2009年5月23日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama sees court pick as smart with common touch (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 04:57 PM PDT

FILE -- In this May 19, 2009 file photo, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm smiles in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, as she attended an event with President Barack Obama, not pictured, announcing new fuel and emission standards for cars and trucks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - On the verge of choosing his first Supreme Court nominee, President Barack Obama has already provided a profile of the person he is likely to pick: an intellectual heavyweight with a "common touch," someone whose brand of justice means seeing life from the perspective of the powerless.

Gay US diplomats to receive equal benefits (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 04:38 PM PDT

AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will soon announce that gay American diplomats will be given benefits similar to those that their heterosexual counterparts enjoy, U.S. officials said Saturday.

Don't call ex-Vice President Cheney a has-been (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 09:48 AM PDT

FILE -- In this May 21, 2009 file photo, former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)AP - Dick Cheney refuses to be a has-been.

Obama looking for common touch in next justice (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 06:53 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama says he doesn't feel "weighed down" by a need to pick the next Supreme Court justice based on demographics, arguing that intellectual firepower and empathy with ordinary people are more important.

GOP Rep. rips 'reprehensible' video (Politico)

Posted: 23 May 2009 02:19 PM PDT

Politico - At least one Republican doesn't think it's OK to compare Nancy Pelosi to Pussy Galore.

Obama hopes for `leaner, meaner' GM and Chrysler (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 08:09 AM PDT

In this Dec. 12, 2008 file photo, the General Motors logo is seen outside the GM headquarters in downtown Detroit. The United Auto Workers union on Thursday, May 21, 2009 announced it has reached a tentative deal with the government and General Motors Corp. that offers to cut labor costs and fund a union-run trust that will take over retiree health care costs next year. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, file)AP - President Barack Obama says General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC must emerge from their restructuring as "leaner, meaner" companies and that a substantial market awaits them if they make the right decisions.

Obama committed to moving ahead on health care (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 11:11 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama says it's going to be very difficult to push a major health care overhaul through Congress.

Uncertain NASA gets familiar former astronaut boss (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 11:08 AM PDT

FILE -- This undated file photo released by NASA April 28, 1992 shows Charles Bolden Jr. President Barack Obama on Saturday named the former shuttle commander to lead NASA. If the Senate confirms Bolden, he would be the space agency's first black administrator and the second astronaut to hold the post. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - The nation's turbulent space program will be run by one of its own, a calming well-liked former space shuttle commander.

Obama in fresh overture to Cuba on immigration (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 09:28 AM PDT

FILE -- In this April 29, 2009 file photo, Cuba's President Raul Castro speaks during a meeting of the Coordination Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement in Havana. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)AP - In a fresh overture to Cuba, President Barack Obama is asking the communist government to resume talks on legal immigration of Cubans to the United States.

Obama says he's a night owl, working on big issues (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 11:07 AM PDT

President Barack Obama walks with first lady Michelle Obama to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Saturday, May 23, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - President Barack Obama says he's a night owl.

Labor pushes Wall Street on card check (Politico)

Posted: 23 May 2009 03:24 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 2, 2007 file photo, Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, right, listens to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., during a news conference in Salt Lake City. Republicans seeking a path out of the political wilderness are eyeing Huntsman, a Mormon who's nudged the conservative stronghold in a more moderate direction on the environment and gay rights and has drawn praise from President Barack Obama's top campaign official. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, FILE)Politico - The labor movement is taking square aim at Wall Street with a new tool in its fight to pass the Employee Free Choice Act – the hundreds of billions of dollars in pension funds it manages for union workers and retirees, some of it held by the same firms that are fighting the provision known as "card check."

Honolulu's Internet vote considered 1st in nation (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 03:11 PM PDT

AP - Voting has ended in what is being touted as the nation's first all-digital election, and city officials say it has been a success.

GOP: Alternative energy alone won't meet US needs (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 01:04 PM PDT

The newly renovated coal burning, US Capitol Power Plant is seen in April 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. US dependence on fossil fuels and a vulnerable electric grid pose a perilous threat to the country's national security, retired military officers warned Monday in a report.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)AP - A GOP senator from the nation's leading coal-producing state contends Democrats will increase energy costs and make the U.S. more dependent on foreign oil if they focus solely on alternative energy.

Iran says powers agree to nuclear talks after vote (Reuters)

Posted: 23 May 2009 11:00 AM PDT

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the High Level segment of the Durban Review Conference on racism at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva April 20, 2009. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseReuters - Iran has told world powers including the United States talks on its nuclear program must wait until after the Islamic Republic's presidential election on June 12, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday.

Senate GOP: Not so fast on Court pick (Politico)

Posted: 23 May 2009 10:36 AM PDT

Politico - Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are resisting President Barack Obama’s call for a swift confirmation of his choice for Supreme Court, opening a rift between the parties even before the nominee has even been named.

Obama mourns ex-South Korean President Roh (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 10:06 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama remembers former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun as contributing to a "strong and vital" relationship between the two countries.

Analysis: Iran looms over Obama Mideast peace bid (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 09:41 AM PDT

FILE -- In this May 8, 2009 file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, shows his identification to the media, as he registers as a candidate for the upcoming presidential elections, at the Elections Headquarters in the Interior Ministry, In Tehran, Iran, Presidential elections are scheduled for June 12. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)AP - An increasingly emboldened Iran is both complicating and giving promise to the Obama administration's efforts to forge peace in the Middle East.

Analysis: CIA's Panetta navigating tight course (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 09:34 AM PDT

FILE -- In this Feb. 25, 2009 file photo, CIA Director Leon Panetta speaks with reporters, at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Va., (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - If Leon Panetta was hired to lead the CIA because of his deft touch with Congress, he's been earning his paycheck.

Obama picks ex-astronaut Bolden to lead NASA (Reuters)

Posted: 23 May 2009 09:23 AM PDT

An official portrait of Charles Bolden, Jr. US President Barack Obama has picked Bolden as NASA chief, the White House says in a move which will make him the first African American and only the second former-astronaut to lead the agency.(AFP)Reuters - President Barack Obama will name former space shuttle commander Charles Bolden to lead NASA, the White House said on Saturday, in the midst of a major shift in the U.S. human space program.

Senate vote not last word on Guantanamo (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 09:18 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov.. 18, 2008 file image reviewed by the U.S. Military, guards escort a Guantanamo detainee carrying a book at the Camp 4 detention facility at the U.S. Naval open air common area at the U.S. Military Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)AP - With President Barack Obama showing the way, some Senate Democrats are signaling a willingness to permit transferring suspected terrorists from Guantanamo to U.S. prisons despite a high-profile vote to the contrary.

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