2009年10月30日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections


New papers detail FBI, CIA wrangle over detainees (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:36 PM PDT

AP - Newly-released documents show that the FBI interviewed a naked, chained terror suspect back in 2002 as the bureau struggled with the CIA over how to treat high-value prisoners.

Cheney told FBI he had no idea who leaked Plame ID (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:46 PM PDT

Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Center For Security Policy dinner at Union Station in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Vice President Dick Cheney told the FBI he had no idea who leaked to the news media that Valerie Plame, wife of a Bush administration critic, worked for the CIA.


Pakistanis confront Clinton over drone attacks (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:46 PM PDT

In this image taken from Pakistan's Geo TV shows visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during an interview broadcast live in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009,  with several prominent female TV anchors, before a predominantly female audience of several hundred.  One member of the audience said the Predator attacks amount to 'executions without trial' for those killed.(AP Photo/Geo Tv) NO SALESAP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faced sharp rebukes from Pakistani audiences Friday, including one woman who accused the U.S. of conducting "executions without trial" in aerial drone strikes. Slapping back, Clinton questioned Pakistan's commitment to fighting terrorists.


Lawmakers targeted in ethics probe (Politico)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:52 AM PDT

Politico - A leaked document shows that House ethics investigators are probing the activities of nearly three dozen lawmakers — an ethical dust storm that will empower the Republicans and could imperil efforts to get health care reform through the House next week. 

Obama lifts ban on US entry for those with HIV (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:16 PM PDT

President Barack Obama signs the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington.  Behind him are various lawmakers and Jeanne White-Ginder, mother of Ryan White, second right. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. is at right. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 22-year-old travel and immigration ban against people with HIV early next year.


Gates among Obama's Oval Office guests (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:28 PM PDT

AP - Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was among those landing Oval Office visits with President Barack Obama during his first months in office.

Dozens of House members scrutinized, report shows (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:33 PM PDT

FILE - These various dated file photos shows some of House members exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach of security involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics. Top row, from left are, Rep. James Moran, D-Va., Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., Rep. Peter Visclosky, D-Ind., and Rep. Nancy Kaptur, D-Ohio. Bottom row, from left are, Rep. Laura Richardson, D-Calif., Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., Rep. C.W. Young, R-Fla., and Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. (AP Photo/FILES)AP - Dozens of lawmakers have drawn scrutiny from their ethics monitor this year for everything from financial dealings to travel and campaign donations, according to a leaked account showing an active House panel secretly at work.


US warily leans to new Iran sanctions over nukes (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:12 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with Pakistani tribal people during her meeting them in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. Clinton came face-to-face Friday with Pakistani anger over U.S. aerial drone attacks in tribal areas along the Afghan border, a strategy that U.S. officials say has succeeded in killing key terrorist leaders.(AP Photo/Irfan Mahmood)AP - Frustrated by Iran's continued defiance of demands to come clean on its nuclear program, the Obama administration is leaning toward imposing new sanctions, even if it must act alone.


Cheney: Wilson mission 'Amateur Hour' (Politico)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:42 PM PDT

Politico - Newly released documents show that then Vice President Dick Cheney offered a scathing critique of the decision to send former Ambassador Joe Wilson on an intelligence-gathering trip to Niger ahead of the Iraq war:

Panel fines ex-NC governor, seeks criminal probe (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:39 PM PDT

AP - North Carolina elections officials penalized former Gov. Mike Easley's campaign $100,000 Friday for not reporting flights provided by a political ally and asked prosecutors to investigate whether he or others broke laws by trying to hide them or other expenses.

US cyber center opens to battle computer attacks (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:38 PM PDT

AP - The United States is well behind the curve in the fight against computer criminals, Sen. Joe Lieberman said Friday, as Homeland Security officials opened a $9 million operations center to better coordinate the government's response to cyberattacks.

Afghanistan election talks break down: report (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:33 PM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks at a news conference in Kabul October 11, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodReuters - CNN, quoting an unidentified Western source, said on Friday election talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his rival Abdullah Abdullah had broken down and that Abdullah would likely announce he will boycott the November 7 run-off vote.


Biden to Stump For Special Election Candidate (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:19 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will campaign Monday with Democratic candidate Bill Owens, who enjoys a narrow lead in the closely watched special election in upstate New York. Biden will join Owens at a rally Monday morning in Watertown, N.Y. seeking to energize Democrats and turn out the vote for Tuesday's election.

Stimulus saved or created 640,239 jobs: White House (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:17 PM PDT

Attendees line up for an interview with a prospective employer at a job fair in Washington, August 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - The Obama White House on Friday said the $787 billion economic stimulus plan approved early this year had saved or created 640,329 jobs so far.


McCain talks health care, spending at town hall (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:04 PM PDT

AP - Sen. John McCain says Americans are in the toughest times he can remember and that President Barack Obama hasn't brought the change in Washington that he promised.

Senate, White House agree on reporter protections (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 02:29 PM PDT

Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Attorney General's 57th Annual Awards Ceremony at Constitution Hall in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The White House, key senators and media representatives have reached a compromise on legislation to protect reporters from being forced to disclose their confidential sources in federal court.


Review defends spending on small border stations (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 02:19 PM PDT

Job seekers line up before dawn to register at a community employment center, on October 2, in Pasadena, California. US officials have said President Barack Obama's stimulus plan has saved or created at least 650,000 jobs, and likely more than a million, as they battle a momentous unemployment crisis.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)AP - An internal review of the Obama administration's own plan to spend tens of millions of dollars upgrading little-used border checkpoints ahead of busier ones justified its choices, but a senior Democratic senator said he will ask congressional investigators for a separate audit.


Obama won't 'micromanage' generals in Afghanistan: Clinton (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 02:09 PM PDT

US Army soldiers race toward a Blackhawk helicopter as they are picked up from a mission October 15, in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. Clinton made the remarks when asked whether forces would be pulled back from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border under a new strategy that reportedly will refocus the US-led military effort on protecting Afghan population centers.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Hondros)AFP - US President Barack Obama will lay out broad strategic guidelines for Afghanistan after November 7 runoff elections there but will not "micromanage" the generals fighting the war, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday.


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