2009年7月12日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Sotomayor faces friendly jury as hearings begin (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 02:57 PM PDT

In this photo provided by NBC News, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., appears on 'Meet the Press' at the NBC studios in Washington Sunday July 12, 2009.   (AP Photo/NBC News, William B. Plowman)      NO SALES **AP - Sonia Sotomayor has decided advantages as she begins the most important trial of her long legal career, a nationally televised consideration of her nomination to be the first Hispanic and just the third woman on the Supreme Court.


GOP unifies against any more stimulus spending (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 03:16 PM PDT

In this photo provided by FOX News, Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., appears on 'Fox News Sunday'  in Washington, Sunday, July 12, 2009. (AP Photo/FOX News Sunday, Freddie Lee) MANDATORY CREDIT: FREDDIE LEE, FOX NEWS SUNDAYAP - Republicans lined up Sunday in opposition to a second economic stimulus package, a rare demonstration of unity from an out-of-power political party in search of a rallying cry against President Barack Obama.


After 2 tough summits, Obama savors Ghana moment (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 12:33 PM PDT

President Barack Obama greets the crowd at a departure ceremony at the airport in Accra, Ghana, Saturday, July 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - For a new president, there inevitably comes that moment: the first time he hears a foreign crowd hoarsely chanting his name, or sees thousands of well-wishers surging forward, or realizes youngsters are running pell-mell beside his motorcade, desperate for a glimpse of his face.


Officials push for health care in spite of delay (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 12:42 PM PDT

Handicrafts products are displayed for sale at a shop in Thimphu July 12, 2009. Five decades ago, Bhutan was a feudal, medieval place with no roads, proper schools or hospitals and scarcely any contact with the outside world. Today education and healthcare are free and life expectancy has risen to 66 years from less than 40. REUTERS/Singye Wangchuk (BHUTAN SOCIETY)AP - President Barack Obama's overhaul of the nation's health systems is unlikely to be completed by the White House's August deadline, lawmakers said Sunday as Congress turns its attention to other priorities.


New justice battle may jolt GOP (Politico)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 04:14 AM PDT

US Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, in June 2009. Sotomayor's US Supreme Court confirmation battle opens Monday with her first public grilling by the Senate, which is expected to anoint her as the bench's first Hispanic justice.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)Politico - To some Republican activists, an epic battle over Sonia Sotomayor is just the kind of jolt the Republican Party needs to get out of its doldrums. 


Palin says she's not leaving politics (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 12:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2008 file photo shows Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, in Dayton, Ohio. An examination of Palin's finances, in the wake of her announcement that she was resigning,  shows a thriving defense fund, a lucrative book deal, and her husband's six-figure snowmobile, fishing and oil ventures.  (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she's not only staying involved in national politics, but she plans to jump back into the national scrum when she leaves office at the end of the month.


Feinstein suggests CIA concealment broke law (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 11:53 AM PDT

In this photo provided by FOX News, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., appears on 'Fox News Sunday'  in Washington, Sunday, July 12, 2009. (AP Photo/FOX News Sunday, Freddie Lee) MANDATORY CREDIT: FREDDIE LEE, FOX NEWS SUNDAYAP - Six months into Barack Obama's presidency, his Democratic allies are pushing for twin investigations into Bush-era torture and anti-terrorism policies.


Obama says slavery's past should be taught in US (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 11:56 AM PDT

President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia and Sasha on a tour of the Cape Coast Castle in Cape Coast, Ghana, Saturday, July 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - President Barack Obama says slavery is a terrible part of the United States' history and should be taught in a way that connects that past cruelty to current events, such as the genocide in Darfur.


Obama orders review of alleged Afghan mass grave (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 01:52 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has ordered his national security team to investigate reports that U.S. allies were responsible for the deaths of as many as 2,000 Taliban prisoners of war during the opening days of the war in Afghanistan.

Geithner to focus on investment, economic recovery (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 02:17 PM PDT

AP - On his first trip to the Middle East as Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner's message this week will be similar to the one he delivered to Chinese officials a month ago: your investments in the United States are safe.

Health care deadline unlikely to be met (Politico)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 03:07 PM PDT

Politico - Health care reform proponents are growing pessimistic that they can meet President Barack Obama’s August target for passing a bill — saying the next four weeks must fall together perfectly, without a hitch or a hiccup.

Lawmakers say health overhaul has been slowed (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 12:11 PM PDT

AP - Top members of Congress say it's unlikely they will meet President Barack Obama's August deadline for a sweeping health care overhaul.

Obama phones Sotomayor on eve of hearings (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 09:56 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has called his Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, to wish her luck at her confirmation hearings.

Feinstein: CIA concealment may have broken the law (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 08:43 AM PDT

AP - The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee says the Bush administration may have broken the law if it ordered the CIA to conceal the existence of a counterterrorism program.

McCain opposes probe of interrogation practices (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 07:59 AM PDT

AP - Sen. John McCain says he's against opening a criminal investigation into whether CIA officers tortured detainees during the Bush administration.

Republicans resist Justice interrogation probe (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 07:35 AM PDT

AP - Two leading Republican senators say a criminal investigation into the Bush administration's harsh intelligence practices would make the CIA a boogeyman.

McCain says he respects Palin's decision to quit (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 07:32 AM PDT

In this photo provided by NBC News, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., appears on 'Meet the Press' at the NBC studios in Washington Sunday July 12, 2009.   (AP Photo/NBC News, William B. Plowman)      NO SALES **AP - Last year's Republican presidential nominee, John McCain, says he doesn't think of Sarah Palin as quitting her job as much as changing her priorities.


Durbin: Probe possible Cheney concealment (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 07:01 AM PDT

AP - Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin says Congress should investigate whether former Vice President Dick Cheney and others in the Bush administration ordered the CIA to conceal the existence of a counterterrorism program.

AP source: Holder considering torture probe (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 06:35 AM PDT

FILE -- In this June 25, 2009 file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Judiciary Committee.  Holder is considering whether to appoint a prosecutor to investigate the Bush administration's interrogation practices.   (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - Contrary to White House wishes, Attorney General Eric Holder may push forward with a criminal investigation into the Bush administration's harsh interrogation practices used on suspected terrorists.


Obama says Taliban pushed back in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 06:06 AM PDT

A US Marine directs a CH-53 helicopter as it delivers supplies for their convoy in Koshtay in Afghanistan's Helmand Province. US President Barack Obama said US and NATO-led troops had pushed back the Taliban in Afghanistan but he warned that there was still a long, hard campaign ahead.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)AFP - US President Barack Obama said US and NATO-led troops had pushed back the Taliban in Afghanistan but he warned that there was still a long, hard campaign ahead.


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