2009年10月5日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Elections


WH says Obama won't pull US out of Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 05:51 PM PDT

U.S. Marine radio operator and infantryman  Lance Cpl. Walter Jennings of Normal, Ill. with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 5th Marines walks in front of an armored vehicle, in Nawa district, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - President Barack Obama won't walk away from the flagging war in Afghanistan, the White House declared Monday as Obama faced tough decisions — and intense administration debate — over choices that could help define his presidency in his first year as commander in chief.


Cabinet secretaries say reevaluation makes sense (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 04:56 PM PDT

AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton say the U.S. goals in Afghanistan haven't changed, despite the debate over what to do next.

Cabinet secretaries: Iran talks a limited success (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 05:19 PM PDT

Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd speaks during a hearing before the US Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, in September 2009. US lawmakers on Tuesday launch a debate aimed at tightening existing sanctions against Iran and slapping new bans on the Islamic republic if it refuses to rein in its suspect nuclear program.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton say last week's historic joint talks with Iran were a limited success.


Sources: Terror suspect contacted senior al-Qaida (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 05:51 PM PDT

FILE - This Sept. 17, 2009 file photo shows Najibullah Zazi arriving at the offices of the FBI in Denver for questioning.  Zazi, an Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a terrorist attack in New York after receiving training in Pakistan was in contact with a senior al-Qaida operative, intelligence officials familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)AP - An Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a terrorist attack in New York after receiving training in Pakistan was in contact with a senior al-Qaida operative, intelligence officials familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press.


GOP leaders to Steele: Back off (Politico)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 02:53 AM PDT

In this photo provided by CBS, Republic National Committee chairman Michael Steele appears on CBS's 'Face the Nation' in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/CBS Face the Nation, Karin Cooper)Politico - GOP leaders, in a private meeting last month, delivered a blunt and at times heated message to RNC Chairman Michael Steele: quit meddling in policy.


AP Interview: Orszag says economy still needs help (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 03:27 PM PDT

AP - While the economy is beginning to come out of recession, it has yet to show evidence that it can grow without the help of the government's $787 billion infusion of taxpayer money, President Barack Obama's top budget adviser said Monday.

First swine flu vaccinations — but most must wait (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 01:32 PM PDT

Fred Massoomi, pharmacy operations coordinator at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Neb., holds a box containing five doses of swine flu vaccine, part of the first shipment of swine flu vaccine, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009. Omaha's Methodist Health System received 300 doses of the swine flu vaccine Monday morning in one of the first shipments to the state.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - Swine flu vaccinations began Monday with squirts up the noses of health care workers in Indiana, Illinois and Tennessee — it just tickled, shrugged one — as the government opened a massive effort to immunize over half the nation in a few months.


Court opens with case on prisoner's bid for lawyer (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 02:20 PM PDT

With the addition of the Supreme Court's newest member, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, top row, right, the high court sits for a new group photograph, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, at the Supreme Court in Washington. Seated, from left are: Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, and Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. Standing, from left are: Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The Supreme Court began its new term Monday by indicating a willingness to limit how long a suspect's request for a lawyer should remain valid, and new Justice Sonia Sotomayor wasted little time in letting her voice be heard by questioning the lawyers.


Insurers say coverage penalty has to have bite (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 03:06 PM PDT

Budget Director Peter Orszag is interviewed by The Associated Press in Washington, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The health insurance industry doesn't want Congress to let you off easy if you decide to ignore a proposed requirement that all Americans must have coverage.


Toyota formally recalls 3.8 million vehicles (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 03:27 PM PDT

British Business, Innovation and Skills Minister Lord Mandelson, right, is briefed by Toyota Motor Corps. Vice Chairman Katsuaki Watanabe as he checks out Toyota's Lexus hybrid car model at the British embassy in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)AP - Toyota Motor Corp. officially recalled 3.8 million vehicles in the United States on Monday to address problems with floor mats that could cause the gas pedal to stick and cause a crash.


Obama pitches health care plan in front of doctors (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 05:52 PM PDT

President Barack Obama points to the audience as he speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009. From left are,  Dr. Mona Mangat of St. Petersburg, Fla.; Dr. Hershey Garner of Fayetteville, Ark.; the president; and Dr. Richard Evans of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - On the cusp of a key legislative push, President Barack Obama on Monday filled the Rose Garden with doctors supportive of his health care overhaul, saying "nobody has more credibility with the American people on this issue than you do."


Obama orders federal government to cut emissions (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 04:50 PM PDT

President Barack Obama makes a statement on the economy in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, October 2, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsReuters - President Barack Obama ordered federal agencies on Monday to set a goal within 90 days for cutting their greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, the White House said, aiming to "lead by example" in fighting climate change.


Obama breaks precedent by not meeting Dalai Lama (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 03:34 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama will not meet the Dalai Lama during his five-day trip to the U.S. capital beginning on Monday, the first time in 18 years the exiled Tibetan leader has visited Washington without seeing the president.

Obama touts health plan to doctors, key vote nears (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 02:52 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he attends an AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic at Coney Island in Cincinnati September 7, 2009. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - President Barack Obama gathered doctors from every U.S. state at the White House on Monday to press his case for healthcare reform in a week when the sweeping overhaul could clear a major hurdle in Congress.


Obama puts government on greenhouse-gas diet (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 02:41 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama makes his way through the Colonnade to the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama ordered the US government Monday to lead by example on climate change, requiring all federal agencies to set 2020 targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions within 90 days.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AP - President Barack Obama is putting the federal government on a greenhouse-gas diet.


Fla. GOP lawmakers to visit new Honduras president (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 02:23 PM PDT

US Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Florida Republican, right, holds a copy of Honduras' constitution during a press conference with Honduras'  interim President Roberto Micheletti at the presidential house in Tegucigalpa, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009. Ros-Lehtinen traveled to Honduras with two other Florida Republicans as part of a fact-finding trip and are among US lawmakers who oppose Zelaya in large part because he is supported by Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez.  Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya was ousted in a military coup in June. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - Three U.S. representatives from South Florida who supported the ouster of Honduras' president traveled there Monday to meet with the interim government and to pressure President Barack Obama to sanction the upcoming Honduran elections.


US congratulates Papandreou on victory (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 01:53 PM PDT

Greece's new socialist prime minister George Papandreou waves to his supporters outside his party's headquarters in Athens after winning the general elections on October 4.(AFP/File/Louisa Gouliamaki)AFP - The United States on Monday congratulated Greek socialist leader George Papandreou on his strong election victory, saying it looked forward to working with a new government on NATO and other issues.


High court refuses to hear insider trading appeal (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 01:35 PM PDT

AP - The Supreme Court has refused to hear former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio's appeal of his insider trading conviction.

U.S. Afghan pullout not an option, White House says (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 02:57 PM PDT

Soldiers from the U.S. Army's Alpha Battery, 425 Field Artillery, 3rd brigade of 10th Mountain Division based in Fort Drum, New York, fire their 155 mm Howitzer in Cop Cherokee base in Kherwar district in Logar province on October 4, 2009. REUTERS/Nikola SolicReuters - The White House on Monday ruled out any consideration of a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as part of President Barack Obama's sweeping strategy review of the increasingly unpopular war there.


Obama to meet with GOP, Dem leaders (Politico)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 12:59 PM PDT

Politico - President Barack Obama and top administration officials will meet with Republican and Democratic House and Senate leadership and key committee chairmen at the White House Tuesday to discuss Afghanistan.

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