Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama: Health insurance mandate no tax increase (AP)
• Obama: Afghan troops decision can wait (AP)
• Obama: First family to follow rules on flu vaccine (AP)
• Obama: Missile defense decision not about Russia (AP)
• Obama 'skeptical' about more troops (Politico)
• Rep. Rangel: Popular lawmaker with ethics issues (AP)
• Obama favors investigation into ACORN's activities (AP)
• Obama not yet prepared to declare recession over (AP)
• Obama: Justice OK to conduct interrogation review (AP)
• Obama says NKorean leader seems `pretty healthy' (AP)
• Obama warns of 'serious issues' in Afghan election (AFP)
• White House sends team to Olympic meeting site (AP)
• NY governor ignores pressure to end election quest (AP)
• Obama cites economic growth, but not enough new jobs (Reuters)
• New York Governor Paterson says he's still running (Reuters)
• Ahmadinejad heads for UN, slammed at home and scorned abroad (AFP)
• Wilson shout could reverberate next November (AP)
• Obama: healthcare won't hike middle class taxes (Reuters)
• Abbas to meet Obama, Netanyahu, but won't negotiate (Reuters)
• Obama faces leadership test at U.N., G20 (Reuters)

Obama: Health insurance mandate no tax increase (AP) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 03:44 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says requiring people to get health insurance and fining them if they don't would not amount to a backhanded tax increase.

Obama: Afghan troops decision can wait (AP) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 12:13 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he hasn't asked his top commander in Afghanistan to sit on an expected request for U.S. reinforcements in a backsliding war, but he gave no deadline for making a decision about whether to send more Americans into harm's way.

Obama: First family to follow rules on flu vaccine (AP) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 06:07 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says the first family will follow the rules like every one else on the swine flu vaccine.

Obama: Missile defense decision not about Russia (AP) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 09:51 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama sharply dismisses criticism that Russian opposition influenced his decision to scrap a European missile defense system, calling it merely a bonus if the leaders of Russia end up "a little less paranoid" about the U.S.

Obama 'skeptical' about more troops (Politico) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 06:59 AM PDT Politico - President Barack Obama is warning U.S. commanders that he’s “skeptical” about whether more troops will make a difference in Afghanistan, saying he’ll approve an upcoming request only if the forces fit into a strategy to beat back al-Qaida and protect the United States.

Rep. Rangel: Popular lawmaker with ethics issues (AP) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 11:27 AM PDT AP - Rep. Charlie Rangel, the latest congressional titan with ethics problems, is described by a longtime House colleague as the guy who would make sure everyone put on oxygen masks during a flight emergency, but would have to be told to put on his own.

Obama favors investigation into ACORN's activities (AP) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 01:12 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says there should be an investigation into the hidden-camera video involving employees at the activist group ACORN and a couple posing as a prostitute and her pimp.

Obama not yet prepared to declare recession over (AP) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 06:08 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama isn't ready to close the book on the recession.

Obama: Justice OK to conduct interrogation review (AP) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 06:15 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he has no plans to ask the Justice Department to end its criminal investigation into the harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists during the Bush administration.

Obama says NKorean leader seems `pretty healthy' (AP) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 06:09 AM PDT AP - The leader of reclusive North Korea is "pretty healthy and in control" of the impoverished communist country.

Obama warns of 'serious issues' in Afghan election (AFP) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 12:39 PM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama warned Sunday of "serious issues" in the disputed Afghan elections and vowed domestic political concerns would not dictate whether he sends more troops to the unpopular war.

White House sends team to Olympic meeting site (AP) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 12:37 PM PDT AP - The White House is sending an advance team to Copenhagen, Denmark, to make preparations in case President Barack Obama decides to attend the International Olympic Committee's meeting there next month, an administration official says.

NY governor ignores pressure to end election quest (AP) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 11:54 AM PDT AP - Gov. David Paterson isn't scrapping his plans to run for the office he inherited 18 months ago, despite growing pressure from Washington and intervention by the Rev. Al Sharpton, who has contacted the governor and the White House over his concern.

Obama cites economic growth, but not enough new jobs (Reuters) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 11:50 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama in an interview aired Sunday said all signs point to the U.S. economy starting to grow again but there may not be enough new jobs created until next year.

New York Governor Paterson says he's still running (Reuters) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 11:47 AM PDT Reuters - Embattled New York Governor David Paterson said on Sunday he was still running for office, in the face of reports that President Barack Obama had asked him to withdraw from the 2010 race for fear that he cannot regroup from a series of political setbacks.

Ahmadinejad heads for UN, slammed at home and scorned abroad (AFP) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 10:47 AM PDT AFP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad travels to New York this week for the UN General Assembly, his disputed re-election still sparking violent protests at home and provocative remarks about the Holocaust drawing condemnation abroad.

Wilson shout could reverberate next November (AP) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 09:41 AM PDT AP - Rep. Joe Wilson may have shouted his way into the toughest election fight of his life.

Obama: healthcare won't hike middle class taxes (Reuters) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 10:45 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama insisted he can overhaul the U.S. healthcare system without raising taxes for anyone but the wealthiest Americans, in a media barrage on Sunday as he sought to take control of the debate on his top domestic policy priority.

Abbas to meet Obama, Netanyahu, but won't negotiate (Reuters) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 08:33 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama's summit this week with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders does not signal a full re-launch of peace talks, which remain blocked by profound disagreement, a Palestinian official said on Sunday.

Obama faces leadership test at U.N., G20 (Reuters) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 08:31 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama begins his biggest week yet on the world stage, facing pressure for results on an agenda of rekindling Middle East peace talks, tackling climate change and reshaping financial regulations.

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