Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama calls new election law a milestone for Iraq (AP)
• GOP officials say Dems put agenda ahead of country (AP)
• Senator: Senate will investigate Army shootings (AP)
• Cao jolts the House (Politico)
• Clinton: Berlin Wall festivities not just a party (AP)
• Obama confronts an Asia reshaped by China's rise (AP)
• Casey says war in Afghanistan needs more US troops (AP)
• Casey: Shootings leading to a hard look at Army (AP)
• Alleged shooter tied to mosque of 9/11 hijackers (AP)
• Jerry Brown leads poll of gloomy California voters (Reuters)
• Tears, tempers fly in Pelosi campaign (Politico)
• Obama delays start of Asia trip to attend memorial (Reuters)
• Obama hails Iraq's new 2010 election law (AFP)
• Obama will meet Netanyahu at White House (AP)
• Partybuckers (CQPolitics.com)
• Iraq passes election law paving way for January poll (Reuters)
• Obama hails Iraq's approval of 2010 election law (AFP)
• Iraqi parliament passes crucial election law (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Democrats brace for next step in health care fight (AFP)

Obama calls new election law a milestone for Iraq (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 10:59 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama hailed the Iraqi parliament's passage Sunday of a much-delayed election law, declaring it a milestone as the Iraqi people take charge of their future.

GOP officials say Dems put agenda ahead of country (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 09:56 AM PST AP - Democrats just don't get the election message from voters and are pushing a liberal, big government agenda at their party's peril, Republican officials said Sunday as they predicted a political price after the majority's victory on health care.

Senator: Senate will investigate Army shootings (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 07:19 AM PST AP - The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee says he plans to begin a congressional investigation of the shootings at Fort Hood.

Cao jolts the House (Politico) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:58 PM PST Politico - Once a year, Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao gives the Washington establishment a little jolt.

Clinton: Berlin Wall festivities not just a party (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 02:15 PM PST AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Europeans and Americans on Sunday to see the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as a call to action against new global threats.

Obama confronts an Asia reshaped by China's rise (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 05:22 AM PST AP - Days after coming to power in September, Japan's new prime minister broached forming a new East Asian trading bloc with rival China — one that would exclude the United States.

Casey says war in Afghanistan needs more US troops (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 06:56 AM PST AP - The Army's chief of staff says he believes more troops are needed in Afghanistan. But Gen. George Casey isn't saying exactly how many more should be sent into the war.

Casey: Shootings leading to a hard look at Army (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 07:51 AM PST AP - The Army's chief of staff says the Army is taking a hard look at itself to make certain that something like the Fort Hood rampage doesn't happen again.

Alleged shooter tied to mosque of 9/11 hijackers (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 03:35 PM PST AP - The alleged Fort Hood shooter apparently attended the same Virginia mosque as two Sept. 11 hijackers in 2001, at a time when a radical imam preached there.

Jerry Brown leads poll of gloomy California voters (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 03:55 PM PST Reuters - California Attorney General Jerry Brown is by far the most popular candidate for governor in next year's election, but most voters in his party are unhappy that he is the only major Democrat running, according to a new poll on Sunday.

Tears, tempers fly in Pelosi campaign (Politico) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 03:39 PM PST Politico - One by one, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had leaned on her rank-and-file Democrats for months to cast off personal prerogatives for the sake of a history-making health care bill.

Obama delays start of Asia trip to attend memorial (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 01:58 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama will delay the start of his visit to Asia this week to attend a memorial service for soldiers killed in a mass shooting at a U.S. military base, an administration official said on Sunday.

Obama hails Iraq's new 2010 election law (AFP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 01:54 PM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama congratulated Iraqi MPs Sunday on approving a new law to govern 2010 general elections, saying it was an important step towards ensuring a lasting peace.

Obama will meet Netanyahu at White House (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 01:49 PM PST AP - The White House announced Sunday that President Barack Obama would be meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli prime minister's trip to Washington to address Jewish groups, ending days of uncertainty.

Partybuckers (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:53 PM PST CQPolitics.com - On Health Care Vote, Democrats Play Down Election Results

Iraq passes election law paving way for January poll (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:50 PM PST Reuters - Iraqi lawmakers passed a long-delayed election law on Sunday to pave the way for a January poll, after parliament sidestepped a potentially explosive row over the oil-producing city of Kirkuk.

Obama hails Iraq's approval of 2010 election law (AFP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:46 PM PST AFP - Iraq's fractious MPs on Sunday finally approved a law to govern the country's general election in early 2010, a move hailed by US President Barack Obama as an important step towards a lasting peace.

Iraqi parliament passes crucial election law (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:43 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — After nearly a dozen delays and a final, rowdy session, Iraq's parliament on Sunday passed a law setting national elections for January, averting for now a political crisis that threatened to unravel the country's slow progress toward stability.

Democrats brace for next step in health care fight (AFP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:07 PM PST AFP - Democrats Sunday girded for the next battle to push the most sweeping US health care overhaul in a half-century through Congress, after handing President Barack Obama victory in a narrow House vote.

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