Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Trading White House for Martha's Vineyard rental (AP)
• Obama facing hard choices on Afghanistan war plans (AP)
• Lieberman says many health care changes can wait (AP)
• Top military officer `appalled' that bomber freed (AP)
• Obama vacations where the elite meet (Politico)
• Talk of Senate voting maneuvers on health care (AP)
• US military leader concerned by Baghdad bombings (AP)
• McCain: Health debate hurt by Kennedy's absence (AP)
• Lawyers can question 9/11 suspect in writing (AP)
• Senator: Single health care bill a better approach (AP)
• Can W.H. clean up executive pay mess? (Politico)
• Afghan challenger says election "widely rigged" (Reuters)
• Millions face shrinking Social Security payments (AP)
• Democrats Looking at Alternatives to Bipartisan Bill (Bloomberg)
• Mass rigging in Afghan vote says leading contender (AFP)
• McCain: Obama must drop health care public option (AP)
• New deficit projections pose risks to Obama's agenda (Reuters)
• McCain refuses to consider taxes to reduce deficit (AP)
• McCain: Afghanistan needs Petraeus' Iraq approach (AP)
• Obama vacation takeoff delayed by Hurricane Bill (AP)

Trading White House for Martha's Vineyard rental (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 01:47 PM PDT AP - The first family settled in Sunday for their vacation on Martha's Vineyard not long after Hurricane Bill scampered away, leaving behind big waves and heavy rip currents for the Obamas.

Obama facing hard choices on Afghanistan war plans (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 04:14 PM PDT AP - As public support for the war in Afghanistan erodes, President Barack Obama soon may face two equally unattractive choices: increase U.S. troops levels to beat back a resilient enemy, or stick with the 68,000 already committed and risk the political fallout if that's not enough.

Lieberman says many health care changes can wait (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 04:14 PM PDT AP - An independent senator counted on by Democrats in the health care debate showed signs of wavering Sunday when he urged President Barack Obama to postpone many of his initiatives because of the economic downturn.

Top military officer `appalled' that bomber freed (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 07:16 AM PDT AP - The top U.S. military officer says he's appalled by the Scotland government's decision to free the Lockerbie bomber.

Obama vacations where the elite meet (Politico) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:02 AM PDT Politico - As the health care debate rages on, President Barack Obama will begin a weeklong vacation Sunday in Martha’s Vineyard, an enclave of liberal royalty far from middle America, where his approval numbers are starting to stall.

Talk of Senate voting maneuvers on health care (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 09:54 AM PDT AP - A Republican senator predicts Democrats will turn to a little-used voting procedure to try get around GOP opposition and pass health care legislation.

US military leader concerned by Baghdad bombings (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 07:42 AM PDT AP - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says he's extremely concerned by last week's deadly bombings in Baghdad.

McCain: Health debate hurt by Kennedy's absence (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:26 AM PDT AP - Republican Sen. John McCain says the absence of ailing Ted Kennedy in pushing health-care reform has made a "huge, huge difference" in whether legislation gets passed.

Lawyers can question 9/11 suspect in writing (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 03:22 AM PDT AP - Lawyers for a Guantanamo Bay detainee will be allowed to question — in writing — accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a federal judge has ruled. The decision is a setback for government lawyers who had sought to limit the scope of detainee lawyers' challenges to the detention and prosecution of terror suspects.

Senator: Single health care bill a better approach (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 07:26 AM PDT AP - A key Democrat in the health care debate says separating out the various issues and putting them in different bills isn't likely to work.

Can W.H. clean up executive pay mess? (Politico) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 04:06 PM PDT Politico - Executive compensation may be the problem the White House can't fix.

Afghan challenger says election "widely rigged" (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 02:51 PM PDT Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's main challenger said on Sunday he had evidence last week's election had been widely rigged by the incumbent and that he had lodged more than 100 complaints.

Millions face shrinking Social Security payments (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 04:14 PM PDT AP - Millions of older people face shrinking Social Security checks next year, the first time in a generation that payments would not rise. The trustees who oversee Social Security are projecting there won't be a cost of living adjustment (COLA) for the next two years. That hasn't happened since automatic increases were adopted in 1975.

Democrats Looking at Alternatives to Bipartisan Bill (Bloomberg) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 09:25 AM PDT Bloomberg - Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- New York Senator Charles Schumer said President Barack Obama and Democratic congressional leaders are considering “alternatives” to a bipartisan health-care bill amid continuing opposition from Republicans.

Mass rigging in Afghan vote says leading contender (AFP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 08:03 AM PDT AFP - A leading contender for the Afghan presidency who says he is ahead in the count after last week's election alleged widespread rigging as authorities said Sunday they were probing 225 claims of abuses.

McCain: Obama must drop health care public option (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 06:02 AM PDT AP - Sen. John McCain says President Barack Obama will have to drop proposals for a government-run health insurance option if he hopes to reach congressional agreement on health-care reform.

New deficit projections pose risks to Obama's agenda (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:28 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama's domestic policy proposals will face the reality of skyrocketing deficits on Tuesday when officials release two government reports projecting huge budget shortfalls over the next decade.

McCain refuses to consider taxes to reduce deficit (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:27 AM PDT AP - Sen. John McCain is refusing to consider raising taxes to reduce the ballooning deficit.

McCain: Afghanistan needs Petraeus' Iraq approach (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 04:22 AM PDT AP - Sen. John McCain said he wants the military leadership in Afghanistan to use the same aggressive approach that Gen. David Petraeus used successfully in Iraq.

Obama vacation takeoff delayed by Hurricane Bill (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 01:38 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is ready to start a Martha's Vineyard vacation with his family, but not as soon as he planned.

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