2009年9月17日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Obama junks Bush's European missile defense plan (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 04:39 PM PDT

President Barack Obama pauses in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, during a ceremony where he awarded Army Sgt. 1st Class Jared C. Monti from Raynham, Mass. the Medal of Honor for his service in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama abruptly canceled a long-planned missile shield for Eastern Europe on Thursday, replacing a Bush-era project that was bitterly opposed by Russia with a plan he contended would better defend against a growing threat of Iranian missiles.


AP sources: Intel report drove new missile plan (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 05:05 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama's decision to scrap a Bush-era missile intercept system in Europe was based largely on a new U.S. intelligence assessment that Iran's effort to build a nuclear-capable long-range missile would take three years to five years longer than originally thought, U.S. officials said Thursday.

House bill would boost Pell Grants (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 03:11 PM PDT

Graphic shows average tuition and fees for colleges and maximum Pell GrantAP - The House voted Thursday in favor of the biggest overhaul of college aid programs since their creation in the 1960s — a bill to oust private lenders from the student loan business and put the government in charge.


Analysis: Shelving missile shield entices Moscow (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 05:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 1, 2007 file picture, elderly Communists pass by a poster condemning the planned U.S. missile defense radar base construction on Czech territory during Communists' May Day celebrations at Prague's exhibition ground, Czech Republic. U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday Sept. 17, 2009, shelved the Bush-era plan for an Eastern European missile defense plan that has been a major irritant in relations with Russia. He said a redesigned defensive system would be cheaper, quicker and more effective against the threat from Iranian missiles. (AP Photo,CTK, Roman Vondrous, file)AP - President Barack Obama is betting Moscow will return the favor on missile defense by helping him blunt Iran's nuclear ambitions.


Boehner works to keep up with base (Politico)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 03:16 AM PDT

Politico - House Minority Leader John Boehner spent much of last week trying to persuade a stubborn Rep. Joe Wilson to apologize to the House — telling associates he needed to “get to” Wilson before the weekend to elicit an apology.

Dems unhappy with proposed tax in health care bill (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 04:39 PM PDT

Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, following a meeting with Democrats to discuss health care legislation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Unhappy Senate Democrats on Thursday found plenty to complain about in the fine print of the latest health overhaul bill, particularly a tax provision they fear would hit hard at middle-class Americans, from coal miners in West Virginia to firefighters in New York.


Cheney undergoes elective back surgery (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 04:52 PM PDT

AP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney underwent elective back surgery Thursday, a procedure his office said "went well."

Analysis: Baucus pleases few with health care bill (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 04:55 PM PDT

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D- Mont. heads for his health care news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - His fellow Democrats shuddered and Republicans sneered when Sen. Max Baucus unveiled legislation to remake the health care system. Now, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee gamely insists that it can pass the Senate, core provisions intact.


Obama honors soldier killed in battle (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 02:48 PM PDT

President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to Paul Monti, father of Army Sgt. 1st. Class Jared C. Monti from Raynham, Mass., Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, during a ceremony  the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday praised a U.S. soldier who three times left cover for an attempted rescue while Taliban bullets and grenades rained around him, ultimately losing his own life while trying to save his comrade on an Afghan battlefield.


Pelosi worried about angry health care rhetoric (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 04:39 PM PDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the anti-government rhetoric over President Barack Obama's health care reform effort is troubling because it reminds her of the violent debate over gay rights that roiled San Francisco in the 1970s.


Karzai says vote was fair, Italian troops hit (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 04:11 PM PDT

An Afghan soldier carries a wounded man after an explosion in Kabul September 17, 2009. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicReuters - President Hamid Karzai defended Afghanistan's disputed presidential election on Thursday after preliminary results showed he won, and a suicide bomb attack on Italian troops tested the resolve of a major NATO ally.


FAA says airlines are no longer its 'customers' (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 03:40 PM PDT

AP - Responding to criticism that his agency has become too cozy with companies it regulates, the new head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday the FAA will stop calling airlines "customers," as he announced steps to ensure air carriers comply with safety orders.

Obama task force calls for National Ocean Council (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 03:39 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration on Thursday released the first glimpse of a plan to strengthen the way the nation manages the oceans, coasts and the Great Lakes.

Beck vs. Limbaugh (Politico)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 03:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 5, 2009 file photo, newscaster Glenn Beck attends the Time 100 Gala, a celebration of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)Politico - GOP media strategist Mark McKinnon thinks there are two people in the world who fear Glenn Beck — even if "neither will admit it."


First lady speaks and shops at farmers market (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 02:35 PM PDT

First lady Michelle Obama picks some fresh produce from a stall at the opening of the Freshfarm Market's new farmers' market on Vermont Avenue near the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009.    (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - First lady Michelle Obama bought cheese, fingerling potatoes, eggs, black kale and other items Thursday at the launch of a new farmers market blocks from the White House.


Obama: Mideast peace goal on Jewish holy day (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 02:12 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is using a Rosh Hashana message to renew his call for peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors.

Obama woos supporters at massive health care rally (AFP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 01:56 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with members of the audience after delivering remarks on health care reform at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. Obama wooed and charmed America's young and called for their help to pass health care reform.(AFP/Jim Watson)AFP - At a rally that recaptured the energy and exuberance of his presidential campaign, President Barack Obama wooed and charmed America's young and called for their help to pass health care reform.


Gov't: Border fence to cost $6.5B over 20 years (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 01:25 PM PDT

AP - It will cost taxpayers $6.5 billion over the next 20 years to maintain the fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a government audit.

Obama pitches health care at college campus (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:57 PM PDT

President Barack Obama takes the stage to speak at a rally on health care reform, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, at the Comcast Center at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama called reinventing health care a "defining struggle of this generation" on Thursday, even as several Democrats criticized some of the fine print in a Senate proposal the president has praised.


Obama to reassure G20 on Wall Street reform (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:45 AM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama will pledge U.S. action on financial regulatory reform at the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh and underscore the need for global coordination on the issue, a senior aide said on Wednesday.

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