2009年5月15日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama revives terror tribunals, dismaying liberals (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 04:51 PM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, May 12, 2009 and reviewed by the U.S. military, guards stand on either side of a line-up of Guantanamo detainees, in white, to perform a search for unauthorized items, at Guantanamo's Camp 4 detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba.  President Barack Obama will restart military tribunals for a small number of Guantanamo detainees, reviving a Bush-era trial system he once assailed as flawed but with new legal protections for terror suspects, U.S. officials said.  (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - President Barack Obama said Friday he would reform and restart the military tribunals he once reviled for Guantanamo Bay detainees, jeopardizing his timetable for closing the prison by January and dismaying many supporters who suggested he was going back on campaign promises.


Analysis: Democrats' risky focus on torture (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 11:12 AM PDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 14, 2009. Earlier Thursday, under strong attack from Republicans, Pelosi accused the CIA and Bush Administration of misleading her about waterboarding detainees in the war on terror and sharply rebutted claims she was complicit in the method's use. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - Barack Obama warned Democrats in Congress against making a partisan cause out of the Bush administration's harsh interrogation tactics.


Pelosi draws response from CIA, criticism from GOP (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 04:26 PM PDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 14, 2009. Earlier Thursday, under strong attack from Republicans, Pelosi accused the CIA and Bush Administration of misleading her about waterboarding detainees in the war on terror and sharply rebutted claims she was complicit in the method's use. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - The head of the CIA defended the agency Friday against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's charge that she was misled in 2002 about the use of waterboarding, but he said it ultimately is up to Congress to decide where the truth lies.


SPIN METER: What Pelosi knew when on waterboarding (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 01:02 PM PDT

AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused the CIA of misleading her at a secret 2002 briefing on the use of harsh interrogations in the war on terror. But it's not so clear who's misleading whom.

450: GOP aims to lard climate bill (Politico)

Posted: 15 May 2009 03:28 PM PDT

Politico - Republicans in the House Energy and Commerce committee are considering introducing about 450 amendments during the mark-up of climate change legislation next week, according to a working list obtained by POLITICO. Many of the potential amendments would lower the environmental standards set forth in the bill, or could make it more difficult for Democrats to vote to support it.

White House: No interviews of court candidates yet (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 02:16 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama, seen here at he WHite House, said Friday he will retain Bush-era military commissions to try Guantanamo Bay terror suspects but changed rules on evidence and detainee rights in a bid to harmonize them with US values.(AFP/File/Aude Guerrucci)AP - President Barack Obama has yet to interview any potential nominees for the upcoming opening on the Supreme Court, the White House said Friday.


Dems' climate bill shortchanges Obama tax credit (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 02:30 PM PDT

AP - The House Democrats' bill to limit gases blamed for global warming would generate a fraction of the money President Barack Obama wanted to get from it to pay for a middle-class tax credit.

McCain: US gun limits wouldn't stop drug cartels (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 04:48 PM PDT

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during the National Rifle Association's 138th Annual Meetings & Exhibits Friday, May 15, 2009 in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP - The drug war in Mexico shouldn't be used as an excuse to try to restrict American gun rights, Sen. John McCain said Friday at the National Rifle Association's convention.


DOE focuses on 4 companies for nuclear loan help (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 02:51 PM PDT

AP - The Energy Department has narrowed its list of the most likely recipients of $18.5 billion in government loan guarantees for building the first new nuclear power plants.

Crusading NY health chief picked to head CDC (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 02:08 PM PDT

Thomas Frieden, newly named director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) by President Barack Obama speaks at a press conference in the Queens borough of New York Friday, May 15, 2009, about a further Swine Flu outbeak in New York, with schools being the hardest hit.  Frieden, currently New York City Health Commissioner spoke with Mayor Michael Bloomeberg in the parking lot of a Queens dinner about the outbreak, the city's response and his new post. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)AP - For seven years, Dr. Thomas Frieden has been the nagging conscience of the nation's biggest city, the man who made sure New Yorkers couldn't smoke in bars or eat french fries cooked in artery-clogging trans fats.


NYC mayor spends record $18.6M on re-election bid (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 04:08 PM PDT

AP - Mayor Michael Bloomberg has blown through a record $18.6 million of his own cash on his campaign for a third term, nearly double what he had spent by this point in the race four years ago.

Biden carries big debt (Politico)

Posted: 15 May 2009 03:55 PM PDT

Politico - Vice President Joe Biden may be able to use his $220,000 annual salary to start paying down as much as $465,000 in debt.

Britain rocked by parliamentary expenses scandal (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 03:50 PM PDT

Postcards showing the Houses of Parliament are seen on a tourist kiosk opposite the parliament in central London, Friday May 15, 2009. Britain's shamed lawmakers rushed to spend public money on lavish second homes, swank hotel rooms, luxury meals, Plasma TV's and chandeliers at country estates — now legislators snared in a deepening expenses scandal are in a race to hand it back. For almost a week, daily revelations about how lawmakers billed the taxpayer for everything from ice cubes to housekeepers have whipped up a public storm that threatens to sweep through Britain's political ranks. Dozens of lawmakers have issued humbling apologies in a British political scandal like no other. ''Hearing about how these politicians are claiming for cans of cat food and flowers for their mansions makes me sick', Randy Wallace, 41,an unemployed plumber said. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Britain has seen its share of sex and sleaze scandals over the years, but few have tarnished all three of the country's main political parties in a single stroke.


RNC boss: Democrats want to take away gun rights (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 03:37 PM PDT

AP - Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says Democrats in Washington want to take away the rights of law-abiding Americans to buy and own guns.

Obama renews U.S. sanctions against Myanmar (Reuters)

Posted: 15 May 2009 03:22 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday renewed U.S. sanctions against Myanmar's military government, saying its actions and policies continued to pose a serious threat to U.S. interests.

Dems: Don't push health care too far (Politico)

Posted: 15 May 2009 03:15 PM PDT

Politico - Two powerful groups of moderate Democratic lawmakers have met with their House leaders to warn against pushing health care reform proposals too far to the left.

Keyes, priest arrested at Notre Dame protest (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 03:02 PM PDT

Alan Keyes, former Republican presidential candidate, is arrested during an anti-abortion protest Friday, May 15, 2009 in South Bend, Indiana. The protestors object to the selection of President Barack Obama as the Notre Dame commencement speaker. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond)AP - Former Republican presidential hopeful Alan Keyes, a Roman Catholic priest and 19 others were arrested Friday after marching onto the University of Notre Dame campus to protest President Barack Obama's planned commencement speech.


Schwarzenegger's legacy at stake in Calif. vote (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 03:00 PM PDT

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger answers a reporters question concerning his revised state budget proposal for the coming fiscal year during a Capitol news conference in  Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, May 14, 2009.  Schwarzenegger called for laying off thousands of state employees and slashing billions from education to deal with a projected budget deficit that could go as high as $21.3 billion if voters reject the budget-related measures on next weeks special election ballot.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - The decisions facing California voters next week are all about the state's precarious finances, but next week's special election also is shaping up as a watershed moment for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.


Obama Persuades Congressman to Drop Senate Primary Threat (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 15 May 2009 02:44 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Democratic Rep. Steve Israel announced Friday that he will not launch a primary challenge to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand -- at the request of President Obama.

Obama's personal finances are sound (AP)

Posted: 15 May 2009 02:16 PM PDT

President Barack Obama holds an autographed baseball and personalized team jersey as he honored the 2008 World Series baseball champion Philadelphia Phillies, Friday, May 15, 2009, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. First base coach Davey Lopes is at right. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama's personal finances appear to be on sound footing even as the nation's economy struggles, a financial report he released Friday shows.


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