2009年9月11日星期五

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River drill shakes up DC on 9/11 anniversary (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:27 PM PDT

With the Jefferson Memorial in the background, a U.S. Coast Guard boat is seen on the Potomac River in Washington, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. The Coast Guard was conducting a training exercise in the Potomac River moments before President Barack Obama crossed a nearby bridge for a Sept. 11 commemoration. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)AP - A morning of remembrance turned into one of flashbacks, fear and media missteps Friday when a Coast Guard exercise — unfolding near Pentagon ceremonies marking the Sept. 11, 2001, anniversary — was mistaken as an attack. The false reports of gunfire on the river briefly spooked the capital, sending FBI agents to the scene and grounding flights.


Obama marks 9/11 with memorial, call to service (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:07 PM PDT

Standing in a steady rain, President Barack Obama bows his head as he lays a wreath at the Pentagon Memorial, marking the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - On his first 9/11 anniversary as president, Barack Obama urged Americans to come together in service just as they united after the terrorist attacks eight years ago.


Health care talks focus on illegal immigrants (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:13 PM PDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Senators closing in on a comprehensive health care bill have whittled away all but the most contentious issues and one of those loomed large Friday: coverage for illegal immigrants.


House plans to admonish Rep. Wilson over outburst (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:11 PM PDT

Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C. speaks to reporters outside of his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Democratic leaders are planning a House vote early next week to admonish Republican Rep. Joe Wilson if he does not apologize on the House floor for yelling "You lie!" during President Barack Obama's health care address to Congress.


RNC claims DNC ads pulled (Politico)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:50 PM PDT

Politico - The Republican National Committee says it has gotten an ad by its Democratic counterpart pulled from half the media markets in which it was running.

Dem senator: Speed Afghan security force training (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:14 PM PDT

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich arrives for a news conference on Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - The Senate Armed Services chairman Friday added to mounting pressure on the White House to avoid escalating the war in Afghanistan by calling for faster training of Afghan security forces instead of sending more U.S. troops into combat.


Michelle Obama to help Chicago's Olympic bid (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:54 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama tour a Habitat for Humanity project site in Washington, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, as they highlight community service on the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - An Obama is definitely going to Denmark to lobby for Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics.


US says 6 nations accept Iran's offer to talk (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 01:31 PM PDT

Supporters of Iran's defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, in their trademark green scarves and headbands, flash the v-sign for victory during a massive protest in Tehran in June. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned opposition groups they will be AP - The United States and five partner countries have accepted Iran's new offer to hold talks, even though Iran insists it will not negotiate over its disputed nuclear program, the State Department said Friday.


Flu season comes early; most are swine variety (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:53 PM PDT

US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testifies at a hearing on Capitol Hill July 2009 in Washington, DC. Vilsack stood up Friday for pigs and hog farmers, saying their name has been dragged through the mud by people who insist on calling the A(H1N1) influenza pandemic AP - Influenza is circulating unusually early this year with cases in all 50 states — nearly all the swine flu variety, government health officials said Friday.


This 9-11, Obama has the bullhorn on terrorism (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 11:58 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC. Obama is to give a AP - On Sept. 11, 2001, Barack Obama was driving to a state legislative hearing in Chicago when he heard the first sketchy reports of a plane hitting the World Trade Center on his car radio. The 40-year-old state senator spent the afternoon in his law office watching "nightmare images" of destruction and grief unfold on TV.


17-room home next to Obamas' Chicago home for sale (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:10 PM PDT

FILE - This Wednesday, July 11, 2007 file picture shows the Chicago home of Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. in Hyde Park, a prominent neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. (AP Photo/Jerry Lai)AP - If you've got the money, you could be President Barack Obama's neighbor in Chicago.


White House wants regulatory reform this year (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks on health care reform to the American Nursing Association (ANA) at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, September 10, 2009.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - President Barack Obama wants Congress to act this year on what is billed as the most sweeping financial regulatory reform since the 1930s, despite a crush of other business, a senior aide said Friday.


Obama launches push for financial regulatory reform (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 04:53 PM PDT

Reuters - The Obama administration is launching a broad push for action on financial regulatory reform, returning to a key legislative priority even as the debate over healthcare consumes the U.S. Congress.

Summers: High unemployment for years (Politico)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 04:34 PM PDT

Politico - The president’s chief economic adviser warned Friday that the nation’s unemployment rate could stay “unacceptably high” for years to come — a situation that would seriously complicate Barack Obama’s ability to convince Americans that he’s beating back the recession.

Obama faces skeptics in Congress over Afghan war (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:39 PM PDT

Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, pictured here in May 2009, was the latest top Democratic lawmaker to caution Obama against a greater military escalation in Afghanistan, reflecting rising concern within the president's own party over the US direction there.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)AFP - A powerful US senator on Friday warned against sending more American troops to Afghanistan, signaling growing skepticism over the war within President Barack Obama's own party.


Obama says U.S. must renew fight against al Qaeda (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:19 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama sought to rally Americans behind the war in Afghanistan on the eighth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States as polls show faltering public support for the conflict.

Democrats in Congress growing antsy over Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:13 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Congress will examine next week the future of American military involvement in Afghanistan, a future that many key lawmakers hope won't include sending more U.S. troops than President Barack Obama already has committed.

Michelle Obama to urge IOC to pick Chicago for 2016 (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:08 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama is sending his wife Michelle to Copenhagen next month to urge Olympics organizers to select Chicago to host the 2016 Games.

Wash. judicial candidate mistaken for SC rep (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:09 PM PDT

AP - As a candidate for judge, Joe Wilson didn't mind sharing the name of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson. Now, he says, being mistaken for a South Carolina congressman who heckled President Barack Obama has given him a backhanded bump.

U.S. eyes $7.8 billion missile sale to Turkey (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:06 PM PDT

Reuters - The Obama administration has notified Congress of a possible $7.8 billion sale of Patriot PAC-3 antimissile batteries and related gear to Turkey, the only NATO ally bordering Iran.

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