Yahoo! News: Elections

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• In personal terms, Obama hails Africa's promise (AP)
• Obama departs Ghana for trip home to United States (AP)
• AP sources: Cheney told CIA not to discuss progam (AP)
• AP Interview: Hayden says Congress was informed (AP)
• Bush-bashing still politically potent (Politico)
• Cast of characters on committee quizzing Sotomayor (AP)
• Obama: Daughters should learn from slave tour (AP)
• Obama says slave site reminds him of world 'evil' (AP)
• Iranian-Americans rally in front of White House (AP)
• Nominee puts on best face, but who is she? (AP)
• Obama's Africa: more talk than policy (Politico)
• Taliban pushed back, long way to go: Obama (Reuters)
• Obama wants new push to train Afghan army, police (AFP)
• Obama: Africa aid must be matched by good governance (Reuters)
• WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama's whirlwind Ghana tour (AP)
• Obama says stimulus plan to kick in later this year (Reuters)
• Hispanic rights group at center of Sotomayor fight (AP)
• Philippine president to visit Obama on July 30 (AP)
• Obama rejects 2nd stimulus: Give recovery time (AP)
• Text of Obama's speech in Ghana (AP)

In personal terms, Obama hails Africa's promise (AP) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 02:08 PM PDT AP - America's president and Africa's son, Barack Obama dashed with pride onto the continent of his ancestors Saturday, challenging its people to shed corruption and conflict in favor of peace. Campaigning to all of Africa, he said "Yes you can."

Obama departs Ghana for trip home to United States (AP) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 12:22 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is headed home after a brief but whirlwind visit to Ghana.

AP sources: Cheney told CIA not to discuss progam (AP) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 04:58 PM PDT AP - Government sources say Vice President Dick Cheney directed the CIA not to inform Congress about a nascent counterterrorism program eight years ago that CIA Director Leon Panetta terminated in June.

AP Interview: Hayden says Congress was informed (AP) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 01:30 PM PDT AP - Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden angrily struck back Saturday at assertions the Bush administration's post-9/11 surveillance program was more far-reaching than imagined and was largely concealed from congressional overseers.

Bush-bashing still politically potent (Politico) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 04:50 AM PDT Politico - Vice President Joe Biden was standing by Jon Corzine's side when the New Jersey governor kicked off his reelection campaign last month, but it was hard to tell from Corzine's remarks that there was a new administration in Washington.

Cast of characters on committee quizzing Sotomayor (AP) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 12:47 PM PDT AP - Live from the Capitol, Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings promise high political theater this week, beamed to the world in dramatic, historic, perhaps comedic glory.

Obama: Daughters should learn from slave tour (AP) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 04:37 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he hopes his family's tour of a former slave fortress on the coast of Ghana shows his daughters that history can take very cruel turns.

Obama says slave site reminds him of world 'evil' (AP) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 09:33 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says a slave site reminds him of humanity's potential for "great evil" but also gives him a reason for hope, given the progress African-Americans have made since leaving the castle as slaves.

Iranian-Americans rally in front of White House (AP) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 02:28 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of protesters, many of them Iranian-Americans, marched from Capitol Hill to the White House on Saturday, most holding Iranian flags and chanting demands for the U.S. to take more action after Iran's disputed election.

Nominee puts on best face, but who is she? (AP) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 07:41 AM PDT AP - For weeks, Sonya Sotomayor has put on her best face, displaying a pleasant disposition that has somewhat fended off critics of her nomination to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.

Obama's Africa: more talk than policy (Politico) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 03:35 PM PDT Politico - ACCRA, Ghana — To many of his African listeners, he came not as a finger-wagging outsider but as a deeply disappointed son of Africa – giving President Barack Obama’s sharp critique of corruption and repression an added resonance.

Taliban pushed back, long way to go: Obama (Reuters) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 03:16 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. and allied troops have pushed back Taliban insurgents in a major offensive in Afghanistan but there is still a long way to go, President Barack Obama said on Saturday.

Obama wants new push to train Afghan army, police (AFP) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 01:15 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama said Saturday he wants a new push to train Afghanistan's army and police after the country's August elections, in an interview with Britain's Sky News television.

Obama: Africa aid must be matched by good governance (Reuters) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 12:48 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama told Africans on Saturday that Western aid must be matched by good governance and urged them to take greater responsibility for stamping out war, corruption and disease plaguing the continent.

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama's whirlwind Ghana tour (AP) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 12:45 PM PDT AP - Protocol says you stand when the president enters a room. But for a handful of pregnant women, President Barack Obama was willing to make an exception.

Obama says stimulus plan to kick in later this year (Reuters) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 12:13 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said Saturday more time was needed for his $787 billion stimulus package to work, predicting the spending would have a bigger impact on the economy later this year.

Hispanic rights group at center of Sotomayor fight (AP) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 11:54 AM PDT AP - Cesar Perales has fought his share of critics over the years, in legal battles for minorities denied jobs, bilingual classes in schools and more Latino police officers.

Philippine president to visit Obama on July 30 (AP) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 12:49 PM PDT AP - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will meet with President Barack Obama at the White House on July 30.

Obama rejects 2nd stimulus: Give recovery time (AP) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 09:05 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Saturday the $787 billion stimulus program must be given a chance to work before consideration is given to a second such jolt for the still-ailing economy.

Text of Obama's speech in Ghana (AP) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 09:03 AM PDT AP - Text of President Barack Obama's speech Saturday in Accra, Ghana, as provided by the White House:

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