2009年3月21日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama says treasury chief's job is secure (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 11:15 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama says treasury secretary is one job that's not up for grabs.

Obama criticizes some Guantanamo release decisions (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 11:35 AM PDT

In this photo reviewed by the US Military, a guard works at Guantanamo's Camp 6 detention center at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 21, 2009. Dozens of Guantanamo inmates are taking President Barack Obama's administration to task for failing to meet Geneva Convention standards during their detention, according to court documents.(AFP/POOL/File/Brennan Linsley)AP - President Barack Obama says the U.S. hasn't done a good job sorting out who should be released from the Guantanamo Bay detention center.

Obama sidetracked by fiscal mess, but presses on (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 11:57 AM PDT

President Barack Obama, right, and first lady Michelle Obama, left, walk across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, before their departure on Marine One for Camp David, Md., Saturday, March 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Knocked off balance by the bonuses brouhaha, President Barack Obama is relying on direct appeals to the public to refocus attention on his ambitious agenda and drive the debate.

Toxic asset plan expected to be unveiled soon (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 08:55 AM PDT

In this March 16, 2009 file photo, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner makes remarks to small business owners, community lenders and members of Congress in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Geithner is putting the finishing touches on a plan to get toxic assets off the books of the country's struggling banks, according to administration and industry officials. The plan could be announced as soon as Monday (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)AP - The Obama administration, hoping to ease borrowing for families and businesses, has put together a new plan to attack a mountain of toxic assets that are keeping banks from lending more.

A crack in business oppositon (Politico)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 08:00 AM PDT

Politico - The business side of the EFCA fight is pushing back hard this morning against reports.

`Hillary: The Movie,' now showing at Supreme Court (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 12:22 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (R) speaks as British Foreign Secretary David Miliband (L) listens during a photo-op at the State Department in Washington, DC. Miliband said that US President Barack Obama's administration is serious about cooperating with its allies on Afghanistan.(AFP/Getty Images/Alex Wong)AP - Months after its debut, "Hillary: The Movie" faces nine of the nation's toughest critics: the Supreme Court.

Dodd's stock with voters began dropping before AIG (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 11:30 AM PDT

Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, fields media questions about AIG bonuses, while visiting the Enfield Police Department in Enfield, Conn. on Friday, March 20, 2009. Dodd was there to meet with members of the police and fire departments, emergency medical technicians and town officials to announce $75,000 in new funding. The Senate Banking Committee Chairman is feeling heat from a Republican challenger eager to make him a poster boy for the tumult in the housing and financial markets.(AP Photo/George Ruhe)AP - Howard Rosenblatt voted for U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd five years ago. He won't do that again.

Hillary Clinton, e-diplomat, embraces new media (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 12:11 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with South African Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Thursday, March 19,2009, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Her videos aren't quite viral yet and she's not tweeting, but Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is embracing new media, using the Web to promote the agency and her role as the nation's top envoy.

Obama welcomes French bid to rejoin NATO command (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 10:27 AM PDT

AP - France wants back into NATO's decision-making command and President Barack Obama says that's a good thing.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama rhetoric, reality clash (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 09:19 AM PDT

President Barack Obama, left, and first lady Michelle Obama, right, walk across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, before their departure Marine One, Saturday, March 21, 2009.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Barack Obama's optimistic campaign rhetoric has crashed headlong into the stark reality of governing.

Obama sticks to budget, sees room for compromise (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 11:45 AM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama vowed on Saturday to stick to the big-ticket items in his budget proposal but acknowledged that dollar amounts would "undoubtedly change" as Congress prepared to take up his record spending plan.

Obama says would not accept Geithner resignation (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 11:10 AM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama said he would not accept Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's resignation if it was offered, according to excerpts from a television interview to be broadcast on Sunday.

Big retailers band together on labor bill (Politico)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 10:13 AM PDT

Politico - A powerful coalition of three large retail business is considering what they once claimed was unthinkable: a compromise on the union-backed labor bill that opponents call “card check.” 

Connecticut seeks answers on AIG bonus documents (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 09:51 AM PDT

The home of AIG executive Douglas Polling is seen Friday March 20, 2009 in Fairfield, Conn. Pillars of the community are now pariahs fearing for their safety in a ritzy area of Connecticut home to many executives at American International Group Inc., hit with a backlash over bonuses it paid to top brass even as it accepted federal bailout money. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey)AP - The attorney general of Connecticut said Saturday that he is asking American International Group Inc. why documents appear to show the company paid $53 million more in bonuses to its financial products division than previously reported.

Iran's supreme leader dismisses Obama overtures (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 08:42 AM PDT

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to his supporters during his visit to Mashhad, 900 km (540 miles) east of Tehran, Iran, on Saturday March 21, 2009. Iran's supreme leader rebuffed President Barack Obama's latest outreach on Saturday, saying Tehran was still waiting to see concrete changes in U.S. policy. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was responding to a video message Obama released Friday in which he reached out to Iran on the occasion of Nowruz, the Persian new year, and expressed hopes for an improvement in nearly 30 years of strained relations. (AP Photo/ISNA)AP - Iran's supreme leader rebuffed President Barack Obama's latest outreach on Saturday, saying Tehran was still waiting to see concrete changes in U.S. policy.

VIDEO: Obama's 4 budget principles (Politico)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 05:00 AM PDT

Politico - Previewing a critical week for his administration, President Barack Obama on Saturday called on Congress Saturday to pass a budget that adheres to four principles: increasing energy independence, boosting education, overhauling health care and reducing the deficit.

Despite snubs, Dem groups back Obama (Politico)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 04:54 AM PDT

Politico - President Barack Obama’s ambitious early agenda has freed him from a typical obligation of presidents: Keeping the party's organized interest groups happy.

US Post Service looks for new ways to cut losses (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 04:47 AM PDT

In this Sept. 30, 2005 file photo, Postmaster General John Potter is interviewed in Washington. The Postal Service has already suggested dropping a day of mail delivery to save money. Now, with economic gloom everywhere, it's turning to early retirements, management cutbacks and office closings. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)AP - The U.S. Postal Service has already suggested dropping a day of mail delivery to save money. Now, with economic gloom everywhere, it's turning to early retirements, management cutbacks and office closings.

Feinstein seeks block solar power from desert land (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 04:21 AM PDT

In this Friday, July 22, 2005 file photo, a rainbow forms in rainy skies over State Highway 178 between Death Valley National Park and the town of Shoshone, Calif. More than 500,000 acres in the Mojave Desert would be off-limits to wind or solar energy production under legislation Sen. Dianne Feinstein intends to introduce. The land is coveted by companies seeking to develop alternative energy, setting up a potential clash with one of the more powerful members of Congress. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - California's Mojave Desert may seem ideally suited for solar energy production, but concern over what several proposed projects might do to the aesthetics of the region and its tortoise population is setting up a potential clash between conservationists and companies seeking to develop renewable energy.

Obama's Day: Off to Camp David (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 02:03 AM PDT

AP - After getting his usual White House briefing on the world's problems, President Barack Obama heads to Camp David for a long weekend with his family.

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