2009年8月20日星期四

Yahoo! News: Elections

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Elections

On defense, Obama woos right, left on health care (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 05:17 PM PDT

President Barack Obama talks with Michael Smerconish before doing a live radio interview, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009, in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - With control of the health care debate slipping from his grasp, President Barack Obama pitched his ambitious plan to both conservative talk radio and his own liberal supporters Thursday — and denied a challenge from one backer that he was "bucklin' a little bit" under Republican criticism.

Ex-DHS chief links politics to terror alerts (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 06:06 PM PDT

FILE -- In this Sept. 4, 2008 file photo, Tom Ridge, former secretary of Homeland Security and former Pennsylvania governor speaks to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)AP - Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge claims in a new book that he was pressured by other members of President George W. Bush's Cabinet to raise the nation's terror alert level just before the 2004 presidential election.

Analysis: Health care endgame near but uncertain (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 05:52 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks during the Organizing for America National Health Care Forum in Washington Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - With hopes growing ever dimmer for a bipartisan accord, White House and Democratic leaders are considering a wide range of strategies for getting a health care bill passed when Congress returns from its summer recess.

New charges against accused drug cartel leaders (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 05:33 PM PDT

Attorney General Eric Holder gestures during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced new indictments against 10 suspected Mexican drug cartel leaders accused of using everything from a cargo plane to makeshift submarines to bring huge quantities of drugs to U.S. cities that generated nearly $6 billion in profits.

Bush vets dismiss Ridge claims (Politico)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 03:53 PM PDT

Politico - Top officials from the George W. Bush White House are disputing claims in former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge's coming book that they pressured him to adjust the terror threat level for political gain.

WH understands frustration with Cash for Clunkers (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 05:36 PM PDT

In this Aug. 6, 2009 photo, a crane lifts a flattened car from a stack of similar vehicles to a shredder at Gershow Recycling Corp. in Medford, N.Y. It's revived sales, scrapped filthy cars, added shifts in struggling factory towns, and still, the federal government's Cash for Clunkers program is widely criticized as a wreck even as it begins to wind down. The slow pace at which the government is reimbursing dealers, which is prompting many to quit the program, is just the latest example of poor planning and mismanagement. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - The White House says it understands some of the frustration automobile dealers are feeling about the government's Cash for Clunkers vehicle trade-in program.

Analysis: Afghan vote shows Taliban still potent (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 05:27 PM PDT

Election workers count ballots in Mazar-I-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009. Taliban threats scared voters and dampened turnout in the militant south Thursday as Afghans voted for president for the second time ever. After 10 hours of voting, including a last-minute, one-hour extension, election workers began to count millions of ballots. Initial results weren't expected for several days. (AP Photo/Farzana Wahidy)AP - The violence-scarred elections in Afghanistan provided a stage for the Taliban to show war-weary Americans and Afghans that it has rebounded and can strike — even after eight years of war.

IG: Millions in bonuses paid to VA employees (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 03:47 PM PDT

AP - Thousands of technology office employees at the Veterans Affairs Department received a total of $24 million in bonuses over a two-year period, some under questionable circumstances, the agency's inspector general said in scathing reports that also detail abuses ranging from nepotism to an inappropriate relationship.

US training commander: Bomb blasts a lapse in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 05:30 PM PDT

File photo shows members of the US Blackwater private security company flying a helicopter over the Tigris river in Baghdad. The CIA hired the security firm Blackwater in 2004 as part of its secret program to find and kill Al Qaeda leaders, US media said Thursday, citing current and former intelligence officials.(AFP/File/Marwan Naamani)AP - The deadly Baghdad bombings represent an obvious lapse in security, the U.S. commander in charge of training Iraqi security forces said Thursday, adding that he's frustrated with the pace of some of the training.

Obama: No hero's welcome due Lockerbie bomber (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 04:29 PM PDT

Libyans surround the convoy carrying Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, photo in poster at right, upon his arrival at airport in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug.20, 2009. The only man convicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 returned home to Libya to die after he was released from a Scottish prison Thursday, a decision that outraged some relatives of the 270 people killed when the jetliner blew up over Lockerbie, Scotland, more than two decades ago. (AP Photo/ Amr Nabil)AP - President Barack Obama urged Libya not to give a hero's welcome to the convicted perpetrator of the Pan Am 103 bombing, who was released from a Scottish prison Thursday over U.S. objections. Hours later Abdel Baset al-Megrahi arrived in Tripoli to a festive greeting by thousands.

AP source: CIA hired contractor to kill al-Qaida (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 05:51 PM PDT

File photo shows members of the US Blackwater private security company flying a helicopter over the Tigris river in Baghdad. The CIA hired the security firm Blackwater in 2004 as part of its secret program to find and kill Al Qaeda leaders, US media said, citing current and former intelligence officials.(AFP/File/Marwan Naamani)AP - The CIA hired private contractors from Blackwater USA in 2004 as part of a secret program to kill top-level members of al-Qaida, but a spokesman says it never resulted in the capture or killing of any terrorist suspects.

Politics colored US 'terror alert': Former Bush aide (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 05:43 PM PDT

Former US homeland security chief Tom Ridge, seen here in February, charges in a new book that top aides to then-president George W. Bush pressured him to raise the AFP - Former US homeland security chief Tom Ridge charges in a new book that top aides to then-president George W. Bush pressured him to raise the "terror alert" level to sway the November 2004 US election.

Obama vows to finish job after "successful" Afghan vote (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 05:38 PM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai holds up his inked stained finger after voting in the presidential election in Kabul August 20, 2009. REUTERS/Lucy NicholsonReuters - President Barack Obama said the U.S.-led forces must "focus on finishing the job" in Afghanistan after what he said appeared to have been a successful election in the country.

Obama's lost summer (Politico)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 04:31 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks during the Organizing for America National Health Care Forum in Washington Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Politico - At the start of the year, Democrats were convinced they’d finally cracked the code. 

Government issues swine flu advice for colleges (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 04:26 PM PDT

AP - A new rule for college students: Don't sneeze on your roommate.

Afghan Vote’s Reports of Low Turnout May Hurt Karzai’s Chances (Bloomberg)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 03:19 PM PDT

Bloomberg - Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Voters in Afghanistan’s presidential election may have failed to deliver the increased turnout sought by Afghan and U.S. officials, hindering efforts to win a broader mandate for the government as it battles Taliban militants.

Shhh ... Obama mum on what's in 'book of secrets' (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 03:33 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks during a radio interview with Michael Smerconish in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Yes, President Barack Obama has seen the fabled book of secrets from the "National Treasure" film sequel. And he's staying zipped on what's in it.

Obama stands by public option in healthcare debate (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 02:57 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama holds a town hall meeting on healthcare at Gallatin Field in Belgrade, Montana, August 14, 2009. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama stood by proposals to create a government-run health insurance program on Thursday while insisting the move was merely one element of a wider plan to reform the industry.

CAPITAL CULTURE: Michelle Obama's shorts flap (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 02:31 PM PDT

FILE- This Aug. 16, 2009 file photo shows first lady Michelle Obama and daughter Malia Obama, walking off Air Force One at Grand Canyon National Park Airport in Tusayan, Ariz. (AP Photo/Dana Felthauser)AP - Photographs of the first lady descending the steps of Air Force One in shorts have the media in a sweat. Some are saying Mrs. Obama — on her way to the Grand Canyon for a family vacation — may have revealed too much skin.

Despite low turnout, Afghan vote declared a success (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 02:30 PM PDT

Election workers count ballots in Mazar-I-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009. Taliban threats scared voters and dampened turnout in the militant south Thursday as Afghans voted for president for the second time ever. After 10 hours of voting, including a last-minute, one-hour extension, election workers began to count millions of ballots. Initial results weren't expected for several days. (AP Photo/Farzana Wahidy)McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan government and the principal opposition candidate declared the country's second presidential election a success Thursday, despite strong indications that Taliban threats and attacks had kept voters at home in southern and eastern Afghanistan.

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