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Yahoo! News: Elections

Clinton urges China's continued investment in US (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 12:08 AM CST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, meets with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. Clinton and Chinese officials on Saturday agreed to focus their governments' efforts on stabilizing the battered global economy and combating climate change, putting aside long-standing concerns about human rights. (AP Photo/Oliver Weiken, Pool)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging China to continue investing in United States Treasury bonds and said Sunday that country's continued investment in the U.S. is a recognition that the two countries depend on each other.

Official: Obama wants to halve budget deficit (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 11:46 PM CST

President Barack Obama addresses mayors in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Barack Obama wants to cut the federal deficit in half by the end of his first term, mostly by scaling back Iraq war spending, raising taxes on the wealthiest and streamlining government, an administration official said Saturday as the president worked to finalize his first budget request.

Obama's Tuesday speech a broad look at economy (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 08:50 PM CST

President Barack Obama listens as Vice President Joe Biden speaks to mayors from cities across the United States, Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, in the East Room of the White House. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - For President Barack Obama, it's a chance to take a deep breath and paint a big picture after a first month of gargantuan economic proposals, legislative accomplishments and Cabinet missteps.

Arrest warrant prepared in Chandra Levy case (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 11:48 PM CST

Photos of Chandra Levy are on display as musicians, right, stand by at the memorial service for Levy in this Tuesday, May 28, 2002 file photo taken at the Modesto Centre Plaza in Modesto, Calif. Media reports Saturday Feb. 21, 2009 in Washington and California say that an arrest may be close in the slaying of the former federal intern whose disappearance ended Gary Condit's congressional career. The warrant is expected to be for a prison inmate convicted of attacking two female joggers in the same Washington park where Levy's remains were found. (AP Photo/Debbie Noda, Pool, File)AP - Investigators in the 2001 slaying of Chandra Levy have prepared an arrest warrant for a Salvadoran immigrant convicted of similar attacks in the park where the former intern disappeared, a person close to the investigation said Saturday.

Arnold: I'll take govs' money (Politico)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 02:18 PM CST

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger smiles for photographers after signing the state budget as members of the construction industry applaud during ceremonies at the Capitol Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Feb. 20, 2009. The legislative package, which was finally approved after a marathon session of the state Legislature, reduces California's general fund spending in the current fiscal year by nearly $13 billion and sets a sending plan of $96.3 billion for the 2009-10 fiscal year.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Politico - Fresh off a grueling budget battle in his state, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Saturday that if fellow Republican governors threatening to turn down stimulus funds follow through on their pledge, he'd be happy to have their share.

Analysis: Obama faces split opinion on Iraq future (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 04:01 PM CST

In this Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009 picture, U.S. soldiers stand guard after a road side bomb blast in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq. One person was killed and 18 were wounded in the blast, police said. President Barack Obama faces split opinions within the military on whether to make the speedy withdrawal from Iraq he championed on the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - President Barack Obama faces split opinions within the military on whether to make the speedy withdrawal from Iraq he championed as a candidate.

Governors debate whether to accept stimulus funds (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 09:29 PM CST

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter Jr., left, talks to Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, right, during the 2009 National Governors Association winter meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)AP - The nation's governors Saturday welcomed money heading their way from President Obama's economic stimulus plan, but said it was only a down payment on improving dire fiscal conditions in their states.

Obama now focusing on health care, cutting deficit (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 07:01 PM CST

AP - After focusing his first month on the economic mess he inherited, President Barack Obama now starts rolling out his own far-reaching agenda with a summit on fiscal policy, his first speech to Congress and the unveiling of his budget for 2010.

Obama: People should see tax cut help by April 1 (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 11:43 AM CST

President Barack Obama listens as Vice President Joe Biden speaks to mayors from cities across the United States, Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, in the East Room of the White House. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - It took only weeks for the notoriously slow Congress to pass the $787 billion economic stimulus package. President Barack Obama signed it into law less than one month into his presidency.

Obama administration tries to kill e-mail case (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 01:33 PM CST

Former President George W. Bush smiles as he arrives in the neighborhood of his new residence in Dallas on Friday, Feb. 20, 2009. A month after leaving the White House, Bush and his wife, Laura, moved into their new Dallas home Friday. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)AP - The Obama administration, siding with former President George W. Bush, is trying to kill a lawsuit that seeks to recover what could be millions of missing White House e-mails.

Clinton presides over State Department 2.0 (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 07:53 PM CST

A YouTube video of Barack Obama during the presidential campaign in 2008. Obama outdueled Hillary Clinton on the Web during their battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. But Secretary of State Clinton is giving President Obama a run for the money in the latest Web 2.0 sweepstakes.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - Barack Obama outdueled Hillary Clinton on the Web during their battle for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Obama aims to cut deficit in half by 2013 (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 06:44 PM CST

President Barack Obama speaks about relief for Americans facing home foreclosure at Dobson High School in Mesa, Arizona February 18, 2009. (Joshua Lott/Reuters)Reuters - President Barack Obama wants to slash the ballooning deficit in half by 2013, U.S. officials said on Saturday, after massively increasing public spending to stem the worst economic crisis in decades.

Obama to allow Bush tax cuts to expire on schedule (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 05:06 PM CST

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about relief for Americans facing home foreclosure at Dobson High School in Mesa, Arizona February 18, 2009. (Joshua Lott/Reuters)Reuters - President Barack Obama will allow tax breaks given to wealthier Americans under his predecessor, George W. Bush, to expire as scheduled rather than eliminate them sooner, an administration official said on Saturday.

Obama has big challenge in overhauling health care (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 04:13 PM CST

In this Jan. 29, 2008, file photo Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who endorsed Obama, greet supporters in Kansas City, Mo. Sebelius cultivates an image as a bipartisan problem solver, but her ambitions on health care issues have often been frustrated by the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature. Her record on health care is getting attention because she's viewed in Washington as a leading candidate for Health and Human Services secretary. (AP Photo/Dick Whipple, File)AP - Now for the hard part.

Obama vows to cut huge deficit in half (Politico)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 03:37 PM CST

Politico - President Obama will announce Monday that he plans to cut the nation’s projected annual deficit in half by the end of his first term, a senior administration official said Saturday.

Obama wants to cut U.S. deficit in half by 2013 (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 02:57 PM CST

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a town hall meeting in Fort Myers, Florida, February 10, 2009. (Jason Reed/Reuters)Reuters - President Barack Obama will use his first budget, due to be unveiled next week, to put the United States on track toward cutting its ballooning deficit in half by 2013, an administration official said on Saturday.

Obamas take break to watch Sasha play basketball (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 05:19 PM CST

AP - He's got a financial summit Monday and a big speech to Congress on Tuesday, so what better way for President Barack Obama to take a break than by watching daughter Sasha play basketball?

White House: Britain's Brown to visit Obama (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 01:06 PM CST

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is coming to the White House next month for talks with President Barack Obama.

Gov. Sebelius, Kansas GOP fight over health care (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 11:25 AM CST

In this Feb. 11, 2009, file photo Gov. Kathleen Sebelius talks with store owners during the opening of a grocery store in Greensburg, Kan. Sebelius cultivates an image as a bipartisan problem solver, but her ambitions on health care issues have often been frustrated by the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature. Her record on health care is getting attention because she's viewed in Washington as a leading candidate for Health and Human Services secretary. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, file)AP - Gov. Kathleen Sebelius once called on lawmakers to bring health coverage to all Kansas residents. Legislators largely ignored her. The Democrat has supported proposals to increase tobacco taxes to pay for health care initiatives. Lawmakers never seriously considered them.

New political hazard: participation (Politico)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 07:57 AM CST

Politico - Two weeks ago, Henrietta Hughes stood up at a Florida town hall meeting, told President Barack Obama that she and her son lived in a car, and appealed for help.

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