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Yahoo! News: Elections


White House social secretary Rogers resigning (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 03:52 PM PST

White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers walks at the White House in Washington December 4, 2009. REUTERS/Larry DowningAP - White House social secretary Desiree Rogers is stepping down three months after an uninvited couple crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner and she was heavily criticized for her role in allowing the embarrassing episode to happen.


Health care odds long, but Democrats push ahead (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 05:01 PM PST

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 26, 2010.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Democrats pushed hard to revive President Barack Obama's stalled health care overhaul on Friday — and pointed to glimmers of hope — but the long odds facing them seemed little changed after Obama's extraordinary summit with both parties' leaders.


NY Gov. Paterson drops election bid under pressure (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 05:01 PM PST

New York Governor David Paterson, accompanied by his wife Michelle, raises his hand to swear an oath during a news conference in New York,  Friday, Feb. 26, 2010.  Paterson abruptly dropped his election bid Friday under pressure from Democrats concerned about his faltering agenda and criticism of his handling of a domestic abuse case involving a trusted aide. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Less than a week after declaring he would seek a full four-year term, New York Gov. David Paterson abruptly dropped his election bid Friday under pressure from fellow Democrats concerned about his faltering agenda and his handling of a domestic abuse case involving a trusted aide.


The aftermath: Confusion, conflict (Politico)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:48 AM PST

Politico - Democrats wake up after Thursday's health care summit staring down another deadline to get their bill done, exactly four weeks until Easter break.

'Living wage' could be factor in govt contracts (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:28 PM PST

AP - The White House is looking at a new policy that would give an advantage in bidding on government contracts to companies that offer a "living wage" and generous benefits.

Mullen says US military to stay in Haiti as needed (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 02:23 PM PST

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, left, greets Lt. General Ken Keen, deputy commander of U.S. Southern Command, upon Mullen's arrival at the international airport in Port-au-Prince, Friday, Feb. 26, 2010.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. Mike Mullen says the U.S. military is prepared to keep troops in Haiti so long as security for the relief effort is needed.


Clinton encouraged on NKorean nuke talks (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:16 PM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens as South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan speaks at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Feb.  26, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that the United States is encouraged by signs that North Korea could return to stalled nuclear disarmament negotiations. Her spokesman said those talks could begin in coming weeks.


Mullen visits Haiti, talks to American troops (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:53 AM PST

A family walks next to a tent at a camp for homeless earthquake survivors at Pele neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Friday, Feb. 26, 2010. A magnitude-7 earthquake hit Haiti last Jan. 12.(AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - U.S. Adm. Mike Mullen met Friday with Haitian President Rene Preval and Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive in Mullen's first trip to the earthquake-devastated country.


Official: NATO and Pakistan sharing tactical plans (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 02:31 PM PST

U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment unload an emergency resupply helicopter in an open field in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Friday Feb. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - NATO commanders in Afghanistan have begun traveling to Pakistan to share plans for military operations for the first time, a senior U.S. official said Friday.


Colombia court rejects Uribe's re-election (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:21 PM PST

Reuters - Colombia's constitutional court on Friday rejected a referendum to allow President Alvaro Uribe's re-election in a ruling that effectively ends his chance of seeking a third consecutive term in May.

Senator: Find missing e-mails on interrogation (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:13 PM PST

AP - A Senate committee chairman told the Justice Department on Friday to hunt for the missing e-mails of an attorney who provided legal justification for the Bush administration's harsh interrogation of terror suspects.

Republicans to visit 3 cities in convention search (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 03:02 PM PST

AP - A Republican committee exploring possible sites for the 2012 Republican National Convention will visit Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Tampa, Fla. this spring.

Obama to have routine medical checkup on Sunday (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 02:47 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama walks from the White House to Blair House in Washington, February 25, 2010, to continue his bipartisan meeting to discuss health reform legislation. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will visit the National Naval Medical Center just outside Washington on Sunday for his annual medical checkup, the White House said.


Obama calls Cheney to wish him speedy recovery (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 02:36 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama called former Vice President Dick Cheney to wish him a speedy recovery as Cheney was recuperating from a mild heart attack, the White House said on Friday.

Obama recognizes historically black colleges (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 02:27 PM PST

President Barack Obama signs an executive order for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama has signed an executive order strengthening the long-standing White House initiative on historically black colleges and universities.


NY governor withdraws from election bid (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 02:13 PM PST

Gov. David Paterson listens to a question during a news conference Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 in New York. Paterson is under pressure to drop his run for a full term this year after a report about a domestic abuse complaint against a top aide David Johnson stemming from a Halloween 2009 argument between the aide and a woman, according to a police report.  (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)Reuters - New York Governor David Paterson on Friday abandoned his campaign to seek a new term in November, battered by questions of impropriety and growing pressure to quit the race.


Dems pull provision penalizing intel personnel (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 02:11 PM PST

AP - The House approved an intelligence agency bill Friday after Democratic leaders hastily removed a provision that would have imposed prison sentences for personnel using "cruel, inhuman and degrading" interrogation techniques.

Key dates that led to NY governor's announcement (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:52 PM PST

FILE - In this April 26, 1979, file photo, Vice President Walter Mondale is flanked by New York Secretary of State Basil Paterson, left, and Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., during Mondale's visit to the Harlem neighborhood of New York. Paterson and Rangel, who along with Civil Rights activist Percy Sutton and former NYC Mayor David N. Dinkins, made up the original power base credited with putting Harlem on the political map. The closing days of February 2010 are taking their toll on Rangel, who is dealing with an ethics controversy in the House of Representatives where he serves, and slowing the political ascent of Paterson's son, David Paterson, who on Feb. 26 succumbed to pressure not to seek a full term as Governor of New York. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm, file)AP - Some key events that led to New York Gov. David Paterson's announcing he won't seek election.


New York governor scraps election bid in scandal (AFP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:46 PM PST

New York governor David Paterson stands with his wife Michelle Paige Paterson in New York City on Friday. Paterson on Friday withdrew his election bid after coming under huge pressure not to run again over an abuse-of-office scandal.(AFP/Getty Images/Chris Hondros)AFP - New York Governor David Paterson on Friday withdrew his election bid after coming under huge pressure not to run over an abuse-of-office scandal.


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