2009年5月29日星期五

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Obama sure Sotomayor would restate 2001 comment (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 04:51 PM PDT

President Barack Obama announces federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor, right, as his nominee for the Supreme Court, Tuesday, May 26, 2009, in an East Room ceremony of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama on Friday personally sought to deflect criticism of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, who finds herself under intensifying scrutiny for saying in 2001 that a female Hispanic judge would often reach a better decision than a white male judge. "I'm sure she would have restated it," Obama flatly told NBC News, without indicating how he knew that.


North Korea could opt for devastating land assault (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 01:20 PM PDT

South Korean Army soldiers carry a TOW missile system during their military exercise near the border village of Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 29, 2009. Tensions surrounding North Korea rose further Friday as Chinese fishing boats pulled away from its coast, but U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said the situation is not a crisis and no additional U.S. troops will be sent to the region. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - North Korea's nuclear threats are grabbing the world's attention. But if the North were to strike South Korea today, it would probably first try to savage Seoul with the men and missiles of its huge conventional army.


Gates warns NKorea that US will respond quickly (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 06:03 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, right, shakes hands with Ma Xiaotian, left, China's Deputy Chief of General Staff, People's Liberation Army, during their meeting on the sidelines of the IISS Asia Security Summit on Saturday May 30, 2009 in Singapore.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned North Korea on Saturday that the United States would respond quickly if moves by the communist government threaten America or its Asian allies. "We will not stand idly by as North Korea builds the capability to wreak destruction on any target in Asia — or on us," Gates said in prepared remarks to an annual international meeting of defense and security officials from Asia and the Pacific Rim.


Corruption probe heats up on Capitol Hill (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 02:59 PM PDT

Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., center, answers a reporter's question about Kuchera Defense Systems Inc., after attending a breakfast at the 'Showcase for Commerce' trade show in Johnstown, Pa., Friday, May 29, 2009. Kuchera, a Pennsylvania defense contractor who got millions of dollars in congressional earmarks from Rep. John Murtha, has been blocked from doing business with the Navy amid allegations of fraud. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)AP - A federal grand jury has subpoenaed a Democratic congressman in a corruption probe, the first concrete indication that a long-simmering Justice Department investigation of a top lobbying firm also has the potential to seriously damage congressional careers.


Death cases among early issues for new justice (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 04:35 PM PDT

AP - As a director of a Puerto Rican advocacy group in the 1980s, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was part of a three-person committee that equated capital punishment with racism.

Obama to stress renewed US-Muslim ties (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 05:50 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama will stress what the White House calls his personal commitment "based upon mutual interests and mutual respect" to strengthening U.S. ties to the Muslim world in a much-anticipated speech in Egypt next week.

Michelle Obama visits White House garden helpers (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 03:13 PM PDT

David Martinez listens as first lady Michelle Obama speaks at Bancroft Elementary School in Washington, Friday, May 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - It was time for Michelle Obama to return the favor.


White House rewrites curbs on lobbying stimulus (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 04:44 PM PDT

AP - The White House issued new rules Friday broadening some of its restrictions on lobbying for projects in the economic stimulus package, but retreating on others.

Leader of UNITE HERE resigns as labor feud grows (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 04:28 PM PDT

AP - The long-simmering clash between rival factions at the labor union UNITE HERE grew increasingly bitter on Friday as its general president resigned and accused his opponents of breaking into his office to steal sensitive files.

Iran official blames U.S. in deadly mosque bombing (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2009 05:25 PM PDT

Blood is seen on the ceiling inside a mosque after a bomb explosion in Zahedan, 1076 km (668 miles) south east of Tehran, May 28, 2009. An explosion at a prominent Shi'ite Muslim mosque in the southeast Iranian city of Zahedan on Thursday killed 30 people and wounded 60, the semi-official news agency ILNA reported. REUTERS/IRNAReuters - An Iranian official accused the United States on Friday of involvement in a mosque bombing that killed more than 20 people in volatile southeastern Iran, two weeks before a presidential election.


SPIN METER: Sotomayor's contradictory images (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 04:22 PM PDT

This 1976 photo, supplied by Princeton University, shows then Princeton University senior Sonia Sotomayor, who was  chosen by President Barack Obama  to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The Princeton graduate, went on to Yale Law School. She is a former prosecutor and private attorney, and became a federal judge for the Southern District of New York in 1992. She became an appeals judge in 1998 for the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.(AP Photo/Princeton University)AP - There are two sides to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor: a Latina from a blue-collar family and a wealthy member of America's power elite.


Bush, Cheney split on Obama (Politico)

Posted: 29 May 2009 03:53 PM PDT

Former Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Frank McKenna (unseen) moderates a discussion on global affairs between former U.S. Presidents George W. Bush (L) and Bill Clinton at a convention center in this handout photo released by TD Bank from the event in Toronto, May 29, 2009. This is the first time the two presidents have participated in a joint event together.   REUTERS/TD Bank Financial Group/Handout  (CANADA POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSPolitico - Former President George W. Bush is sticking by his promise to leave President Barack Obama alone â€" prompting some second-guessing by allies of Vice President Dick Cheney, who is determined to confront the new president.


Obama to create White House cybersecurity post (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2009 03:37 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama said he will name a White House-level czar to coordinate government efforts to fight an epidemic of cybercrime, which even touched his presidential campaign.

Obama cheers step toward new nuclear arms pact (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 03:22 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is welcoming an agreement by the 65-nation Conference on Disarmament to open the way to negotiate a new nuclear arms control treaty.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Battling cyber turf wars (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 02:49 PM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers remarks on securing the nation's cyber infrastructure, Friday, May 29, 2009, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - The digital battlefield is proving to be difficult terrain for President Barack Obama.


Obama: Residents must prepare for hurricanes (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 02:48 PM PDT

President Barack Obama attends a hurricane preparedness meeting at FEMA headquarters in Washington, Friday, May 29, 2009. From left are, the president, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and FEMA Director Craig Fugate. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President Barack Obama urged residents of hurricane-prone communities on Friday to take responsibility for their own safety and start planning now.


Grand jury subpoenas Visclosky's offices (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 02:38 PM PDT

AP - A federal grand jury has subpoenaed records of an Indiana congressman in a criminal probe involving a top lobbying firm that specialized in funneling federal contracts to defense firms.

Paper says mistakenly ran ad urging Obama killing (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2009 02:06 PM PDT

President Barack Obama walks past F-16 aircraft at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada May 27, 2009. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - A local newspaper in northwest Pennsylvania apologized on Friday for running a classified advertisement that called implicitly for the assassination of U.S. President Barack Obama.


Meltdown 101: What took GM and Chrysler so long? (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2009 02:05 PM PDT

AP - It's no secret General Motors has been in trouble for a long time.

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