2009年6月26日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections


House narrowly passes major energy-climate bill (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 04:37 PM PDT

Activists hold signs as they participate in a rally on the West Lawn of the US Capitol in March 2009 in Washington, DC. Supporters of sweeping US legislation to fight climate change ramped up their push for a AP - In a triumph for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed sweeping legislation Friday that calls for the nation's first limits on pollution linked to global warming and aims to usher in a new era of cleaner, yet more costly energy.


AP sources: Obama eyeing order for Gitmo detainees (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 04:54 PM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures as he answers a question during a news conference at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 23, 2009.(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - Stymied by Congress so far, the White House is considering issuing an executive order to indefinitely imprison a small number of Guantanamo Bay detainees considered too dangerous to prosecute or release, two administration officials said Friday.


House rejects GOP energy alternative (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 04:08 PM PDT

AP - The House has rejected a Republican alternative to a Democratic climate bill. The vote sets the stage for likely passage of a bill that for the first time would limit U.S. greenhouse gases linked to global warming.

Obama scoffs at Ahmadinejad's demand for apology (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 03:37 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel participate in a joint news conference, Friday, June 26, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama's criticism of Iran escalated Friday into an unusually personal war of words. To Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's demand he apologize for meddling, Obama shot back that the regime should "think carefully" about answers owed to protesters it has arrested, bludgeoned and killed.


Biden reaches out to gay community (Politico)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 03:14 AM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden listens as he attends a Recovery Act Implementation Cabinet meeting, Thursday, June 25, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)Politico - Vice President Joe Biden told gay and lesbian Democrats that he doesn't blame them for their impatience and promised that the Obama administration will begin to push more strongly on the issues they care about, including the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.


Clinton's injury still limiting her work schedule (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 03:16 PM PDT

AP - One week after surgery to repair a broken right elbow, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday had not resumed a full work schedule at the State Department, officials said.

Obama says Merkel smart, trustworthy (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 10:50 AM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel participates in a joint news conference with with President Barack Obama, not shown, Friday, June 26, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.  (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - President Barack Obama is describing his German counterpart as "smart," and he adds that he can trust what she says.


Obama: Political agreement the big problem in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 11:35 AM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures during his joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not shown, Friday, June 26, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.  (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - Despite continuing violence in Iraq, President Barack Obama says he thinks the bigger challenge there is finding political agreement among Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds.


Rep. Tauscher casts key votes before leaving House (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 11:33 AM PDT

FILE -- In this June 9, 2009 file photo, Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D- Calif., testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on her nomination to become Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - Rep. Ellen Tauscher made it a memorable last day in Congress. The California Democrat wielded the gavel during debate Friday, gave an Academy Award-length "thank you address" to the chamber and was casting what could be one of the more important votes of her 13-year congressional career.


Analysis: Liberals prod Obama on their health bill (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 12:31 PM PDT

In this Feb. 2, 2009 file photo, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - Presidents quickly learn that legislative showdowns on tough issues, such as overhauling the nation's health care system, must be dealt with eventually. Some liberal Democrats worry that President Barack Obama may be waiting too long to face down Republicans on one of the issue's knottiest questions.


House passes landmark climate change bill (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 04:21 PM PDT

Activists hold signs as they participate in a rally on the West Lawn of the US Capitol in March 2009 in Washington, DC. The US House of Representatives on Friday narrowly passed historic legislation to cut carbon emissions blamed for climate change, handing President Barack Obama a hard-fought victory.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)Reuters - President Barack Obama scored a major victory on Friday when the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to slash industrial pollution that is blamed for global warming.


Iran election violence "outrageous," says Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 03:47 PM PDT

Iranian senior hard-line cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, delivers a Friday prayer sermon, at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 26, 2009. Khatami urged government to punish post-election rioters strongly and with cruelty. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday praised the bravery of Iranians who protested against a disputed election in the face of "outrageous" violence, while a hardline Iranian cleric called for the execution of leading "rioters."


$32B bill for EPA clears House (Politico)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 02:50 PM PDT

Politico - A $32.3 billion natural resources budget bill cleared the House Friday after Democrats beat back a Republican attempt to deny any funding increase to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Clinton, Bahrain prince discuss Middle East (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 02:34 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, seen here on June 11, 2009 at the State Department in Washington, DC. The tense post-election climate in Iran and the Middle East peace process topped talks Friday between US diplomacy chief Hillary Clinton and Bahrain's crown prince, the State Department said.(AFP/Getty Images/Alex Wong)AFP - The tense post-election climate in Iran and the Middle East peace process topped talks Friday between US diplomacy chief Hillary Clinton and Bahrain's crown prince, the State Department said.


INTERACTIVE: Obama's Fiscal 2010 Budget Summary (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 02:11 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - The budget outline sent to Congress in February by President Obama presumes a $250 billion increase in spending for the current fiscal year to stabilize financial markets. That, plus previous bailout costs, the enacted stimulus package and other proposed changes, would push up total outlays for fiscal 2009 by almost $1 trillion from a year ago. See the budget summary projected through 2019 on this table.

Senator sides with oyster farmer over Park Service (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 01:49 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 2, 2009 file photo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday June 2, 2009. Feinstein is backing an oyster farmer over the National Park Service in a northern California controversy that has environmentalists seething. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, FILE)AP - A powerful Senate Democrat is backing an oyster farmer over the National Park Service in a northern California controversy that has environmentalists seething.


US counterintel chief to be replaced (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 01:46 PM PDT

AP - The U.S. official who oversees government efforts to catch foreign spies and foil their plots will leave his post on July 4.

Analysis: Relieved US keeps base key to Afghan war (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 12:53 PM PDT

FILE -- In this March 1, 2005 file photo, a member of the U.S. military is seen at the airfield as a transport plane taxies at the U.S. air base at Manas international airport, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Bishkek. Kyrgyzstan.  (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)AP - Sometimes, paying three times the price for the same merchandise can be a good deal. That's the American calculation behind quiet negotiations that will allow the United States to hang onto a Central Asian air base crucial to the expanding war in Afghanistan.


Obama: Violence affects U.S. hope for Iran dialogue (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 12:47 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel following their Oval Office meeting in Washington June 26, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - President Barack Obama, in some of his sharpest remarks to date, said on Friday hopes for U.S. dialogue with Iran were affected by what he called Tehran's "outrageous" brutality following a disputed election.


White House on Jackson: pop icon, troubled life (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 12:24 PM PDT

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs gestures during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says President Barack Obama saw pop star Michael Jackson as a spectacular performer and music icon whose life nonetheless had sad and tragic aspects.


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