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Obama says diplomacy, military go hand in hand (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:10 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks during commencement ceremonies in West Point, N.Y., Saturday, May 22, 2010.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The U.S. must shape a world order as reliant on the force of diplomacy as on the might of its military to lead, President Barack Obama said Saturday as he outlined a foreign policy vision that repudiated the go-it-alone approach forged by his predecessor, George W. Bush.


Kagan's writings suggest her view on judge's role (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:24 PM PDT

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan walks on Capitol Hill in Washington in this photo taken May 20, 2010. Kagan, a Supreme Court nominee without judicial experience, has suggested in writings and speeches over a quarter-century that when judges make decisions, they must take account of their values and experience and consider politics and policy, rather than act as robotic umpires. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Elena Kagan, a Supreme Court nominee without judicial experience, has suggested in writings and speeches over a quarter-century that when judges make decisions, they must take account of their values and experience and consider politics and policy, rather than act as robotic umpires.


Clinton courts Chinese people; tough mission nears (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:22 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, alongside visitors, watches a video at the USA Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China Saturday, May 22, 2010.  (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)AP - Courting the Chinese people, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to make the case Saturday for greater cooperation and partnership between the two countries as a difficult diplomatic assignment approached: winning Beijing's support for punishing ally North Korea.


Obama, Merkel chat about finance bill, Europe fund (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2010 11:10 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama called German Chancellor Angela Merkel (AHN'-geh-lah MEHR'-kuhl) to congratulate her on Berlin's plan to contribute to a fund to stabilize the European economy.

Former senator, ex-EPA chief head oil spill panel (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:43 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2003 file photo, William Reilly, a former EPA administrator, gestures while discussing the importance of universities being involved in research related to the environment, at Washington University in St. Louis. Obama announced Saturday that Reilly and former Florida Sen. Bob Graham will lead a presidential commission investigating the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. (AP Photo/James A. Fiinley, File)AP - The Environmental Protection Agency chief on the job during the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska in 1989 and a former Florida senator will lead the presidential commission investigating the Gulf of Mexico disaster.


NY's Cuomo announces he's running for governor (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2010 03:41 PM PDT

New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo acknowledges his supporters at a news conference where he officially announced he will run for New York state governor Saturday, May 22,, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)AP - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo declared his candidacy for governor Saturday, delivering a full-throated call for political reform and pledging to make the notoriously dysfunctional state government more accountable to its citizens.


Gulf oil disaster brings gusher of Hill hearings (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2010 06:15 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 11, 2010 file photo, from left,  BP America President and Chairman  Lamar McKay, Transocean Chief Executive Officer Steven Newman, and Halliburton executive Tim Probert, testify on Capitol Hill  in Washington. Move over Goldman Sachs. Big Oil may be even less popular with the electorate than Wall Street bankers. Edgy lawmakers of both parties are counting on it. The month-old Gulf oil disaster has unleashed a gusher of congressional oversight hearings that may prove harder to cap than the blown BP well.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - The month-old oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has unleashed a gusher of congressional hearings that may prove nearly as hard to cap as the blown BP well.


Hawaii decides House election in Obama's hometown (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2010 02:25 PM PDT

Republican candidate Charles Djou waves at rush hour traffic, Wednesday May 19, 2010, in Honolulu.  The special election for Hawaii's First Congressional District seat takes place Saturday between Djou, and Democrats Ed Case and Colleen Hanabusa.  Candidates spent the day meeting voters and sign waving in communities around Oahu.  (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)AP - Republicans believe they are on the cusp of taking control of a congressional seat in President Barack Obama's hometown in a special election Saturday that represents the latest battleground in the fight for control of Congress in the midterm races.


Obama seeks tougher mileage, efficiency standards (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:29 PM PDT

President Barack Obama signs a Presidential Memorandum outlining the next steps for cleaner and more efficient vehicles, Friday, May 21, 2010, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. From left are, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, White House energy czar Carol Browner, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Navistar Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ustian, Waste Management driver Anthony Dunkley and Daimler Trucks North America Chief Executive Officer Martin Daum.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama is setting the nation's sights on vehicles that run on half the fuel they now use and give off half the pollution.


Chicken costumes banned at Nev. polling places (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:30 PM PDT

AP - Nevada election officials say voters dressed in chicken costumes won't be allowed inside polling places this year.

Colorado party activists boost outsider candidates (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:04 PM PDT

AP - The Republican front-runner to win the party's nomination in the Colorado governor race and the state's Democratic senator were dealt setbacks in party assemblies on Saturday.

Obama: U.S. can't act alone in world (Reuters)

Posted: 22 May 2010 01:10 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama greets cadets after he gave the 2010 commencement address at Mitchie Stadium at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York, May 22, 2010.       REUTERS/Larry Downing  (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)Reuters - President Barack Obama declared on Saturday the United States cannot act alone in the world and pledged to shape a new "international order" as part of a national security strategy to seal his break with Bush-era policies.


Protesters decry Paul's comments on civil rights (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2010 12:05 PM PDT

Demonstrators hold signs across the street from a Republican party unity rally in Frankfort, Ky., Saturday, May 22, 2010.  (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)AP - Protesters carried signs outside Kentucky's Republican Party headquarters decrying U.S. Senate nominee Rand Paul's comments on civil rights Saturday while GOP leaders met inside to pledge their support for the candidate.


After Obama visit, NY cadets say they're eager (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2010 11:21 AM PDT

Cadets react after a commencement and commissioning ceremony at the U.S . Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. Saturday, May 22, 2010, where President Barack Obama spoke. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - Warned by President Barack Obama that they face a long, dangerous road, U.S. Military Academy graduates said they were undaunted and ready to deploy.


A bio of NY's Andrew Cuomo, running for governor (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2010 07:48 AM PDT

AP - NAME: Andrew Mark Cuomo

Thai government talks reconciliation as troops to pull back (Reuters)

Posted: 22 May 2010 03:24 AM PDT

An army soldier stands guard over anti-government Reuters - Thailand's government stressed national reconciliation on Saturday after the worst riots in the country's modern history but it would not commit itself to an early election date demanded by "red shirt" protesters.


Obama: More Gulf drilling only if assurances (Reuters)

Posted: 22 May 2010 03:03 AM PDT

Oil is seen on the beach at Grand Isle State Park in Grand Isle, Louisiana May 22, 2010. For nearly a month, roughly 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons/795,000 liters) of oil per day have been gushing from BP's broken Deepwater oil well situated in the Gulf of Mexico, in what could be named the worst oil spill in U.S. history. REUTERS/Sean Gardner (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Saturday that offshore oil drilling could only go forward if there were assurances that a disaster like the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill would not happen again.


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