Yahoo! News: Elections

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• US discounts Iraq withdrawal risk despite attacks (AP)
• Hubris, remorse drove Sanford's week of decisions (AP)
• US safety board urges changes, can't require them (AP)
• A Republican comeback? (Politico)
• US intel: Al-Qaida numbers, activity drop in Iraq (AP)
• Attorney general wants review of cocaine sentences (AP)
• Group calls for investigation of Ensign affair (AP)
• Obama leaves door open to tax on health benefits (AP)
• Obama sending ambassador to Syria after years (AP)
• Obama signs bill funding wars (AP)
• Senate urges Obama to pardon first black champ (AP)
• Key senator says immigration revamp possible (AP)
• South Carolina Governor Sanford admits extramarital affair (Reuters)
• Pro-Iranian regime hackers invade Oregon computers (AP)
• Obama takes health care debate to the airwaves (McClatchy Newspapers)
• White House threatens veto over F-22 jet fighters (AP)
• Murtha says White House erred on helicopter (AP)
• Obama signs $106 billion bill for Iraq, Afghan wars (Reuters)

US discounts Iraq withdrawal risk despite attacks (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2009 01:08 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration has concluded the risk of a security collapse in Iraq is too slight to slow plans for withdrawing U.S. troops.

Hubris, remorse drove Sanford's week of decisions (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2009 04:44 PM PDT AP - How did he think he could get away with it? To visit his lover in Argentina, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford slipped his security detail, lied to his staff about his whereabouts and neglected to transfer executive power to the lieutenant governor in case of a state emergency.

US safety board urges changes, can't require them (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2009 03:33 PM PDT AP - Has the National Transportation Safety Board become the government's "I-told-you-so" agency?

A Republican comeback? (Politico) Posted: 24 Jun 2009 03:05 AM PDT Politico - For the first time since their 2006 election drubbing, top Republicans see signs — however faint — of a political resurgence over the next year.

US intel: Al-Qaida numbers, activity drop in Iraq (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2009 02:14 PM PDT AP - The number of al-Qaida extremists in Iraq has plummeted and their ability to maintain a high-level of attacks has been eroded, U.S. intelligence suggests.

Attorney general wants review of cocaine sentences (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2009 04:00 PM PDT AP - Attorney General Eric Holder sought support Wednesday for erasing the gap in prison sentences for crack and powder cocaine crimes, a disparity that hits black defendants the hardest.

Group calls for investigation of Ensign affair (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2009 04:59 PM PDT AP - A watchdog group alleged Wednesday that Sen. John Ensign violated the Senate's ethics rules by engaging in an affair with a campaign aide who was married to his administrative assistant, then terminating their employment.

Obama leaves door open to tax on health benefits (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2009 04:12 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama left the door open to a new tax on health care benefits Wednesday, and officials said top lawmakers and the White House were seeking $150 billion in concessions from the nation's hospitals as they sought support for legislation struggling to emerge in Congress.

Obama sending ambassador to Syria after years (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2009 02:48 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama plans to return an ambassador to Syria, filling a post that has been vacant for four years and marking an acceleration of Washington's engagement with the Arab world, the White House said on Wednesday.

Obama signs bill funding wars (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2009 05:19 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has signed into law a measure keeping the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from running out of money.

Senate urges Obama to pardon first black champ (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2009 04:55 PM PDT AP - The Senate is urging President Barack Obama to pardon the late black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, who was sent to prison nearly a century ago because of his romantic ties with a white woman.

Key senator says immigration revamp possible (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2009 03:32 PM PDT AP - A senator leading the Democrats' push to revise the nation's immigration laws this year said Wednesday it can be done if his party and immigration advocates get tough on illegal immigration.

South Carolina Governor Sanford admits extramarital affair (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jun 2009 03:15 PM PDT Reuters - South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who has been seen as a potential candidate for the 2012 U.S. presidential election, tearfully admitted on Wednesday he had been unfaithful to his wife and resigned as chairman of the Republican Governors' Association.

Pro-Iranian regime hackers invade Oregon computers (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2009 02:50 PM PDT AP - Hackers defaced the home page of the Oregon University System, posting a caustic message telling President Barack Obama to mind his own business and stop talking about the disputed Iranian election.

Obama takes health care debate to the airwaves (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 24 Jun 2009 02:46 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday intensified his campaign to overhaul the nation's health care system, as polls show Americans wanting but fearing change and as a divided Congress grapples over what to do.

White House threatens veto over F-22 jet fighters (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2009 02:44 PM PDT AP - Preparing for a possible showdown with Congress, the White House on Wednesday threatened to veto legislation authorizing a $680 billion military budget if it contains money for jet fighters the Pentagon doesn't want.

Murtha says White House erred on helicopter (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2009 02:42 PM PDT AP - The chairman of a powerful House subcommittee that oversees the military said Wednesday he hopes at least some of the $3.2 billion spent for a new fleet of presidential helicopters can be salvaged.

Obama signs $106 billion bill for Iraq, Afghan wars (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jun 2009 02:23 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law a $106 billion measure to fulfill his plans to wind down the war in Iraq and ramp up operations in Afghanistan where fighting against militants is intensifying.

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