2009年7月13日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Sotomayor vows impartiality if confirmed to court (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 04:55 PM PDT

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 13, 2009, during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Pool, George Bridges)AP - Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic Supreme Court nominee in history, vowed loyalty to "the impartiality of our justice system" Monday, confronting Republican skeptics at Senate hearings suffused with racial politics but all but certain to lead to her confirmation.

Budget deficit tops $1 trillion for first time (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 05:20 PM PDT

The US Treasury seal is seen at the Treasury Building in Washington, DC. The Treasury's monthly statement of receipts and outlays shows the US budget deficit reached more than one trillion dollars for the current fiscal year in June as the government stepped up spending to counter recession(AFP/File/Brendan Smialowski)AP - WASHINGTON — The federal deficit has topped $1 trillion for the first time ever and could grow to nearly $2 trillion by this fall, intensifying fears about higher interest rates, inflation and the strength of the dollar.

Calls grow for probe of CIA plan for al-Qaida hits (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 02:29 PM PDT

FILE - This March 20, 2001 file photo, shows President George W. Bush, right, and George J. Tenet, left, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, stop to pose standing the CIA seal in the main entrance of agency headquarters in Langley, Va. The President made a visit to greet CIA employees and thank them for their service to their country and spoke of the importance of intelligence collection and analysis. A secret intelligence program canceled by CIA Director Leon Panetta in June was meant to find and then capture or kill al-Qaida leaders at close range rather than target them with air strikes that risked civilian casualties, government officials with knowledge of the operation said Monday, July 13, 2009. Panetta canceled the effort on June 23 after learning of its existence, its failure to yield results, and the fact that Congress had been unaware of the program since its inception after the Sept. 11, terrorist attacks in 2001, according to one official with direct knowledge of the plan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Congressional demands for an investigation grew on Monday over new disclosures that a secret CIA program to capture or kill al-Qaida leaders was concealed from Congress for eight years, perhaps at the behest of former Vice President Dick Cheney.

Obama's teleprompter breaks in mid-speech (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 04:31 PM PDT

President Barack Obama looks towards the missing TelePrompTer after the glass fell and broke while he was speaking at the at the Urban and Metropolitan Policy Roundtable at the Eisenhower Old Executive Office Building in Washington Monday, July 13, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama had just started a spirited defense of his economic stimulus plan on Monday when one of his teleprompter screens came loose, crashed to the floor and shattered into pieces.

House Intel may examine CIA program (Politico)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 12:58 PM PDT

Politico - The House Intelligence Committee is expected to launch a full-scale investigation into charges that the CIA concealed a covert spy program from Congress, according to congressional sources.

Obama meets with Jewish leaders on Israel, Iran (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 04:16 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama told Jewish leaders Monday that eight years of U.S.-Israeli unison in demanding Palestinian concessions has produced no results and asked leaders to give him time to try his tactics for a Middle East peace.

Analysis: GOP does political straddle on Sotomayor (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 03:46 PM PDT

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., swears in Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 13, 2009, during her confirmation hearing before the committee. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - It's a delicate chore. Republicans, seeing their best chance to make big points with the American public since Barack Obama won the White House, are trying to strike just the right balance in criticizing Sonia Sotomayor without alienating Hispanics and women.

Sotomayor an intent listener who soaks it all in (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 03:36 PM PDT

Tears well up in the eyes of Celina Sotomayor's eyes as she listens to daughter Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor being sworn in during confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, Monday July 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Sonia Sotomayor was a mostly wordless figure in the opening act of her Senate confirmation hearing Monday, but no less striking for her silence.

Analysis: Translating the Sotomayor hearing code (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 01:09 PM PDT

Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor acknowledges her family on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 13,2009, prior to testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee. From left are, sister-in-law Tracey Sotomayor, niece Kiley Sotomayor, stepfather Omar Lopez, mother Celina Sotomayor and brother Juan Sotomayor. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - In the polite yet white-hot world of confirmation hearings, senators and witnesses can't always say what they want to say. So they speak in code.

AP source: Review planned for terror alert system (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 03:54 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration will announce Tuesday that it will review the nation's multicolored terror alert system that was created after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a senior administration official said Monday.

Obama seeks to regain initiative on healthcare (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 05:11 PM PDT

Reuters - A combative President Barack Obama on Monday sought to regain the initiative on overhauling the U.S. healthcare system after legislation slowed down in the Congress while he was abroad last week.

Senior lawmakers seek to end production of F-22 (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 05:08 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama and his former Republican White House rival, Senator John McCain, found common ground on Monday to try and stop efforts in Congress to expand the F-22 fighter jet program.

First day sets tone for both sides (Politico)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 05:04 PM PDT

Politico - Stoke the flames, but don’t burn down the house.

Teachers urge Obama to collaborate to fix schools (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 05:01 PM PDT

AP - A teachers' union challenged the Obama administration Monday to live up to its promise of working with teachers and not against them.

Palin's PAC reports raising more than $730,000 (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 04:51 PM PDT

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009. The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the surprise announcement, saying she would step down July 26 but didn't announce her plans. (AP Photo/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Robert DeBerry)AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's political action committee raised nearly $733,000 in its first five months, according to a report filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission.

Obama challenges on health care (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 04:30 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama(L), introduces rural southern doctor Regina Benjamin(L) as his nominee for Surgeon General in the Rose Garden at the White House.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AP - Back in the White House after a week overseas, President Barack Obama pressed Democratic leaders to pass health care legislation in both houses of Congress before August and expressed confidence about the ultimate outcome for his top domestic priority.

Hunting best buys when eating healthy costs more (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 04:17 PM PDT

AP - Has the recession cut heart-healthy seafood and leafy greens out of your budget? Are you squeezing boxed meals or fast food between two jobs?

White House: Health, green jobs growing quickly (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 04:08 PM PDT

People walk in line to register for the 2009 CUNY Big Apple Job Fair at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York, March 20, 2009. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonAP - Health care and environment-focused jobs will drive a jobs recovery, the White House predicted Monday even as it cautioned that the work will require better training to give workers greater skills.

Rattner leaving auto task force (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 04:34 PM PDT

AP - Steven Rattner, who led the Obama administration's efforts to restructure General Motors and Chrysler through swift, government-led bankruptcies, plans to depart his post, officials said Monday.

Senate confirms Obama's pick to lead 2010 census (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 03:49 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama's nominee to be census director was approved Monday by the Senate, ending weeks of opposition from a pair of Republicans over his role in next year's high-stakes count.

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