2009年5月26日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Historic nomination: Hispanic Sotomayor as justice (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 04:55 PM PDT

President Barack Obama introduces federal appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, right, as his nominee for the Supreme Court, Tuesday, May 26, 2009, in an East Room ceremony of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais )AP - Reaching for history, President Barack Obama on Tuesday chose federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court, championing her as a compassionate, seasoned jurist whose against-the-odds life journey affirms the American dream. Republicans who will decide whether to make a fight of her confirmation said they want thorough hearings.

Army chief says US ready to be in Iraq 10 years (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 04:56 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2007, file photo, Gen. George Casey, then the U.S. commander in Iraq, who is currently Army chief of staff, answers a question in Baghdad. On May 26, 2009, during a invitation-only briefing to a dozen journalists and policy analysts from Washington based think-tanks, Casey said the Pentagon is prepared to leave fighting forces in Iraq for as long as a decade despite an agreement between the United States and Iraq that would bring all American troops home by 2012. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, Pool )AP - The Pentagon is prepared to leave fighting forces in Iraq for as long as a decade despite an agreement between the United States and Iraq that would bring all American troops home by 2012, the top U.S. Army officer said Tuesday.

North Korean nuke: Sketchy details, real concerns (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 03:33 PM PDT

Satellite image of Yongbyon, North Korea released by DigitalGlobe on May 26, 2009. North Korea fired another short-range missile off its east coast late on Tuesday, Yonhap News reported on May 27, 2009 citing a unnamed South Korean government source. It came after Pyongyang fired two short-range missiles earlier on Tuesday. REUTERS/DigitalGlobe/Handout (NORTH KOREA SCI TECH MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY) MANDATORY CREDIT. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - The U.S. government is still officially mum on technical details of the North Korean nuclear explosion, but former government and independent analysts say the test shows North Korean's technical skills slightly improving.

Obama raises money for Democrats out West (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 06:13 PM PDT

AP - Hours after exercising a cherished presidential right Tuesday — naming a Supreme Court nominee — Barack Obama engaged in one of the office's grubbier traditions: raising money for an embattled lawmaker.

Key cases reveal few clues (Politico)

Posted: 26 May 2009 02:53 PM PDT

People walk in front of the Bronxdale Houses public housing projects where President Obama's pick for the Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, grew up, in the Bronx borough of New York City. Obama nominated Sotomayor as the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, praising her Politico - It isn't easy to get a fix on Sonia Sotomayor.

Sotomayor: A liberal record — but not entirely so (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 03:28 PM PDT

President Barack Obama looks on as his Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday May 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais )AP - In more than 16 years as a federal judge, Sonia Sotomayor has often sided with people claiming discrimination in education and employment. She's backed police and prosecutors over defendants. She's upheld assertions of free speech and religion.

Private Oval Office chat sold Obama on Sotomayor (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 04:40 PM PDT

President Barack Obama talks with his Supreme Court choice Sonia Sotomayor, Tuesday, May 26, 2009, during the announcement in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Face-to-face, one-on-one in the Oval Office, Sonia Sotomayor leapt from the only candidate of four finalists not well-known to President Barack Obama to his top choice for an open seat on the Supreme Court, administration officials say.

NY judge rises from projects to the Supreme Court (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 07:34 AM PDT

FILE - This 2003 photo provided by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York shows U.S. Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Officials tell The Associated Press that President Barack Obama intends to nominate Sotomayor as the first Hispanic to serve on the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Ron Jordan Natoli Studio) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALESAP - Sonia Sotomayor's path to the pinnacle of the legal profession began in the 1960s at a Bronx housing project just a couple of blocks from Yankee Stadium, where she and her family dealt with one struggle after another.

Obama welcomes South Korea to anti-nuke group (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 04:13 PM PDT

AP - The White House is praising South Korea's decision to join 94 other nations that seek to intercept nuclear, biological and chemical weapons destined for nations such as North Korea.

First Hispanic justice? Some say it was Cardozo (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 04:32 PM PDT

AP - Benjamin Cardozo was indisputably the second Jewish justice on the Supreme Court. Was he also the first Hispanic? There is no conclusive answer.

Burris pleads on taped call for Senate appointment (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 07:16 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2009 file photo, U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill. speaks at the City Club of Chicago. The U.S. Senate Ethics Committee will be allowed to listen to a federal wiretap of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother having a phone conversation with U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, who has been under scrutiny over the circumstances of his appointment, a federal judge said Tuesday. The conversation between Burris and the former governor's brother occurred while Blagojevich was still governor and before he named Burris to President Barack Obama's former U.S. Senate seat. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - Sen. Roland Burris promised to "personally do something" for Rod Blagojevich's campaign fund while pressing for the then-Illinois governor to appoint him to President Barack Obama's former Senate seat, according to a wiretap transcript released Tuesday.

Analysis: US looking for Russians, Chinese to lead (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 07:03 PM PDT

Japan Meteorological Agency's earthquake and tsunami observations division director Yasuo Sekita points at a graph of ground motion waveform data observed in the morning in Japan during a news conference in Tokyo on implications that an earthquake sourced around North Korea was triggered by an unnatural reason May 25, 2009. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoAP - The Obama administration has tough words for North Korea, but it's looking to China and Russia to do the heavy lifting to punish Pyongyang for its latest nuclear test.

Govt announces money for green jobs and training (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 06:17 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden speaks as he chairs a Middle Task Force Meeting at the Museum of Nature and Science in Denver, on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - Vice President Joe Biden and two Cabinet secretaries unveiled a national program Tuesday to train workers for "green jobs" that will make public housing more energy-efficient.

175 arrested at California gay marriage ban protest (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 06:02 PM PDT

San Francisco police move in to make arrests as supporters of same-sex marriage block Van Ness Avenue following the California Supreme Court's ruling to uphold Proposition 8 in San Francisco, California. Around 175 people were arrested in San Francisco while taking part in peaceful protests against a California Supreme Court decision to uphold a ban on same-sex marriage, police said.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Around 175 people were arrested in San Francisco while taking part in peaceful protests against a California Supreme Court decision to uphold a ban on same-sex marriage, police said.

Obama to visit Saudi Arabia to discuss peace, Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2009 05:59 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama departs the White House in Washington for a trip to Nevada, May 26, 2009. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will meet Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah in Riyadh next week to seek his support over the nuclear standoff with Iran and reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Prop 8 Upheld in Court, Gay Marriage Proponents Turn to Politics (Time.com)

Posted: 26 May 2009 05:55 PM PDT

People rally in front of the California Supreme Court during the case on Proposition 8 in March 2009in San Francisco. Gay and lesbian activists had been seeking to overturn the results of the November referendum which redefined marriage in California as being unions between men and women only.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris)Time.com - California's high court upholds a ban but allows 18,000 marriages that took place to stay legal. Now activists are planning to take the issue back to the ballot box

Reaction to Obama's Supreme Court pick Sotomayor (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 04:46 PM PDT

AP - Reaction from Congress and various outside groups to President Barack Obama's nomination of federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court:

Right divided over court fight (Politico)

Posted: 26 May 2009 03:58 PM PDT

U.S. appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor (R) is pictured in this undated family photograph. President Barack Obama nominated Sotomayor, now 54, to the U.S. Supreme Court on May 26, 2009, selecting a woman who would be the court's first Hispanic justice. REUTERS/The White House/Handout (UNITED STATES POLITICS CRIME LAW) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. IN BLACK AND WHITE ONLYPolitico - Conservative groups know they want to oppose Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor — but exactly how that campaign will be conducted is a major unanswered question that is splitting the Republican right.

Obama calls on Myanmar to free Aung San Suu Kyi (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 03:53 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama called on Myanmar's government Tuesday to immediately free Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize-winner detained under house arrest since 2003.

Analysis: Ethnic politics boost Sotomayor chances (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 02:39 PM PDT

Puerto Rican relatives of US Supreme Court nominee judge Sonia Sotomayor, stand together while meeting briefly with members of the media at the law offices of Sotomayor's cousin Jose Garcia Baez, third right, in Mayaguez, western Puerto Rico, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The 54-year-old judge, nominated by President Barack Obama to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court, wasn't born in Puerto Rico, but calls relatives often and visits whenever she's on the island, relatives said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)AP - On the often bumpy road to confirmation to the nation's highest court, Sonia Sotomayor has a crucial dynamic smoothing her path: ethnic politics.

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