2009年12月15日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections

AP Exclusive: Tourists enjoy White House breakfast (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 03:41 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2008, file photo, the White House is seen in Washington. The White House is once again explaining how uninvited guests wound up shaking hands with President Barack Obama. This time, a Georgia couple hoping to tour the White House ended up at an invitation-only Veterans Day breakfast on Nov. 11, 2009. Officials say the couple mistakenly showed up a day early and were allowed into the breakfast because there were no public tours available. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - It wasn't a state dinner, and they didn't crash it on purpose.

Democrats propose $50B for jobs-boosting projects (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 03:17 PM PST

AP - Responding to calls among rank-and-file Democrats for more infrastructure spending, House leaders Tuesday unveiled a plan to add almost $50 billion in spending on highways, housing, and school repair as part of a year-end plan to create jobs.

Ill. town welcomes plan to house Gitmo detainees (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 03:04 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 file photo, an aerial view of the Thomson Correctional Center is seen in Thomson , Ill. The White House plans to announce Tuesday Dec. 15, 2009, that a rural Illinois prison will be acquired by the federal government to become the new home for a limited number of Guantanamo Bay detainees. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)AP - The White House decision to move up to 100 Guantanamo Bay detainees to this dying Mississippi River town has folks here seeing dollar signs, not suspected terrorists.

Grayson: Afghan war 'futile' (Politico)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 10:55 AM PST

Politico - Florida Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson said Tuesday that the war in Afghanistan is “futile” and vowed to vote against the Pentagon’s appropriations bill to protest President Barack Obama’s decision to send more U.S. troops there.

Congress rushes to finish work for year (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 02:48 PM PST

AP - Funding the military, ensuring the jobless don't run out of benefits and maintaining the government's authority to borrow are just a few of the outstanding items as Congress rushes to finish its work in the dwindling days of this year.

Poll: Action on climate will heat up economy, jobs (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 08:04 AM PST

FILE - This Aug. 25, 2009 photo shows a shirts worn by a person at a rally against federal legislation on climate change in Greeley, Colo., organized by the American Petroleum Institute. 'Why would we do anything to drive up their cost of doing business? It makes no sense,' local radio host Amy Oliver Cooke told the crowd, most of whom wore shirts that said, 'Congress, Don't Take Away my Job.' Nearly half of Americans believe steps taken to reduce global warming pollution will help the U.S. economy in a Associated Press-Stanford University poll conducted in November 2009. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - More Americans believe steps taken to reduce global warming pollution will help the U.S. economy than say such measures will hurt it. It's a sign the public is showing more faith in President Barack Obama's economic arguments for limiting heat-trapping gases than in Republican claims that the actions would kill jobs.

Mullen: Most of surge troops will arrive by August (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 01:10 PM PST

U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. America's top military officer is expressing concern about the 'growing level of collusion' between Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan and al-Qaida and other militants across the border in Pakistan.(AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - The top U.S. military officer said Tuesday that he's confident that most of the 30,000 additional troops that are being sent to Afghanistan will be there by August.

House Dem: Short-term debt limit hike will pass (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 01:17 PM PST

AP - Congress will pass a two-month, $200-billion-plus increase in the government's ability to borrow as one of its final acts before closing shop for Christmas, the No. 2 Democrat in the House said Tuesday.

Patients meet donors from largest-ever kidney swap (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 12:24 PM PST

Kidney transplant recipient Solomon Weldeghebriel, second from left, with kidney donor Bill Singleton, right, holds his children Mahor, 5, left, and daughter Simona Weldeghebriel, 3, during a news conference at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. Weldeghebriel and Singleton are part of a record-setting marathon 13-way kidney swap, a pioneering effort to expand transplants to patients who too often never qualify. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Thirteen patients with healthy new kidneys from what's believed to be the world's largest kidney exchange met the donors who made it happen Tuesday — including three who are sure to face the question, "Why?"

White House not expecting weapons treaty this week (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 02:34 PM PST

AP - The White House said Tuesday it didn't expect President Barack Obama to sign a nuclear weapons treaty with Russia when he travels to Copenhagen this week.

Short Patriot Act extensions may open door to tinkers (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 02:15 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Opponents of the USA Patriot Act say that a congressional move to consider temporarily extending three key provisions that are due to expire at year's end opens the door to try to alter or eliminate some of the national security strategies implemented by former President George W. Bush and embraced by President Barack Obama.

No plans for Russia nuclear deal this week: White House (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 02:03 PM PST

Reuters - The White House said on Tuesday there were no plans for President Barack Obama to sign a new nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia during his brief visit to Denmark for U.N. climate talks this week.

Obama talks climate with 3 European leaders (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 01:51 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama is discussing the climate summit in Denmark with other world leaders.

U.S. to move some Guantanamo prisoners to Illinois (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 01:36 PM PST

Reps. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, left, and Mark Kirk, R-Ill., confer at a news conference about the proposed move of Guantanamo Bay prisoners to the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)Reuters - The Obama administration said on Tuesday it will move some Guantanamo Bay detainees to an Illinois prison and hold U.S. military commission trials there in plans immediately criticized as risky by Republicans.

Obama looks to rescue US health overhaul (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 01:35 PM PST

US President Barack Obama makes a statement in the Roosevelt Room at the White House following his meeting with Democratic senators in Washington. Obama invited his Democratic Senate allies in a bid to rescue his embattled campaign to remake US health care, still looking to pass the legislation by Christmas.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - US President Barack Obama hosted his Democratic Senate allies Tuesday in a bid to rescue his embattled campaign to remake US health care, still looking to pass the legislation by Christmas.

Lawmaker scolds administration on Fort Hood info (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 12:35 PM PST

AP - Sen. Joe Lieberman, who chairs a Senate oversight committee, chided the Obama administration Tuesday for not providing information to lawmakers probing the Fort Hood killings.

US House to vote on new jobs bill Wednesday (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 12:05 PM PST

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi gives a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on November 2009. The US House of Representatives, tackling sky-high unemployment on the cusp of an election year, will vote Wednesday on a new jobs bill, Pelosi said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - The US House of Representatives, tackling sky-high unemployment on the cusp of an election year, will vote Wednesday on a new jobs bill, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday.

Obama promotes home energy-efficiency spending (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 03:24 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks during a visit to Home Depot in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Insisting insulation is "sexy," President Barack Obama called Tuesday for new federal incentives to make millions of homes more energy efficient as a way to create jobs, save money for homeowners and reduce pollution.

50 million blinds recalled as strangulation hazard (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 11:37 AM PST

This undated handout photo provided by the Consumer Product Safety Commission shows Roman Shades. The government and the window covering industry on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, recalled more than 50 million Roman-style shades and roll-up blinds because of the risk children may be strangled by the cords. (AP Photo/Consumer Product Safety Commission)AP - The government and the window covering industry on Tuesday recalled more than 50 million Roman-style shades and roll-up blinds because of the risk children may be strangled by the cords.

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