2009年6月3日星期三

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Obama visits Saudi king before high-stakes speech (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 06:12 PM PDT

President Barack Obama receives a gift from Saudi King Abdullah at the start of their bilateral meeting at the King's Farm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Opening a mission to write a new chapter on Islam and the West, President Barack Obama consulted Wednesday with the Saudi king "in the place where Islam began," prelude to a high-stakes speech in Egypt meant to ease long-held Muslim grievances against the United States.


GM, Chrysler say slashing dealerships necessary (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 05:51 PM PDT

General Motors President Fritz Henderson, left, are John McEleney, right, chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association, are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 3, 2009, at the start of a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on auto dealers in the U.S.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Partners no more, bankrupt automakers and small-town car dealers who are being stripped of their livelihood brought the anguish of their sinking fortunes into the halls of Congress on Wednesday and sparred over the companies' plans to slash franchises nationwide.


Cheney's secret briefings defended interrogations (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 06:12 PM PDT

Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation Journalism Awards luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, Monday, June 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Dick Cheney as vice president conducted secret briefings for lawmakers in 2005 aimed at defending harsh interrogations as their methods were coming under congressional scrutiny, according to current and former government officials.


First lady Michelle Obama joins push for Sotomayor (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 06:12 PM PDT

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is greeted by Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., before their private meeting in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The White House dispatched first lady Michelle Obama to defend Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday, part of a broad offensive to humanize the judge that came as former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich backed off his harsh criticism of her as a racist.


Obama offers support for public option (Politico)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 01:42 PM PDT

Politico - President Barack Obama said Wednesday that Americans should be able to choose between public and private insurance plans in a reformed health care system — detailing his position on various health care proposals for the first time since taking office.

Obama outlines health care plan for all (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 04:56 PM PDT

President Barack Obama meets with Senate Democrats to discuss health care, Tuesday, June 2, 2009, in the State Dinning Room at the White House in Washington. From left are, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Obama and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - President Barack Obama, providing the first real details on how he wants to reshape the nation's health care system, urged Congress on Wednesday toward a sweeping overhaul that would allow Americans to buy into a government insurance plan.


Poll: US divided over torture, closing Guantanamo (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 03:01 PM PDT

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, left, welcomes President Barack Obama, right, upon his arrival at Royal Terminal King Khalid International Airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)AP - Just over half of Americans say torture is justified in some cases to thwart terrorist attacks, and the country is evenly divided over whether to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, according to a poll that underscores President Barack Obama's challenges in selling his terror-fighting policies.


Obama's aunt might (or might not) return to Kenya (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 07:24 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama's aunt who is fighting to remain in the U.S. says she might or might not be heading to Kenya before her next deportation hearing. Such a trip could affect her immigration case.

Abramoff, gov't disputing $500,000 tax refund (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 04:15 PM PDT

FILE --  In this Jan. 3, 2006 file photo, Jack Abramoff  leaves Federal Court in Washington.   (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the Justice Department are disputing a tax refund he recently received worth more than $500,000 and whether it should be used to pay court-ordered restitution or his family's massive debts.


'Embarrassing' mistake puts US nuke list online (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 06:13 PM PDT

Image otained from the eBay auction website shows a former US ballistic missile facility at Lake Moses, Washington. The New York Time has said that the US government accidentally made public a secret report detailing its nuclear sites, programs and even exact locations of nuclear stockpiles.(AFP/eBay/File/Bari Hotchkiss)AP - The government's inadvertent and red-faced Internet posting of a 266-page list of U.S. nuclear sites provided a one-step guide for anyone wanting details about such sensitive information. Obama administration officials said Wednesday the document contained no classified material about nuclear weapons. They contended the locations and other details already were available from public sources.


First lady cites Sotomayor's example to graduates (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 07:58 PM PDT

AP - First lady Michelle Obama used some high-profile examples — including Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor — to reassure high school graduates any doubts they have about how they will do in college and beyond are not unusual.

Leaders fear protest vote in EU election (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 07:13 PM PDT

Painted in the EU colours a protestors stands outside the Houses of Parliament in London to demand that Members of the European Parliament reveal their expenses. The marathon four-day EU parliament election starts Thursday in Britain and the Netherlands with the whole continent braced for a massive abstention and a protest vote by those who take part which could boost extremist parties.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The marathon four-day EU parliament election starts in Britain and the Netherlands with the whole continent braced for a massive abstention and a protest vote by those who take part which could boost extremist parties.


Moran comes out swinging in Va. contest (Politico)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 07:00 PM PDT

Politico - With less than a week to go before Virginia’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, former Del. Brian Moran sought to shake up a race in which he’s been lagging by drawing sharp contrasts with his opponents on gay rights, the environment and gun control.

AP source: US broke bombing rules in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 06:13 PM PDT

A U.S. soldier salutes during the change of command ceremony at Bagram U.S. air base north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday June 3, 2009. At the main U.S. base in Bagram on Wednesday, Maj. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, took over command of all troops in eastern Afghanistan from outgoing Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Schloesser, commander of the 101st Airborne Division. (AP Photo/Jason Straziuso)AP - American troops made substantial errors and did not strictly follow rules for avoiding casualties during an air assault on Taliban fighters last month, a U.S. defense official said, underscoring a central quandary for President Barack Obama's new Afghan counterinsurgency campaign.


Obama, in another first, named "power" celebrity (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 05:34 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama is the first sitting head of state to make the Forbes Celebrity 100 Power List, with his many magazine covers and best-selling books blurring the line between politics and celebrity.

House passes bills to recognize seven tribes (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 04:12 PM PDT

AP - Seven Indian tribes in North Carolina and Virginia would be federally recognized under legislation passed by the House on Wednesday, but they would not be allowed to build casinos.

Dems use war funding bill for more GI benefits (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 03:57 PM PDT

AP - Congressional Democrats are using an approximately $100 billion war funding bill to give recently expanded GI Bill education benefits to the children of military service members who die while on active duty.

McCain joins Obama's call for 'nuclear-free world' (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 03:40 PM PDT

Republican Senator John McCain, pictured in May 2009, on Wednesday joined his former rival President Barack Obama in calling for a nuclear-free world, a goal previously formulated by former president Ronald Reagan.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Christian Petersen)AFP - Republican Senator John McCain on Wednesday joined his former rival President Barack Obama in calling for a nuclear-free world, a goal previously formulated by former president Ronald Reagan.


Obama yields on health insurance mandates (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 03:37 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama told Congress on Wednesday he was open to making mandatory health insurance part of an overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system but only with exemptions for the poor and for small businesses.

US role in new climate treaty hinges on China (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 01:35 PM PDT

AP - The United States is not likely to enter into a new international treaty to reduce the emissions blamed for global warming without China and other major greenhouse-gas emitters on board, the Obama administration's chief climate negotiator said Wednesday.
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