2009年11月11日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Official: Obama won't take any current war options (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 05:51 PM PST

In this image released by the White House, President Barack Obama meets with his national security team to discuss Afghanistan in Situation Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)AP - President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday.


AP Sources: Reid eyes payroll tax hike on wealthy (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 05:53 PM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures during a news conference to highlight the continuing commitment to support our veterans, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation he intends to introduce in the Senate in the next several days, numerous Democratic officials said Wednesday.


Obama honors veterans at Arlington cemetery (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 05:22 PM PST

President Barack Obama walks through grave markers in during a unannounced visit to Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.,Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - On a cold, rain-soaked Veterans Day, President Barack Obama walked slowly through the white, stone markers at the section of Arlington National Cemetery reserved for troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, the two wars he oversees as commander in chief.


Fort Hood suspect's superiors questioned behavior (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 05:45 PM PST

Apartment manager Alice Thompson looks out the doorway of Nidal Hasan's apartment in Killeen, Texas, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. Hasan is accused of killing 13 people and wounding dozens more at the Fort Hood military base on Nov. 5. (AP Photo/ Jerry Larson)AP - A group of doctors overseeing Nidal Malik Hasan's medical training discussed concerns about his overly zealous religious views and strange behavior months before the Army major was accused of a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, that left 13 dead and 29 wounded.


Health savings? No one knows (Politico)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 03:26 PM PST

Politico - Barack Obama ran for president on a promise of saving the typical family $2,500 a year in lower health care premiums.

Death penalty rare, executions rarer in military (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 05:57 PM PST

A flag flies at half-staff at Fort Hood, Texas, during a memorial service for the victims of the Fort Hood shootings on Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009.  (AP Photo/Jay Janner, POOL)AP - Though the suspect in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood could face the death penalty, he will be prosecuted in a military justice system where no one has been executed in nearly a half-century.


US risks following Japan's example of stagnancy (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:37 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, right, shake hands prior to their meeting at Prime Minister's official residence, in Tokyo, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. Geithner is on Asia tour to attend the APEC meeting in Singapore. (AP Photo/Koichi Kamoshida, Pool)AP - Heavy government stimulus spending and near-zero interest rates did little to end a "lost decade" of stagnation and mushrooming debt in Japan. Some economists and lawmakers say the U.S. may wind up following the same trajectory.


Petraeus: Decision near on troops to Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:06 PM PST

Gen. David H. Petraeus buttons his jacket after a television interview in the briefing room at the White House in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The commander of the U.S. Central Command says a decision is near on sending more American forces to Afghanistan.


Gov't says brown pelicans are endangered no longer (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 05:46 PM PST

FILE - In this June 19,2006 file photo, Brown pelicans are seen preening themselves at the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Fairfield, Calif. After nearly 40 years on the brink of extinction, the brown pelican is coming off the endangered species list.  (AP Photo/Ben Margot, FILE)AP - Much like its death-defying dives for fish, the brown pelican has resurfaced after plummeting to the brink of extinction.


Mrs. Obama says veterans' skills can help at home (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:46 PM PST

First lady Michelle Obama is applauded by Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, Alma Powell, right, and veterans and service members, and their families, students and school staff and officials, Wednesday, Nov. 11,2009, at a gathering commemorating the Veterans Day at George Washington University in Washington.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - First lady Michelle Obama said on Wednesday that many veterans serve their communities and nation in ways that "make their entire life a tour of duty."


Obama uses school dollars to prod states to change (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 06:00 PM PST

AP - States are jockeying for a new $5 billion pot of education money even before the contest has begun.

Decorated, cigar-smoking Marine runs for Congress (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 05:20 PM PST

FILE - This April 9, 2003 file photo shows Staff Sgt. Nick Popaditch of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment, smoking a cigar while standing on top of his tank, in downtown Baghdad in front of a statue of Saddam Hussein just before his unit helped tear it down. Popaditch, 42, who was blinded in one eye by a rocket-propelled grenade to the head in Fallujah announced Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009, he is running for Congress in California's most southern district. He is seeking the Republican nomination to unseat Democrat Bob Filner. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)AP - A decorated Marine veteran famously photographed smoking a cigar after the fall of Baghdad is running for Congress in California's most southern district.


Retired Justice O'Connor's husband dies (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:34 PM PST

FILE - In this March 9, 2004 file photo, then-Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and her husband John, attend an awards ceremony in Huntington, N.Y.  John J. O'Connor III, has died. The court said the 79-year-old O'Connor died Wednesday in Phoenix, Ariz., of complications arising from Alzheimer's disease. (AP Photo/Zack Seckler, FILE)AP - John J. O'Connor III, the husband of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, has died.


Biden hosts luncheon for military and veterans (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:31 PM PST

Vice President Joe Biden, left, his wife Jill, and Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki arrives for a luncheon at the Naval Observatory in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, for veterans and active duty service members and their families in honor of Veterans Day. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Vice President Joe Biden says it is the "sacred duty" of the United States to provide for active-duty members of the military as well as care for their families.


Number of wounded troops in Afghanistan increasing (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:09 PM PST

U.S. Army soldiers of A-BTRY 2/377 PFAR Task Force Steel wait to fire a 105mm Howitzer during a training session at FOB Tillman, Afghanistan, November 10, 2009. REUTERS/Bruno DomingosAP - Far from winding down, the numbers of U.S. soldiers coming home wounded have continued to swell. The problem is especially acute among those fighting in Afghanistan, where nearly four times as many troops were injured in October as a year ago.


Scozzafava: GOP attacks were 'vicious' (Politico)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 03:40 PM PST

Politico - Dede Scozzafava, the GOP nominee who dropped out of New York's special election last week to endorse Democrat Bill Owens, said Wednesday that the attacks against her from fellow Republicans were “vicious.”

Obama asks when Afghanistan strategy could start (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 03:38 PM PST

US President Barack delivers remarks at the Memorial Amphitheater after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns to mark Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Obama warned Wednesday that the US commitment to Afghanistan was AP - The White House says President Obama spent more than two hours with his war council talking about how long it would take to implement various strategies he has been presented.


THE INFLUENCE GAME: Bishops shape health care bill (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 02:22 PM PST

FILE - In this April 2, 2005, file photo, Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, who was then Washington's archbishop, speaks with the media in Washington. On Nov. 6, 2009, during the final hours of negotiation on the House health care bill, House Speaker Pelosi, a Catholic and an abortion rights supporter, was on the phone to Rome with McCarrick on the subject. (AP Photo/Haraz Ghanbari)AP - The call came in from Rome, just as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top lieutenants were scrambling to round up scarce votes to pass their sweeping health overhaul.


Abortion rights backers request talks with Obama (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 02:09 PM PST

FILE - In this April 2, 2005, file photo, Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, who was then Washington's archbishop, speaks with the media in Washington. On Nov. 6, 2009, during the final hours of negotiation on the House health care bill, House Speaker Pelosi, a Catholic and an abortion rights supporter, was on the phone to Rome with McCarrick on the subject. (AP Photo/Haraz Ghanbari)AP - Abortion rights supporters in Congress are asking President Barack Obama for a meeting next week on abortion restrictions included in the House health care bill.


Abortion activists call for backup (Politico)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 12:54 PM PST

Politico - Abortion-rights advocates are calling in the cavalry to help fight off an anti-abortion provision House Democratic leaders swallowed in order to win passage of their health care reform bill.

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