2009年1月12日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Bush, Obama to tag-team lawmakers for bailout cash (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 02:34 AM CST

In this photograph provided by ABC News, President-elect Barack Obama is interviewed by George Stephanopoulos during the taping of 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos' Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009 at the Newseum in Washington. (AP Photo/This Week, Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - A request for the remaining $350 billion in financial industry bailout funds could come as early as Monday as the Bush administration and President-elect Barack Obama tag-team uneasy lawmakers for the money.

INSIDE WASHINGTON: Army defends spy case (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 03:15 AM CST

David Tenenbaum talks to the Associated Press at his home in Southfield, Mich., Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. The Army's top lawyer is defending the government's aggressive investigation of Tenenbaum, a civilian employee suspected of spying for Israel, saying the scrutiny was justified by concerns U.S. secrets were slipping away. Tenenbaum, an Orthodox Jew and the son of a Holocaust survivor, says he was targeted because of his religion. And this past summer, after a nearly two-year review, the Pentagon inspector general's office agreed. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - The Army's top lawyer is disputing a critical government report that concluded faith instead of facts drove the investigation of a civilian employee wrongly suspected of spying for Israel.

Obama: More oversight, openness needed in bailout (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 06:16 PM CST

In this photograph provided by ABC News, President-elect Barack Obama is interviewed by George Stephanopoulos during the taping of 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos' Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009 at the Newseum in Washington. (AP Photo/This Week, Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - Barack Obama wants to make it easier to monitor how the second $350 billion installment of the financial bailout is spent and says homeowners and small businesses should get some help.

Meet the neighbors: Obama sits down with Calderon (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 02:40 AM CST

AP - Days before taking office, President-elect Barack Obama is meeting Mexican President Felipe Calderon, a pre-inauguration tradition that comes as Mexico's drug violence escalates and spills into the United States.

Burris may breeze into Senate (Politico)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 06:12 PM CST

Politico - Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) suggested Sunday evening that Democratic leaders may not require that a Senate panel review the appointment of Roland Burris before he is sworn in as the next senator from Illinois.

Obama's inauguration gets a test run at Capitol (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 03:15 PM CST

Military personnel act as stand-ins for President-elect Barack Obama and family on the West Front of the Capitol during a rehearsal for the Inauguration Ceremony in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. Stand-ins left to right are President-elect: Army Sgt. Derrick Brooks, Michelle Obama: Navy Yeoman 1st Class LaSean McCray, Malia Obama: Dominique Sewell, Sasha Obama: Gianna Justice Samora-Nixon, Chief Justice John Roberts: Army Sgt. Brian Picerno. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - Derrick Brooks puts his left hand on the book and raises his right, ready to take the oath of office. Dozens of cameras capture this moment in history, even though Brooks is wearing a name card reading "Pres.-elect Obama."

Black immigrants see personal triumphs in Obama (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 02:26 AM CST

Jean-Marie Denis, 67, poses at his bookstore Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008 in Miami. Denis, a naturalized citizen whose bookstore Libreri Mapou is a cornerstone of Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood, sees himself in President-elect Barack Obama's father, who left a poor African village to study in the U.S. 'Now his son is president,' Denis said. 'He's just like me. I came to this country with $50 in my pocket and now look at me, with two doctors in my family.' (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP - There is no box on U.S. Census forms that accurately describes Ray Gongora.

No. 2 Senate Democrat hopes deal near on Burris (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 05:36 PM CST

Roland Burris has make-up applied before appearing on the CBS television show Face the Nation in Chicago, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)AP - The Senate's second-in-command, Sen. Dick Durbin, said Sunday that he is moving away from resisting former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's successor and hopes a resolution to the disagreement will be reached soon.

In Obama, many see an end to baby boomer era (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 08:13 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama holds a child as he stops to eat in Ben's Chili Bowl with Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - When George W. Bush lifts off in his helicopter on Inauguration Day, leaving Washington to make way for Barack Obama, he may not be the only thing disappearing into the horizon.

Senate boosts wilderness protection across US (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 06:55 PM CST

This Aug. 2, 2003 picture shows Lake Superior seen from the North Ridge hiking trail at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore near Munising, Mich. The Senate has voted to move forward with a bill setting aside more than 2 million acres in Michigan and eight other states as wilderness. The 66-12 vote during a rare Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009 session marks an early partisan showdown that has threatened to derail pledges by Senate leaders to work cooperatively as a new administration takes office. (AP Photo/Bob Brodbeck)AP - In a rare Sunday session, the Senate advanced legislation that would set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as wilderness. Majority Democrats assembled more than enough votes to overcome GOP stalling tactics in an early showdown for the new Congress.

Iran tells Obama: Don't repeat false U.S. charges (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 03:39 AM CST

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi speaks to journalists during a news conference in Tehran August 4, 2008. (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)Reuters - Iran called on U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Monday not to repeat what it said were false accusations leveled against the Islamic Republic by the outgoing administration in Washington.

Obama vows to tackle Middle East 'on day one' (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 02:35 AM CST

US president-elect Barack Obama vowed to take swift action on the Middle East peace process and Iran's nuclear ambitions but played for time to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.(AFP/Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama has vowed to take swift action on the Middle East peace process and Iran's nuclear ambitions but played for time to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.

NKorea offers envoy for Obama inauguration: reports (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 01:06 AM CST

North Korea offered to send Kim Kye-Gwan , seen here, its chief nuclear negotiator to next week's inauguration of US President-elect Barack Obama, but Washington has responded coolly, South Korean news reports said(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)AFP - North Korea offered to send its chief nuclear negotiator to next week's inauguration of US President-elect Barack Obama, but Washington has responded coolly, South Korean news reports said Monday.

Obama to discuss trade, drug war with Calderon (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jan 2009 12:12 AM CST

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon speaks during a visit to the navy headquarters in Mexico City December 19, 2008. (Felipe Leon/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will discuss the drug war and trade issues with Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday, in Obama's first meeting with a foreign leader since his November election.

US House speaker Pelosi wants more women in govt (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 08:42 PM CST

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (C) is ceremonially sworn in as Speaker while surrounded by her own grandchildren and the children of members of Congress January 6 in Washington, DC. Pelosi said Sunday there should be more women in the incoming administration of president-elect Barack Obama, but praised the AFP - House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said there should be more women in the incoming administration of president-elect Barack Obama, but praised the "diversity" of his team.

Obama pledges major bailout changes (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 08:37 PM CST

US President-elect Barack Obama vowed changes to a much-criticized 700-billion-dollar bank bailout program as Democratic leaders demanded stricter conditions before more funds are freed up.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - President-elect Barack Obama vowed changes to a much-criticized 700-billion-dollar bank bailout program as Democratic leaders demanded stricter conditions before more funds are freed up.

Politico readers' choice: Chuck Todd (Politico)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 08:37 PM CST

Politico - Of the incoming cast of chief White House correspondents -- profiled this weekend on Politico -- Chuck Todd has the least experience as a television correspondent, and is just learning the ropes of his new on-air role.

MTV to broadcast Obama's 'Youth Inaugural Ball' (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 08:34 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama at a news conference in Chicago, December 7, 2008. (Jeff Haynes/Reuters)AP - MTV will be broadcasting from President-elect Barack Obama's "Youth Inaugural Ball" on Jan. 20, the cable network announced Sunday.

Obama weighs decision about bailout funds (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 07:39 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama at a news conference in Chicago, December 7, 2008. (Jeff Haynes/Reuters)Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama vowed to restructure a financial rescue plan to save more U.S. families from home foreclosures, as he considered on Sunday whether to seek additional funds from a $700 billion bailout program.

Senators Expect Obama to Detail Plans for Remaining Bailout Funds (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 06:19 PM CST

CQPolitics.com - President-elect Barack Obama is expected to release a letter soon to lawmakers outlining the conditions he would apply should he request the second half of the $700 billion fund designed to aid the nation's ailing financial industry, a Democratic senator said Sunday.

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