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's hand-selected Senate appointee, Roland Burris, as they sought to break an impasse over President-elect Barack Obama's former seat.


Clinton appears set for Senate OK as top diplomat (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 03:03 AM CST

In this April 8, 2008, file photo Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington from Gen. David Petraeus. From the disappointment of a failed White House bid, Clinton is on the threshold of the world's stage as chief diplomat for the Democrat who defeated her. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP - From the disappointment of a failed White House bid, Hillary Rodham Clinton is on the threshold of the world's stage as chief diplomat for the Democrat who defeated her.


Analysis: An unusual glimpse into the presidency (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 03:06 AM CST

President George W. Bush smiles during his last formal news conference in the press room at the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Picture Lincoln, in the throes of the Civil War, suddenly mocking his critics in a nyah-nyah voice. Imagine Theodore Roosevelt, leaving office, lamenting out loud about how hated he was by Standard Oil. Summon an image of FDR cracking wise about his wheelchair and grousing about the nasty things Hitler was saying about him.


Emotional at the last, Bush defends his presidency (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 01:16 AM CST

In this six-picture combo of images, President George W. Bush makes different facial expressions during his last news conference, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, in the pressroom at the White House in Washington.   (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - With rare public emotion, George W. Bush sat in judgment on his controversial, consequential presidency on Monday, lamenting mistakes but claiming few as his own, heatedly defending his record on disasters in Iraq and at home and offering kindly advice to a successor who won largely because the nation ached for something new.


Dems accept Burris into the Senate (Politico)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 03:19 PM CST

Politico - The Roland Burris saga is over, as Democratic Senate leaders have accepted his credentials, clearing the way for him to be sworn in as the junior senator from Illinois by the end of this week.

Bush advice for Obama: Do what you think is right (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 01:12 AM CST

President George W. Bush holds his last formal news conference at the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Do what you think is right. Avoid self-pity. And be ready for that one moment when it really hits you: Yes, you are the president. Words of advice, from President George W. Bush to President-elect Barack Obama.


Officials turn down Franken request in Minn. race (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 01:00 AM CST

A US Senate seat was thrown into limbo Tuesday when a Republican incumbent from the state of Minnesota filed a legal challenge to a recount which handed the seat to Democrat Al Franken, pictured in 2008, with a margin of 225 votes.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Cory Ryan)AP - Democrat Al Franken was quickly turned down Monday when he asked Minnesota's governor and secretary of state to issue an election certificate that would let him take office in the Senate.


Regulator: Gov.'s Senate process may break NY law (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 01:25 AM CST

In this Nov. 22, 2003 file photo, Caroline Kennedy, right, is joined by her family at the grave of her father, slain President John F. Kennedy, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on the 40th anniversary of JFK's death. Joining Kennedy in the front row are, from right, her son John Schlossberg, her husband Edwin Schlossberg, and daughters Tatiana and Rose Schlossberg. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - Gov. David Paterson's secretive process to select Hillary Rodham Clinton's successor in the U.S. Senate conflicts with his campaign promises to open up government, and New York's top regulator of open government laws says it appears to violate state law.


Bush to give farewell address Thursday night (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 01:08 AM CST

President George W. Bush holds his last formal news conference at the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President George W. Bush will give a farewell address to the nation Thursday night, billed by the administration as a chance to reflect on his tenure and welcome Barack Obama without fighting old battles one last time.


FACT CHECK: In final word, Bush gilds his record (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 03:53 PM CST

In this six-picture combo of images, President George W. Bush makes different facial expressions during his last news conference, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, in the pressroom at the White House in Washington.   (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President George W. Bush claimed to have inherited a recession that in fact began on his watch in a legacy-polishing news conference Monday often at odds with his record. A look at some of the president's claims in his final news conference, and the facts:


Obama seeks bailout funds (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 03:13 AM CST

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama arrives to make a speech on the economy at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, January 8, 2009. (Jim Young/Reuters)Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama sought the remaining half of $700 billion in U.S. financial bailout funds from Congress, and sinking company earnings and weak Chinese trade figures underlined the depth of the global recession.


Obama set to press for his share of bailout funds (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 02:56 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama speaks to reporters during his meeting with Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, not pictured, in Washington,  Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - A week shy of taking office, President-elect Barack Obama already is putting his persuasion skills to a high-stakes test with Congress as he seeks access to the second half of the $700 billion financial bailout fund.


Senate panel considers Chu for energy secretary (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 02:15 AM CST

AP - Steven Chu, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to be his energy secretary, faces questioning Tuesday before a Senate committee that is expected to endorse his selection.

Gay bishop invited to pre-inauguration event in DC (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 01:19 AM CST

In this April 10, 2007 file photo,Bishop  V. Gene Robinson, of New Hampshire, the Episcopal church's first openly-gay bishop, speaks in favor of civil unions during a public hearing before the state Senate Judiciary Committee at the Statehouse in Concord, N.H.  The first openly gay Episcopal bishop will say a prayer at the Lincoln Memorial for one of President-elect Barack Obama's first inauguration events.  Robinson will deliver the invocation at an event on Sunday Jan. 18, 2009 to kick off inauguration festivities. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)AP - The first openly gay Episcopal bishop will say a prayer at the Lincoln Memorial for one of President-elect Barack Obama's first inauguration events.


Advisers: Obama preparing order to close Gitmo (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 01:03 AM CST

A new satellite image of the Guantanamo Bay prison facility, supplied by GeoEye, was collected by an  IKONOS satellite on Jan. 1, 2009, from 423 miles in space as the satellite moved over the Caribbean from north to south at 17,000 mph. Advisers to President-elect Barack Obama say Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, that one of his first duties in office will be to order the closing of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay. Guantanamo Bay is located on the eastern tip of Cuba. (AP Photo/GeoEye)AP - President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to issue an executive order his first week in office — and perhaps his first day — to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, according to two presidential transition team advisers.


Obama team to review Afghanistan conflict: paper (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 12:25 AM CST

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama speaks at a news conference in Washington January 9, 2009. (Jim Young/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama intends to sign off on Pentagon plans to send up to 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to help buy time for the new administration to reappraise the war effort, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.


Fighting AIDS was bright spot of Bush presidency (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 11:28 PM CST

People light candles during a vigil on World AIDS Day in Washington. Much of President George W. Bush's legacy may come under withering fire but in one area at least, it will be viewed positively: his contribution to fighting AIDS.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - Much of President George W. Bush's legacy may come under withering fire but in one area at least, it will be viewed positively: his contribution to fighting AIDS.


Obama to meet Senate Democrats to discuss TARP (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 10:24 PM CST

Workers stand in front of containers at a port in Shanghai January 13, 2009. China's exports and imports fell in December for the second month in a row, showing how badly the financial crisis is hitting the world's fourth-largest economy and putting Beijing under pressure to do more to protect jobs.    REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA)Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama plans to meet on Tuesday with Senate Democrats to seek their backing for his request for the remaining $350 billion from the financial industry bailout, a Democratic congressional aide said on Monday.


Obama selects former Harvard classmate to head FCC (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 10:22 PM CST

Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has selected Julius Genachowski, a technology executive and former classmate from Harvard Law School, to lead the Federal Communications Commission, a Democratic source said on Monday.

Illinois attorney wins battle to succeed Obama (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 09:25 PM CST

Roland Burris, the former Illinois attorney general, speaks at a news conference January 12, in Chicago, Illinois. Democratic leaders endorsed the bid by Burris to succeed president-elect Barack Obama in the Senate, after a row over his appointment by the state's impeached governor(AFP/Getty Images/Scott Olson)AFP - Democratic leaders endorsed the bid by Illinois attorney Roland Burris to succeed president-elect Barack Obama in the Senate, after a row over his appointment by the state's impeached governor.


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