2009年6月21日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama sticks with careful response to Iran crisis (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 05:31 PM PDT

Iranian-Americans and supporters protest the government of Iran on June 20, 2009 in Santa Ana, California. Democrats on Sunday defended President Barack Obama's hands-off approach to the crisis in Iran, urging him to keep US AP - President Barack Obama stuck to his carefully tailored response to Iran's internal crisis Sunday despite pressure from Republican critics, as he continued to speak up for protesters' rights without making specific demands on Iran's hard-line leaders.

Obama's own party worried health plan lacks votes (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 02:57 PM PDT

In this photograph provided by CNN, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., appears on 'State of the Union' Sunday, June 21, 2009 at the CNN studios in Washington. (AP Photo/CNN)AP - A Republican senator seeking a bipartisan health deal spoke Sunday of "dialing down" expectations while one of President Barack Obama's Democratic allies questioned whether the White House had the votes necessary for a such a costly and comprehensive plan during a recession.

Obama: US prepared for any threat from North Korea (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 02:02 PM PDT

In this photograph provided by CBS, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is interviewed on the CBS talk show 'Face the Nation' Sunday, June 21, 2009, in Washington. McCain says the U.S. should board a North Korean ship it is tracking if hard evidence shows it is carrying missiles or other cargo in violation of U.N. resolutions. (AP Photo/CBS Face the Nation, Karin Cooper)AP - President Barack Obama said the United States is "prepared for any contingencies" involving North Korea — including the regime's reported threat to launch a long-range missile toward Hawaii.

Dodd, Graham spar over health care (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 06:34 AM PDT

AP - Sen. Lindsey Graham says the Senate will not let the U.S. "go down the government-run health care road."

McCain favors boarding NKorean ship (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 08:44 AM PDT

South Korean tourists look at a North Korean village, Kaepoong, through telescopes at an observation post in Ganghwa, located inside of the civilian passage restriction line that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, South Korea, Sunday, June 21, 2009. North Korea has criticized the U.S. for reaffirming its nuclear protection of South Korea in their recent summit, saying it exposed a U.S. plot to launch atomic war.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - Sen. John McCain says the U.S. should board a North Korean ship it is tracking if hard evidence shows it is carrying missiles or other cargo in violation of U.N. resolutions.

Iran buying more from US in spite of tensions (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 12:01 PM PDT

FILE -- In this Oct. 9, 2008 file photo, Norm Hanko harvests a field of soybeans near Wakeman, Ohio. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)AP - Iran spent nearly twice as much on U.S. imports during President Barack Obama's first months in office as it did during the same period in 2008, showing that despite trade penalties and tense relations, the two countries are still doing business.

Netanyahu declines to second-guess Obama on Iran (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 06:44 AM PDT

AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he isn't going to second-guess President Barack Obama's approach on Iran after the Tehran government's political crackdown.

Baucus, White House in deal with drug industry (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 09:39 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 2, 2009 file photo, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., left, and the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa talk on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)AP - The pharmaceutical industry agreed Saturday to spend $80 billion over the next decade improving drug benefits for seniors on Medicare and defraying the cost of President Barack Obama's health care legislation, capping secretive negotiations involving key lawmakers and the White House.

Obama to Iran's leaders: Stop 'unjust' actions (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2009 06:45 PM PDT

A group of demonstrators protest in front of the White House in support the demonstrations in Iran and to condemn Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's decision to suppress the protests, in Washington Saturday, June 20, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday challenged Iran's government to halt a "violent and unjust" crackdown on dissenters, using his bluntest language yet to condemn Tehran's post-election response.

Defiant, Iran's Mousavi urges more protests (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 03:45 PM PDT

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran Protesters throw stones during a march on a street in Tehran June 20, 2009. Defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavisaid on Saturday he was Reuters - Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi urged supporters to continue protests over the re-election of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a direct challenge to the Islamic Republic's leadership.

Obama: U.S. ready for possible N.Korea missile launch (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 03:21 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States military is prepared for the possibility that North Korea may attempt to launch a missile toward Hawaii, President Barack Obama said in remarks released on Sunday.

Iran death toll mounts as leaders take aim at West (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 01:18 PM PDT

A screen grab taken from a video posted on YouTube, allegedly shows Iranian men trying to help a wounded woman named AFP - At least 10 people were killed in the latest unrest to shake Tehran, state television said on Sunday as Iranian leaders took aim at Western "meddling" in the post-election tumult that has triggered the worst crisis since the Islamic revolution.

NY senator hits her stride after wobbly beginning (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 11:57 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2009 file photo, then-Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. appears at a news conference in Albany, N.Y. with New York Gov. David Paterson as he announces that he is appointing Gillibrand to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the departure of Hillary Rodham Clinton. (AP Photo/Tim Roske, FILE)AP - But with a consistent, engaging style and help from powerful allies including President Barack Obama, Gillibrand has moved quickly to quiet her critics and box out potential challengers in her party.

Sens.: Obama needs tough Iran stance (Politico)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 10:49 AM PDT

Politico - The government crackdown in Iran — and the U.S. response to it — took center stage on Sunday's news shows, with several senators calling for stepped-up engagement by President Barack Obama and others defending his response as carefully calibrated and correct.

Republicans urge Obama to get tougher on Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 10:24 AM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama should take a firm stand to support the street protests that have engulfed Iran since its disputed June 12 presidential election result, U.S. Republican senators said on Sunday.

Obama May Lack Votes for Health-Care, Feinstein Says (Bloomberg)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 09:09 AM PDT

Bloomberg - June 21 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama may not have enough votes in the U.S. Senate to pass his effort to overhaul the nation’s health-care system, California Democrat Dianne Feinstein said.

McCain: Obama has 'done well' as president so far (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 08:48 AM PDT

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee member Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. asks when lawmakers would have legitimate cost estimates on the health care reform bill as he gestures over a stack of documents comprising of the bill and its amendments, Wednesday, June 17, 2009, during the committee's markup hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Sen. John McCain says his opponent in last year's presidential campaign, Barack Obama, has "done well" in his first five months in the White House.

Obama's healthcare push on rocky road in Congress (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 07:07 AM PDT

Reuters - Growing worries over budget deficits and government intervention could jeopardize President Barack Obama's proposed healthcare overhaul in Congress as lawmakers bicker over costs and strategies for covering the uninsured.

Obama may need firmer hand on health care debate (AP)

Posted: 21 Jun 2009 06:59 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2009 file photo, then-Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Tom Daschle, right, smiles as he prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, accompanied by former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole. Daschle, who once was Obama's choice for shepherding the nation's health care overhaul through Congress, said the chance of legislation passing is no better than 50-50. Those are fairly good odds, he said, for such complicated proposals that stir such deep passions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama is seeing the downside of his light touch on revamping the nation's health care system.

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