2010年1月15日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Obama, congressional Dems near health care accord (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 04:02 PM PST

President Barack Obama pauses in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, while talking about the earthquake in Haiti. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama and top congressional Democrats closed in on agreement Friday on cost and coverage issues at the heart of sweeping health care legislation, their marathon White House bargaining sessions given fresh urgency by an unpredictable Massachusetts Senate race.


US could take larger security role in Haiti (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 01:20 PM PST

A U.S. Army soldier from the 173rd Company, 73rd Cavalry Division, stands in front of the Toussaint L'ouverture airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)AP - The top U.S. military officer is leaving open the possibility of a growing security role for U.S. forces if desperation turns to violence in Haiti, a risky undertaking in a country that was chaotic even before this week's devastating earthquake.


US cites limits on aid effort; promises more (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 03:44 PM PST

SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters assigned to Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 7 depart Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida January 13, 2010, to embark aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) en route to Haiti. hquake struck the Caribbean nation. REUTERS/Gary B. Granger Jr./U.S. Navy photo/HandoutAP - The Obama administration on Friday acknowledged the limits of its initial relief efforts in Haiti, while promising a quick ramp-up in delivery of water and other badly needed supplies.


US releases names of 645 detainees in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 05:16 PM PST

AP - The U.S. has released a long-secret list of some 645 detainees held at a military base in Afghanistan, providing the information as part of a lawsuit seeking details of the government's treatment of terror suspects.

Rush 'meant' what he said about Haiti (Politico)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 05:40 AM PST

Outspoken US conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, pictured in 2008, left hospital in Hawaii on Friday after a heart scare, and took a veiled swipe at President Barack Obama's plans to reform health care.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Lovekin)Politico - Rush Limbaugh is not backing down from his claim that President Barack Obama is trying to score political points off the earthquake in Haiti. 


Court to decide if petition signers' names public (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 03:27 PM PST

AP - The Supreme Court on Friday got involved for the second time this week in a case in which opponents of gay rights fear they will be harassed if their views are made public.

Haitians in country illegally can stay (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 05:24 PM PST

A group of Haitians gather at a shopping center to talk about the earthquake that hit Haiti, in Haiti in the 'Little Haiti' section of Miami, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. On Tuesday, an earthquake shook Haiti, the largest ever recorded in the area collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP - The Obama administration said Friday it will allow Haitians who were already in the U.S. illegally to remain for the time being because of their country's catastrophic earthquake.


Pentagon finds mistakes by officers over Hasan (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 03:33 PM PST

FILE - The 2007 file photo provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. A Pentagon inquiry into the case of the alleged Fort Hood shooter could lead to punishment of up to eight Army officers, a U.S. official said late Thursday, Jan. 15, 2010.   (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, File)AP - The military remains vulnerable to another Fort Hood-like massacre with religious radicalization on the rise and too little attention being paid to internal threats, senior Pentagon officials said Friday.


Health bill at stake, Obama to stump in Bay State (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 02:56 PM PST

Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, left, campaigns with Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown, R-Wrentham in Boston's North End, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. Brown is on the ballot of the Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass.  (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)AP - His health care plan in peril, President Barack Obama laid on a last-minute campaign trip to Massachusetts for Democrat Martha Coakley on Sunday with polls showing her struggling in an unexpectedly close race against Republican Scott Brown to fill the late Edward M. Kennedy's Senate seat.


Senate talks could dilute proposed consumer agency (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 03:54 PM PST

AP - Senate banking negotiators are discussing plans that could significantly weaken — or even jettison — President Barack Obama's proposed independent consumer finance agency.

Dem. Rep. Snyder opts out of Ark. Congress race (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 04:55 PM PST

AP - Democratic U.S. Rep. Vic Snyder of Arkansas says he won't seek re-election to an eighth term.

Obama, allies see health care deal within reach (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 04:20 PM PST

President Barack Obama seen here at a roundtable discussion on healthcare in 2009. Obama and his Democratic allies in the US Congress, spurred on by Bill Clinton and worries about a key election, fought Friday to reach a final deal to overhaul health care.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies in the US Congress, spurred on by Bill Clinton and worries about a key election, fought Friday to reach a final deal to overhaul US health care.


Ford makes tough bid for liberal NYers' affections (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 04:13 PM PST

FILE - In this file photo of June 17, 2006, Rep. Harold Ford Jr., D-Tenn., campaigns in Franklin, Tenn., for the U.S. Senate seat that was vacated by Republican Bill First. Now living in New York, if Ford decides to run for Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's seat, he will struggle to shape an image that will appeal in New York after the time he spent grooming himself to attract red-state voters in Tennessee.(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)AP - The last time Harold Ford Jr. ran for the U.S. Senate, he spoke proudly about his pickup truck, his "friend" President George W. Bush, his support for Chief Justice John Roberts and a voting record that "doesn't describe a liberal."


Senate Can Pass Health With 51 Votes, Van Hollen Says (Bloomberg)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 02:50 PM PST

Bloomberg - Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Even if Democrats lose the special election to pick a new Massachusetts senator Tuesday, Congress may still pass health-care overhaul through a process called reconciliation, a top House Democrat said.

Obama to campaign for Massachusetts Democrat (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 02:42 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement about Haiti in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, January 15, 2010. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will campaign in Massachusetts on Sunday for a Senate Democratic candidate facing a tough fight in a race with potential implications for the national healthcare debate.


Lawmakers want faster tax breaks for Haiti gifts (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 02:34 PM PST

AP - Americans who make donations for Haitian earthquake victims would be able to write off charitable deductions from their 2009 taxes under a bill unveiled Friday by a bipartisan group of House and Senate leaders.

Hillary Clinton heading to Haiti Saturday (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 02:14 PM PST

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is heading to Haiti to inspect the damage from this week's devastating earthquake firsthand.

Senate Could Pass Health Care With 51 Votes, Van Hollen Says (Bloomberg)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 02:07 PM PST

Bloomberg - Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Even if Democrats lose the special election to pick a new Massachusetts senator Tuesday, Congress may still pass health-care overhaul through a process called reconciliation, a top House Democrat said.

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