2009年9月3日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Elections


White House signals openness to health compromise (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 05:19 PM PDT

President Barack Obama walks through the Colonnade to make remarks on preparedness and response efforts surrounding the 2009 H1N1 flu virus in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, September 1, 2009. REUTERS/Jim YoungAP - Even as liberals urge President Barack Obama to demand bold, far-reaching changes to the nation's health care system, the White House signaled openness Thursday to compromises that might attract moderate congressional Democrats as well as some Republicans.


Obama speech to students draws conservative ire (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 05:22 PM PDT

Texas Gov. Rick Perry responds to a question during an interview in his Capitol office Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, in Austin, Texas. Perry says he understands the concerns of parents who don't want their children listening to President Obama's school-time speech on education next week. But Perry said he's 'certainly not going to advise anybody not to send their kids to school that day.'  Obama plans to give a speech Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009 on the importance of education, aimed directly at the nation's school children.  (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)AP - President Barack Obama's back-to-school address next week was supposed to be a feel-good story for an administration battered over its health care agenda. Now Republican critics are calling it an effort to foist a political agenda on children, creating yet another confrontation with the White House.


FACT CHECK: Biden ignores problems with stimulus (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 05:19 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the economy and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, at the Brookings Institution in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Vice President Joe Biden proclaimed success beyond expectations Thursday for the $787 billion economic stimulus, but his glowing assessment overlooks many of the program's problems, including delays in releasing money, questionable spending priorities and project picks that are under investigation.


Gates says it's not time to leave Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 05:19 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Facing eroding public support for the war in Afghanistan, the Pentagon chief said Thursday that the Obama administration's effort in the eight-year-old conflict is "only now beginning." Defense Secretary Robert Gates also said he disagrees with people who say it's time to get out of Afghanistan.


Uphill fight for Wall Street crackdown (Politico)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 03:28 AM PDT

Politico - President Barack Obama plans to use the one-year anniversary of Lehman Brothers' collapse to prod Congress to crack down on Wall Street.

Analysis: Obama speech a sharp test of leadership (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 04:49 PM PDT

President Barack Obama walks out of the Oval Office and towards the South Lawn of the White House prior to his departure on Marine One helicopter in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - In one swoop, President Barack Obama must regain the public's attention on health care, clarify in detail exactly what he wants in a final deal, unify a restless Democratic Party, prod Congress to get him a bill and bring clarity to a bewildering debate.


Biden defends stimulus plan (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 03:28 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the economy and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, at the Brookings Institution in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Defending a costly plan to revitalize the economy, Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday said the government's sweeping stimulus effort "is in fact working" despite steady Republican criticism and public skepticism.


Embassy guards to be dismissed for lewd behavior (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 03:26 PM PDT

AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is "genuinely offended" by reports of misconduct by private guards working for the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan, a State Department spokesman said Thursday.

Dealers to get 'Clunkers' money by late September (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 03:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2009 file photo, a crane lifts a  junk car at a scrap yard in Bremen, Germany. Germany's €5 billion incentive program for new car buyers willing to scrap their old autos ran out early Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009 having given the economy a shove forward during the recession. (AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach)AP - The government has approved $500 million in reimbursements to car dealers for sales under the Cash for Clunkers program and dealers should be paid by late September, officials said Thursday.


Kennedy denies affair with Kopechne in new memoir (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 05:19 PM PDT

FILE--In a July 25, 1969 file photo Sen. Edward Kennedy is escorted by troopers as he leaves court in Edgartown, Mass., after pleading guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of the accident which killed aide Mary Jo Kopechne. Kennedy has died after battling a brain tumor his family announced early Wednesday Aug. 26, 2009. In a posthumous memoir, Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy writes of fear and remorse surrounding the fateful events on Chappaquiddick Island in 1969, when his car accident left a woman dead, and says he accepted the finding that a lone gunman assassinated his brother President John F. Kennedy. (AP Photo/File)AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said in a new book that he was not romantically involved with young Mary Jo Kopechne and that he never escaped the despair he felt after she died in the 1969 car crash that has been seared into the national consciousness as "Chappaquiddick."


Ohio elections panel hears lawmaker's complaint (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 05:24 PM PDT

AP - The Ohio Elections Commission has heard seven hours of testimony in an unusual case of Turkish history and U.S. foreign policy becoming issues in a congressional election.

US cuts aid to Honduras in support of ex-leader (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 04:45 PM PDT

Honduras ousted President Manuel Zelaya speaks privately to a members of the media outside the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, following his meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - The Obama administration on Thursday cut off all aid to the Honduran government over the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya, making permanent a temporary suspension of U.S. assistance put in place after he was deposed in June.


Obama Stepping Into Congressional Health-Care Fight (Bloomberg)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 03:43 PM PDT

Bloomberg - Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will take a more direct role in the legislative fight over revamping U.S. health care and make his case directly to lawmakers and the public next week by addressing a joint session of Congress.

US asks Gabonese to react peacefully to voting results (AFP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 02:58 PM PDT

Men walk by tyres set on fire by opposition supporters in Libreville after the official results of the presidential elections in Gabon. Unrest broke out in the Gabon capital as Ali Bongo, son of the country's late leader, was declared winner of a bitterly disputed presidential election.(AFP/Issouf Sanogo)AFP - The United States called Thursday on Gabonese to react peacefully to voting results after the son of the oil-rich nation's late leader was declared winner of the bitter presidential election.


Unrest rocks Gabon after Bongo wins disputed vote (AFP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 02:55 PM PDT

Ali Bongo speaks during a press conference after he was declared the winner of a bitter presidential election in Gabon. Gabon slapped a curfew on its economic hub Port-Gentil on Thursday as opposition supporters went on the rampage after the son of the oil-rich nation's late leader was declared winner of a bitter presidential election.(AFP/Issouf Sanogo)AFP - Gabon slapped a curfew on its economic hub Port-Gentil on Thursday as opposition supporters went on the rampage after the son of the oil-rich nation's late leader was declared winner of a bitter presidential election.


Treasury concedes independence of bailout watchdog (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 02:48 PM PDT

AP - The Treasury Department has decided not to challenge the independence of the government watchdog agency that Congress created to oversee spending of the $700 billion rescue package for the financial sector.

Federal agency approves plan for Gulf fish farming (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 02:46 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama's administration on Thursday allowed fish farming in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico, a move criticized by environmentalists fearful of pollution and threats to wild stocks.

Liberals escalate public option push (Politico)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 02:46 PM PDT

Politico - Two progressive groups are putting President Barack Obama on notice over the public insurance option: Listen to the people who elected you, or face the consequences.

Obama to address Congress as healthcare debate grows (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 02:45 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks during an Organizing for America national healthcare forum at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters in Washington August 20, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - President Barack Obama will seek to boost flagging support for healthcare reform next week with a rare speech to Congress after a rocky summer raised questions both about his leadership and legislative program.


Mass. AG announces candidacy for Kennedy seat (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 01:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2008, file photo, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley speaks during a news conference in Boston. Coakley is among the Democrats who could seek to be the successor to the seat held by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye, File)AP - Attorney General Martha Coakley announced Thursday she will run as a Democratic candidate in the special election to succeed the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.


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