2009年12月13日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Senate sends $1.1 trillion spending bill to Obama (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 02:12 PM PST

Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., left, and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., talk following the vote and passage of the $1.1 trillion spending bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - The Senate on Sunday passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill with increased budgets for vast areas of the federal government, including health, education, law enforcement and veterans' programs.


Medicare buy-in plan runs into Senate resistance (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 04:06 PM PST

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., takes part in a health care news conference on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - A plan to let people as young as 55 buy into Medicare, heralded as a breakthrough in the Senate's health care debate, ran into resistance Sunday from lawmakers who can make or break Democrats' efforts to reshape the nation's health insurance system.


Obama advisers: Jobs key focus, deficit comes next (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama's chief economic advisers said Sunday that putting Americans back to work is the first order of business in working the country out of the deepest economic downturn in six decades. Only then can they start tackling the soaring federal debt.

Republicans play up Democratic health care rifts (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 09:03 AM PST

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during a news conference with Republican Senators on the health care bill, previously unveiled by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, on Capitol Hill in Washington in this November 20, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Molly RileyAP - The Senate's Republican leader says it's a stretch to think the Senate can finish its massive health care legislation before Christmas.


Scoring Obama's nat'l security team (Politico)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 04:19 AM PST

Politico - Fresh from his election victory, Barack Obama introduced a new national security team last December that included two key players – National Security Adviser Jim Jones and holdover Secretary of Defense Robert Gates – he had hardly met. A third, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, had been his bitter rival in the Democratic presidential primaries.

Aides say Obama is pressing to ease credit again (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 07:15 AM PST

AP - President Barack Obama's economic advisers are talking tough about the banks ahead of his meeting with heads of financial institutions.

Obama economic adviser pitches job stimulus (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 06:46 AM PST

AP - A White House economic adviser says it would be "suicide" for the government to focus exclusively on the deficit when the economy is sorely in need of jobs.

Senator says opposition grows to Medicare buy-in (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 08:36 AM PST

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during a news conference with Republican Senators on the health care bill, previously unveiled by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, on Capitol Hill in Washington in this November 20, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Molly RileyAP - Two senators whose support for the health care overhaul has been in question are speaking out against a proposal to let people as young as 55 buy into Medicare.


Senators await new health care cost estimates (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 07:04 AM PST

AP - Senators are awaiting new cost estimates on the latest overhaul proposal from Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Obama adviser says job creation is top priority (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 06:29 AM PST

AP - President Barack Obama's top economic adviser says creating jobs takes priority over reducing the country's red ink in the next year.

Afghan war decision toughest of presidency: Obama (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 04:58 PM PST

US President Barack Obama, pictured on December 11, said Sunday that his decision to pour 30,000 more US troops into the war in Afghanistan was the most difficult of his presidency so far.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - US President Barack Obama said Sunday that his decision to pour 30,000 more US troops into the war in Afghanistan was the most difficult of his presidency so far.


Obama: Afghanistan troop rise was hardest decision (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 04:57 PM PST

President Barack Obama talks with CBS News correspondent Steve Kroft during an interview in the Map Room of the White House, this this picture taken on December 7, 2009 and released on December 11. REUTERS/60Minutes/CBS News/HandoutReuters - President Barack Obama said on Sunday his decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan was the toughest of his presidency and said it would be clear within a year whether the strategy was working.


Arrests, rattled nerves in Copenhagen (Politico)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 04:21 PM PST

Politico - COPENHAGEN — Black police vans, with sirens screaming and occupants clutching semiautomatic rifles, barreled past the iconic Marble Church here Sunday, rattling the nerves of climate change conferees trying to enjoy a final break before this week’s intense finale.

Obama: Success of strategy evident in a year (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST

An Afghan man reacts as he waits for medical treatment at a free clinic by the United States Navy medical personnel attached to the 2nd MEB, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion at North Station near Khan Neshin in the volatile Helmand province of southern Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - President Barack Obama says he'll know by the end of 2010 if his Afghan strategy is working, and pledges to change direction if the U.S. military is not on course "in terms of securing population centers" from Taliban militants.


Obama: Expect no more White House gate-crashers (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama says the White House gate-crashers got in through a "screw-up," he's unhappy with everyone involved and it won't happen again.

Houston elects openly gay mayor (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 03:22 PM PST

Reuters - Houston Saturday became the first major U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor, Annise Parker, after a hotly contested run-off election that gave gay and lesbian supporters a symbolic victory following defeats over legalizing same-sex marriages in California and Maine.

AP News in Brief (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 03:13 PM PST

AP - Houston's first openly gay mayor says she hopes election shows city's diversity, changes image

Billionaire wins first round of Chilean election: partial count (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 02:30 PM PST

Chilean presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera, of the National Renewal party, shows his ballot at the polling station during the national election, in Santiago. A conservative billionaire, Pinera won the first round of an election in Chile Sunday in the race to succeed outgoing leftist President Michelle Bachelet, a partial official count showed.(AFP/Rodrigo Arangua)AFP - A conservative billionaire, Sebastian Pinera, won the first round of an election in Chile Sunday in the race to succeed outgoing leftist President Michelle Bachelet, a partial official count showed.


Gay mayor-elect: Victory shows Houston's diversity (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 01:13 PM PST

Houston Mayor-elect Annise Parker, center, celebrates her runoff election vicotry at a campaign party Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009 in Houston. Parker defeated former city attorney Gene Locke making Houston the largest U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - The first openly gay person to be elected mayor of Houston says she hopes her victory in Saturday's election will change how the world views the city.


US Congress sends Obama major spending bill (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 01:03 PM PST

A US soldier from First Batallion, 32nd infantry Regiment 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain division patrols in Kunar on December 12. The US Congress on Sunday sent President Barack Obama a giant spending bill that includes annual foreign aid packages, mild sanctions aimed at Iran, and money for Afghanistan and Pakistan.(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa)AFP - The US Congress on Sunday sent President Barack Obama a giant spending bill that includes annual foreign aid packages, mild sanctions aimed at Iran, and money for Afghanistan and Pakistan.


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