2009年7月15日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Sotomayor sidesteps on abortion, guns in grilling (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:38 PM PDT

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday July 15, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor determinedly sidestepped volleys of Republican questions on abortion and gun rights Wednesday, keeping her demeanor cool and her opinions mostly private as she neared the end of a marathon Senate grilling on the road to all but sure confirmation.

Police shoot and kill armed man near US Capitol (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:05 PM PDT

Police work the scene of a shooting near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Police shot and killed an armed man in what authorities described as a routine rush hour traffic stop that turned deadly. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - A chaotic scene unfolded near the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday after police shot and killed an armed man in what authorities described as a routine rush hour traffic stop that turned deadly.

Clinton acts to retake foreign policy center stage (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:29 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton bounded back into the public arena in a choreographed event Wednesday aimed at reasserting her position as the Obama administration's top diplomat.

THE INFLUENCE GAME: NFL players tackle lawmakers (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:08 PM PDT

NFL players union members, Mike Vrabel of the Kansas City Chiefs, left, and former Oakland Raiders Nolan Harrison, wait outside the office of Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Pro football players swept across Capitol Hill on Wednesday and asked lawmakers to take a tough look at owners' profits as the two sides prepare to decide how to divide their big pot of TV money and other revenues.

Sotomayor retreats more under queries (Politico)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 11:27 AM PDT

U.S. Supreme Court nomineee Judge Sonia Sotomayor speaks during the third day of her U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington July 15, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES POLITICS CRIME LAW)Politico - Republicans failed to push Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor off what appears to be her steady stride towards confirmation Wednesday, though in a series of low-key exchanges she did retreat further on some of her controversial past statements.

Clinton warns Iran on engagement (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:46 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets guests at the Council on Foreign Relations, Wednesday, July 15, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday warned Iran it has only a limited time to accept the Obama administration's offer for engagement. She also urged Arab nations to take immediate steps to improve ties with Israel to bolster Mideast peace hopes.

Sotomayor hearing has winners, losers (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 03:26 PM PDT

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor listens to Sen. Jeff Sessions's, R-Ala., pictured on the television screen, question during testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday July 15, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Judge Sonia Sotomayor is likely headed to the Supreme Court, but not unscathed. A Republican inquisitor at her confirmation hearings, Sen. Jeff Sessions, took advantage of the national spotlight but got singed by it, too. There are political winners and losers in every nomination fight, and some people, like Sotomayor and Sessions, know both gain and pain.

AP sources: Tenet canceled secret CIA hit teams (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:07 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 - As CIA director in 2004, George Tenet terminated a secret program to develop hit teams to kill al-Qaida leaders, but his successors resurrected the plan, according to former intelligence officials.

Senator holds up EPA nominee over climate study (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:17 PM PDT

AP - A Republican senator is blocking the nomination of a top Environmental Protection Agency official over what he calls a flawed study of the climate bill recently passed in the House.

Pentagon won't ban war-zone smoking, despite study (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:41 PM PDT

AP - Smoke 'em if you got 'em. The Pentagon reassured troops Wednesday that it won't ban tobacco products in war zones.

Obama prods Congress on healthcare; Senate panel acts (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:40 PM PDT

Reuters - Saying it was "time to get this done," President Barack Obama pressed on Wednesday for swift congressional action on healthcare after a Senate panel approved a bill to overhaul the $2.5 trillion industry.

Senate panel OKs plan to revamp health care system (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:26 PM PDT

Accompanied by members of Congress and medical professionals, President Barack Obama speaks on health care reform, Wednesday, July 15, 2009, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. With the president are Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., left, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-NY, center, and Rep. George Miller, D, Ca, right,. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - President Barack Obama achieved a milestone Wednesday when a Senate committee approved a plan to revamp the U.S. health care system. The Senate panel's action, which attracted no Republican votes, came as the president's campaign organization rolled out television ads to build support for his top domestic priority.

Bill would spend more to make college affordable (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:18 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama's plan to dramatically increase college student aid took its first step Wednesday on what could be a rocky path through Congress.

Richer portrait of Sotomayor emerges in hearing (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:27 PM PDT

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday July 15, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - From her early days as a lawyer, Sonia Sotomayor never was content to be what she calls the "fifth guy on the totem pole."

Obama, Lawmakers Fight Over F-22 Cuts in Funding Battle (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:10 PM PDT

A U.S. Air Force F-22 fighter jet flies over Kadena U.S. Air Force Base on Okinawa in this May 30, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao/FilesTime.com - Viewpoint: A looming vote over funding for more F-22s pits the Administration and Pentagon against lawmakers trying to save jobs

DEA weighs new limits on drug eyed in Jackson case (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 03:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2007 file photo, pop star Michael Jackson poses on the red carpet during the RainbowPUSH Coalition Los Angeles 10th annual awards in Los Angeles. Federal authorities are considering making the potent anesthetic propofol, one of the drugs found in Michael Jackson's home, a controlled substance, which would put new limits on its distribution.(AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, file)AP - Federal authorities are considering making the potent anesthetic propofol — one of the drugs found in Michael Jackson's home — a controlled substance, which would put new limits on its distribution.

Clinton speech sounds familiar themes (Politico)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 02:36 PM PDT

Politico - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s first major policy address Wednesday was a tour of American foreign policy that also served to highlight her stature inside the Obama administration.

Sotomayor hearing: Testing, testing ... hello? (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 02:23 PM PDT

Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., questions Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday July 15, 2009, during her confirmation hearing before the committee. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Al Franken is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee — only a week into office? Well, Franken was, briefly.

House plan boosts taxes on rich to 20-year high (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:07 PM PDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., from left, is joined by other House Democratic leaders, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland, Pete Stark of California, Henry Waxman of California, Charles Rangel of New York, and John Dingell of Michigan, in a news conference, announcing the introduction of health care legislation on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 14, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - House Democrats scrambling for ways to pay for overhauling health care would raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans to levels not seen since the 1980s, breaking one of President Barack Obama's campaign pledges.

Congress gets Obama hedge funds disclosure bill (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jul 2009 02:16 PM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. Treasury on Wednesday submitted legislation to Congress that would require hedge funds with more than $30 million under management to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission and greatly increase disclosures to investors and regulators.

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