2009年6月20日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Baucus, White House in deal with drug industry (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 04:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 2, 2009 file photo, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., left, and the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa talk on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)AP - The pharmaceutical industry agreed Saturday to spend $80 billion over the next decade improving drug benefits for seniors on Medicare and defraying the cost of President Barack Obama's health care legislation, capping secretive negotiations involving key lawmakers and the White House.


Obama to Iran's leaders: Stop 'unjust' actions (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 04:44 PM PDT

A group of demonstrators protest in front of the White House in support the demonstrations in Iran and to condemn Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's decision to suppress the protests, in Washington Saturday, June 20, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday challenged Iran's government to halt a "violent and unjust" crackdown on dissenters, using his bluntest language yet to condemn Tehran's postelection response.


Obama asks men to be better fathers than their own (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 05:04 PM PDT

President Barack Obama grills on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, June 19, 2009, in Washington during an event in conjunction with fatherhood and mentoring. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Barack Obama got a basketball, his first name and ambition from his father. Little else.


Clinton urges countries to combat refugee crisis (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 04:13 PM PDT

File - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at a news conference at the State Department in Washington, in this June 8, 2009 file photo. Clinton was on her way to the White House when she fell and injured her elbow, chief of staff Cheryl Mills said in a statement released late Wednesday June 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the U.S. is committed to helping the world's 34 million refugees build safe and fulfilling lives, calling their struggle a "humanitarian emergency."


Health reform gets boost with Rx deal (Politico)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 10:25 AM PDT

Politico - Giving a boost to health legislation after a bruising week, the pharmaceutical industry struck a deal Saturday with Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and the White House to commit $80 billion over 10 years to help pay for comprehensive reform.

Analysis: Obama offers split verdict on economy (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 06:21 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 17, 2009 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, right, holds a copy of the outlined reforms as he sits next to Director of National Economic Council, Lawrence Summers, right, as they wait for President Barack Obama to deliver remarks on the new comprehensive regulatory reform plan in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, FILE)AP - It's a difficult balancing act.


Obama puts critics of financial overhaul on notice (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 05:41 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks during the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference at the JW Marriott in Washington, DC. Obama warned Iran Friday that the AP - President Barack Obama said Saturday that current financial rules exploit consumers and he put critics of his proposed overhaul on notice: "While I'm not spoiling for a fight, I'm ready for one."


THE INFLUENCE GAME: Excuse me! Lobby wins on burps (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 08:13 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 2, 2002 file photo, a Holstein cow east hay at the De Vries Dairy in Pasco, Wash. One contributor to global warming - bigger than coal mines, landfills and sewage treatment plants - is being left out of efforts by the Obama administration and House Democrats to limit greenhouse gas emissions: cow burps. (AP Photo/Jackie Johnston, FILE)AP - One contributor to global warming — bigger than coal mines, landfills and sewage treatment plants — is being left out of efforts by the Obama administration and House Democrats to limit greenhouse gas emissions.


GOP criticizes Dems on cost of health overhaul (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 09:06 AM PDT

FILE -- In this May 12, 2009 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - Sensing a political opening, the Senate's GOP leader said Saturday that Democratic efforts to overhaul health care will bury the nation in debt.


Obama may need firmer hand on health care debate (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 12:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2009 file photo, then-Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Tom Daschle, right, smiles as he prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, accompanied by former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole. Daschle, who once was Obama's choice for shepherding the nation's health care overhaul through Congress, said the chance of legislation passing is no better than 50-50. Those are fairly good odds, he said, for such complicated proposals that stir such deep passions.   (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama is seeing the downside of his light touch on revamping the nation's health care system.


Deal reached to cut drug costs (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 04:50 PM PDT

Reuters - Drug manufacturers will offer some $80 billion in prescription discounts for Medicare recipients under a deal unveiled on Saturday, which could boost President Barack Obama as he pushes to overhaul the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system.

Obama praises drug deal, says it's 'turning point' (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 04:49 PM PDT

President Barack Obama gets ready to take a bite of frozen custard in front of The Dairy Godmother in the Del Ray area of Alexandria, Va., Saturday, June 20, 2009. President Obama went to suburban Washington with daughters Sasha Obama, 8, and Malia Obama, 10, to get frozen custard.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama praised the agreement has been reached between Senator Max Baucus and the nation's pharmaceutical companies intended to rerduce costs of prescription drugs for millions of America's seniors.


Mousavi calls for purge of "lies" (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 04:18 PM PDT

Iranian protesters residing in Japan shout slogans at a rally in support of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi near the Iranian embassy in Tokyo June 20, 2009. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonReuters - Opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said the Islamic Republic must be purged of what he called lies and dishonesty, sending out a direct challenge to conservative rulers after a day of unrest across Tehran.


Obama urges Iran to 'stop all violent and unjust actions' (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 04:13 PM PDT

Iranian protesters run for cover during clashes with riot police in Tehran. US President Barack Obama Saturday called on Iran's government to AFP - US President Barack Obama called on Iran's government Saturday to "stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people," amid post-election tensions in the Islamic republic.


Tehran demonstrations smaller but met with violence (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 03:37 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - Iran descended further into chaos Saturday, as security forces used guns, tear gas and metal batons against defiant protesters, protesters fought back and the toll of dead and injured mounted in the country's escalating post-election crisis.

Obama and daughters snack on frozen custard (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 03:35 PM PDT

President Barack Obama leaves with daughters Malia Obama, 10, left, and Sasha Obama, 8, not pictured, after having frozen custard at The Dairy Godmother in the Del Ray area of Alexandria, Va., Saturday, June 20, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The first family was in the mood for something sweet — something like vanilla custard, fudge and sprinkles.


Kennedy goes to bat for Dodd in campaign ad (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 03:33 PM PDT

AP - Sen. Edward Kennedy is going to bat in a new TV campaign ad for longtime pal Sen. Christopher Dodd, who faces a tough re-election fight in Connecticut.

Events move Obama's approach to Iran (Politico)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 03:02 PM PDT

Politico - President Obama condemned Iran's repression of post-election protests Saturday as the turmoil turned violent and harrowing images of bloodied protesters flooded American television and computer screens.

FBI tried in vain to stop 'Deep Throat' film (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 01:42 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 31, 1980 file photo, protesters picket the theater where the film 'Deep Throat' is being shown, near Times Square in New York.  FBI files released in June, 2009 to the Associated Press show agents across the country and at the highest level of the agency investigated 'Deep Throat' — the 1972 porn movie, not the shadowy Watergate figure — in a vain attempt to roll back what became a cultural shift toward more permissive entertainment. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff)AP - When the FBI investigated the landmark 1972 porno movie "Deep Throat," the case touched the highest levels of the FBI, even its second-in-command W. Mark Felt, the shadowy Watergate informant whose "Deep Throat" alias was taken from the movie's title.


Iran police clash with defiant protestors (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 12:53 PM PDT

Supporters of Iran's defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi clash with police during a protest in Tehran. Thousands of Iranians clashed with police on Saturday as they defied an ultimatum from supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for an end to protests over last week's disputed presidential election.(AFP)AFP - Thousands of Iranians clashed with police on Saturday as they defied an ultimatum from supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for an end to protests over last week's disputed presidential election.


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