2009年9月12日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Obama says status quo no solution on health care (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 03:16 PM PDT

President Barack Obama gives a thumbs up to a man who calls himself the world's tallest Obama supporter, not shown, during his address to a health care reform rally, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009, at Target Center in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - President Barack Obama assailed critics of his health care initiative Saturday, seeking to grab the megaphone from his opponents and boost momentum in his drive for congressional passage of his chief domestic priority.


White House wants talks to focus on Iran's nukes (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 04:58 PM PDT

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, right, welcomes diplomats representing the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany, left, prior to presenting Iran's package of proposals for new talks with the West in a gathering in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. Iran presented world powers on Wednesday with a proposal for new talks with the West, though Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ruled out negotiations over the central issues of his country's controversial nuclear program. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - The White House said Saturday that international talks with Iran should focus on the country's nuclear program, a topic Tehran had ruled off limits until its foreign minister opened the door.


Thousands of downtown D.C. protesters blast Obama (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 03:45 PM PDT

Demonstrators hold up banners on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009, during a taxpayer rally.  (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - Tens of thousands of protesters fed up with government spending marched to the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, showing their disdain for the president's health care plan with slogans such as "Obamacare makes me sick" and "I'm not your ATM."


China: Trade penalties will hurt US relations (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 02:34 PM PDT

A Chinese worker moves large tires at an assembly line for buses made by Chinese auto manufacturer Foton Motor Group in Beijing, China, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. President Barack Obama faces a tough choice as he nears a deadline on whether to slap tariffs on a flood of Chinese tires entering the United States. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - President Barack Obama's decision to impose trade penalties on Chinese tires has infuriated Beijing at a time when the U.S. badly needs Chinese help on climate change, nuclear standoffs with Iran and North Korea and the global economy.


W.H. wants actions from Iran (Politico)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 03:19 PM PDT

Politico - My story tonight:

Afghanistan: Questions, answers on war, US plans (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 03:07 PM PDT

A carry team lowers the transfer case containing the remains of Army First Lt. Tyler E. Parten of Arkansas, during A dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009. According to the The Defense Department, Parten died in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - The link between Afghanistan and al-Qaida has dimmed in memory in the eight years since the Sept. 11 attacks. Osama bin Laden remains at large. The fighting grinds on.


Health care faces some big legislative bottlenecks (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 02:29 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves before boardING Air Force One to depart Minnesota at the Minneapolis St. Paul Airport, 133rd Airlift Wing in St. Paul, Minn., saturday, Sept. 12,2009,  after a rally on health insurance reform at the Target Center in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Hannah Foslien)AP - The fierce national debate over health care is entering a new phase, with advocates on all sides focused on a few legislative bottlenecks that will determine the ultimate overhaul of the $2.5 trillion medical care system.


Avoiding the financial abyss: Success, no glory (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 03:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2008 file photo, people work inside the Lehman Brothers headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, FILE)AP - Halting the financial sector's death plunge is arguably the government's most measurable achievement this year. Yet as President Barack Obama observes the one-year anniversary of Lehman Brothers' collapse, his administration's increasingly sunny assessment of Wall Street's rebound faces a hard sell.


Friendly crowd at Frank's Mass. health care forum (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 03:39 PM PDT

U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., speaks at MassBay Community College in Wellesley, Mass., Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009 about health care reform and financial issues at a town hall-style meeting. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)AP - Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank's latest town hall meeting on health care reform was much calmer than one last month, when a protester held a poster portraying the president as Hitler.


State lawmakers try to halt health care changes (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 04:55 PM PDT

This Sept. 1, 2009 photo shows Dr. Eric Novack, right, talking with medical assistant Becky Helems at his Phoenix Orthopaedic Consultants office in Glendale, Ariz.  Novack, an orthopedic surgeon in the Phoenix metro area, is a limited government proponent. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - Republicans in more than a dozen states opposed to President Barack Obama's push for health care overhaul have mounted state-driven efforts to block federal intervention in health care, with some early success.


Honduras' interim president: US revoked my visas (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 03:44 PM PDT

A supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya shouts slogans against interim President Roberto Micheletti in front of riot police during a demonstration in Tegucigalpa, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. Zelaya was ousted by a coup in June. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - Washington has revoked the visas of Honduras' interim president and 17 other top officials to pressure the Central American nation to reinstate ousted leader Manuel Zelaya, Honduras' government said Saturday.


W.H. wants concrete actions from Iran (Politico)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 03:37 PM PDT

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki looks on during a joint news conference with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu (not pictured) in Tehran September 12, 2009. REUTERS/Morteza NikoubazlPolitico - The Obama Administration and its allies will insist that Iran's vague offer to open negotiations be followed quickly with concrete actions to slow or halt its nuclear program, a senior administration official said.


Can Obama Woo Skeptics After Health-Care-Reform Speech? (Time.com)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 03:20 PM PDT

Time.com - The President's health-care address was more targeted at the public than the Congress, but now he has to focus his powers of persuasion on the skeptics in his own backyard

Obama warns against scare tactics over healthcare (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 02:25 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama arrives for a rally for his health insurance reform initiatives at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 12, 2009.  REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst    (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEALTH)Reuters - President Barack Obama warned Americans on Saturday not to be tricked by "scare tactics" he accused his opponents of using as he went on the road to rally support for his drive to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system.


McDonnell drops on-air F-bomb (Politico)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 01:16 PM PDT

Politico - Bob McDonnell, the Republican candidate for governor in Virginia, had an out-of-character slip of the lip today, dropping an f-bomb during a live interview on radio station WTOP.

GOP's Brown Gets Massachusetts Senate Boost as Card Bows Out (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 01:01 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Scott P. Brown, one of the handful of Republicans in the Massachusetts Senate, announced Saturday afternoon that he is a candidate for the state's vacant U.S. Senate seat. And his bid for the GOP nomination received a boost late Friday night when Andrew Card -- former chief of staff to President George W. Bush -- revealed that he will not run in the upcoming special election to replace the late Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

'Freedom fighters' take a stand in D.C. (Politico)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 12:35 PM PDT

Politico - Conservative protesters from around the country flooded Pennsylvania Avenue Saturday, railing against what they called President Obama’s plan for government-run health care and Congress’s tax-and-spend policies.

Obama: Public option helps health care competition (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 11:46 AM PDT

President Barack Obama waves from the steps of Air Force One prior to leaving Andrews Air Force Base, Md, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009, for a day trip to Minneapolis. . (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)AP - President Barack Obama says he wants to see a government-run option in the health care overhaul and remains open on "how to set this up."


Obama says US closer than ever to health reform (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 11:25 AM PDT

President Barack Obama with Senators Amy Klobuchar, right, and Al Franken arrive in Minnesota at the Minneapolis St. Paul Airport, 133rd Airlift Wing in St. Paul, Minn., to hold a rally on health insurance reform at the Target Center in Minneapolis on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Hannah Foslien)AP - President Barack Obama is urging people to find common ground on health care for everyone in the U.S.


Karroubi keeps up heat as Iran panel says he harms regime (AFP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 11:16 AM PDT

An Iranian judiciary panel has called for action against key opposition figure Mehdi Karroubi, seen here in May 2009, even as he kept up the heat by issuing a fresh challenge to the outcome of the June 12 election.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)AFP - An Iranian judiciary panel called on Saturday for action against key opposition figure Mehdi Karroubi, even as he kept up the heat by issuing a fresh challenge to the outcome of the June 12 election.


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