2009年5月27日星期三

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Obama nominates top diplomats to London, New Delhi (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2009 07:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2008, file photo, former Indiana Rep. Tim Roemer testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. On May 27, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Roemer to be his ambassador to India. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - President Barack Obama has picked a major Democratic fundraiser as ambassador to Britain, a theology professor to represent the United States at the Vatican and a former member of the 9/11 Commission to be the top U.S. diplomat in India.


No filibuster, but Sotomayor battle still looms (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2009 06:32 PM PDT

President Barack Obama introduces federal appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, right, as his nominee for the Supreme Court, Tuesday, May 26, 2009, during a ceremony in an East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais )AP - Republicans see little chance of blocking Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination, a key GOP senator conceded Wednesday. But senators and advocacy groups are still girding for this summer's battle — partly with an eye toward raising money and perhaps preparing for Barack Obama's next nominee.


The new GM — Government Motors? (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2009 03:53 PM PDT

File - General Motors Corp. headquarters are shown in Detroit, in this Tuesday, July 25, 2006 file photo. GM said Wednesday May 27, 2009 that not enough of its bondholders agreed to swap their debt for company stock, meaning the troubled automaker is almost certainly headed for bankruptcy protection.  (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)AP - Government Motors.


Gates to press for Far East unity on NKorea threat (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2009 06:32 PM PDT

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, seen here on May 23, 2009, will meet his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Singapore Saturday to discuss North Korea's recent nuclear and missile tests, the Pentagon said Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AP - The U.S. on Wednesday accused North Korea of "provocative and belligerent" behavior as Defense Secretary Robert Gates took on the delicate task of reassuring Asian allies of U.S. support without further provoking the communist government.


National security adviser: US safer under Obama (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2009 06:31 PM PDT

National Security Adviser James Jones delivers remarks on national security to the Atlantic Council in Washington, Wednesday, May 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President Barack Obama's national security adviser laid out a sweeping rebuttal Wednesday to former Vice President Dick Cheney's charge that America is less safe under the new administration.


Fed would serve as risk regulator under Obama plan (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2009 07:26 PM PDT

The Federal Reserve Building is pictured in Washington December 16, 2008. REUTERS/Stelios VariasAP - The Obama administration is proposing that the Federal Reserve serve as an all-seeing regulator to detect activities that could pose risks to the entire financial system.


AP Interview: Burris didn't volunteer extra info (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2009 07:48 PM PDT

U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill tours the University of Illinois in Urbana, Ill., Wednesday, May 27, 2009. Burris says he wasn't trying to do any wheeling or dealing when he talked to then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother about being appointed to the Senate. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)AP - Sen. Roland Burris said Wednesday he did not tell an Illinois House impeachment committee that he promised to help then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich's campaign while also pushing for a Senate appointment because, like any good lawyer, he did not want to volunteer information he was not asked about.


Obama drops into California for political money (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2009 03:46 PM PDT

President Barack Obama arrives Wednesday May 27, 2009, in Los Angeles for a fundraising event.  (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - President Barack Obama looked not for votes in California on Wednesday but for millions of dollars to aid Democratic campaigns in other states.


Trial of Myanmar opposition leader nears end (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2009 07:06 PM PDT

Party members of the National League for Democracy, led by Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, light candles during a ceremony marking the 19th anniversary of election victory, which the junta has never recognized, in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, May 27, 2009. Suu Kyi blamed a 'security breach' for a bizarre visit by an American that put her in a prison courtroom this week and implied that Myanmar's military government was at fault, according to a statement released by her political party Wednesday. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)AP - The sole defense witness was scheduled to appear Thursday at the trial of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for violating the terms of her house arrest, as the proceedings seemed to be nearing their end.


Obama: Economy has stepped back from the brink (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2009 07:33 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama says the economy has stepped away from the verge of calamity and Americans are calmer about the future.

Hispanic theologian chosen for Vatican ambassador (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2009 06:16 PM PDT

AP - A Hispanic Roman Catholic theologian who was an adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign will be nominated to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, the White House announced Wednesday.

White House: No final plan yet on financial revamp (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2009 06:11 PM PDT

Reuters - The White House said on Wednesday it has not made any final decisions about the shape of an overhaul of the U.S. financial regulatory system and that discussion with lawmakers are ongoing.

Bush v. Gore lawyers take on gay marriage ban (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2009 06:05 PM PDT

Demonstrators protest the California Supreme Court's upholding of Proposition 8, which outlawed same-sex marriages, in a march and rally from the UCLA campus to the West Los Angeles Federal Building Tuesday, May 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)Reuters - Two lawyers who squared off in the legal battle over the 2000 U.S. presidential election teamed up on Wednesday to challenge California's gay marriage ban in a move that, if successful, would allow same-sex couples to wed anywhere in the United States.


Obama has made US safer : top security advisor (AFP)

Posted: 27 May 2009 05:28 PM PDT

National Security Adviser James Jones delivers remarks on national security to the Atlantic Council in Washington, Wednesday, May 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AFP - President Barack Obama's national security advisor James Jones rejected ex-vice president Dick Cheney's claim that dismantling Bush-era anti-terror policies had made Americans less safe.


Obama wants classified information review (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2009 03:41 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered a review of how the nation keeps and classifies its secrets and instructed his top administration officials to lean toward disclosure when they can.

More college grads join Teach for America (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2009 03:33 PM PDT

AP - Facing a tight job market, record numbers of college graduates are joining the ranks of Teach for America, the program that trains top students to teach in poor communities.

Obama promotes clean energy, stimulus in Nevada (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2009 03:26 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks about the economy, Wednesday, May 27, 2009, at Thunderbirds Hangar at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nev. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday hailed solar energy as a cost saver for a major Air Force base, one stop on a Western trip devoted to raising political money and promoting his economic policies.


Obama talks up economy as politics hover nearby (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2009 03:07 PM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers a speech at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Wednesday, May 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)AP - President Barack Obama refocused on the economy Wednesday after devoting several days to his Supreme Court nominee and the sticky issue of what to do with detainees at Guantanamo Bay.


Clinton: Israel must halt West Bank settlements (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2009 02:59 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ali Aboul Gheit, speak to reporters during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, May 27, 2009.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Israel in unusually blunt terms Wednesday to completely halt settlements on land that Palestinians claim as part of a future state of their own.


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