Yahoo! News: Elections

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• AP sources: Pentagon official pick as intel chief (AP)
• Gates accuses NKorea of reckless aggression (AP)
• Royal whoops: US admits queen's birthday blunder (AP)
• Calm no more, Obama lashes out at BP on Gulf visit (AP)
• W.H.'s Mr. Fixit has own mess to fix (Politico)
• Kagan pushed liberal policies with pragmatism (AP)
• Can't do nation: Multiple crises fray US optimism (AP)
• GOP line in Maine drinks the tea, but what's next? (AP)
• Once rivals, McCain and Romney campaign together (AP)
• Families of killed rig workers to visit WH (AP)
• Kagan helped defend late-term abortion ban veto (AP)
• Former AP correspondent Fred Zusy dies (AP)
• Obama to name Pentagon insider as new intel head (Reuters)
• Obama lashes out at BP over dividend (Reuters)
• WH encourages Gaza-bound ship to dock in Israel (AP)
• 'Raghead' remark causes latest flap in SC gov race (AP)
• Minn. Dem finds dissing Miss. is easy punchline (AP)
• Army plans $100 millon Afghanistan special ops HQ (AP)
• Former eBay CEO rewrites campaign spending book (AP)
• Dems hope 2008 first-time voters return this year (AP)

AP sources: Pentagon official pick as intel chief (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 09:21 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama intends to nominate the Pentagon's top intelligence official, James Clapper, as the next national intelligence director despite some objections from Capitol Hill, two senior administration officials said Friday.

Gates accuses NKorea of reckless aggression (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 08:14 PM PDT AP - The sinking of a South Korean warship is part of a reckless pattern of aggression by North Korea, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday, as the U.S. and its allies turned up the rhetorical heat on the communist country.

Royal whoops: US admits queen's birthday blunder (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 06:55 PM PDT AP - But will she be amused? The State Department has conceded committing a diplomatic faux pas by sending birthday greetings to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II a week early.

Calm no more, Obama lashes out at BP on Gulf visit (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 05:08 PM PDT AP - Dogged for being too calm in crisis, President Barack Obama unleashed frustration for all to see Friday, warning BP it had better do right by the people whose lives it has wrecked.

W.H.'s Mr. Fixit has own mess to fix (Politico) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 08:06 PM PDT Politico - Jim Messina is usually the one who has to clean up a mess at the Obama White House, not the one who makes it.

Kagan pushed liberal policies with pragmatism (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 08:59 PM PDT AP - Newly released documents from her days as an aide to former President Bill Clinton portray Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan as a person of strong opinions and sometimes overtly liberal views, but above all a pragmatist who pursued middle-ground solutions on issues ranging from abortion to taking on Big Tobacco.

Can't do nation: Multiple crises fray US optimism (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 03:52 PM PDT AP - America's vaunted can-do spirit is badly frayed.

GOP line in Maine drinks the tea, but what's next? (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 05:31 PM PDT AP - A tea party tempest is losing steam in Maine, a state that prides itself on its independence and moderation.

Once rivals, McCain and Romney campaign together (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 06:47 PM PDT AP - Once bitter rivals for the presidency, Mitt Romney and John McCain campaigned together as friends on Friday, one gearing up for a likely presidential bid and the other fighting to hold onto his seat in the U.S. Senate.

Families of killed rig workers to visit WH (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 03:12 PM PDT AP - The families of the 11 workers killed when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf will visit the White House next week.

Kagan helped defend late-term abortion ban veto (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 06:53 PM PDT AP - As a domestic policy adviser to former President Bill Clinton, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan helped defend the veto of a measure that would have banned late-term abortions with few exceptions.

Former AP correspondent Fred Zusy dies (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 06:24 PM PDT AP - Fred Zusy, whose short-lived expulsion from Egypt by that country's government while serving as Cairo bureau chief for The Associated Press raised questions about government censorship in the name of national security, has died. He was 96.

Obama to name Pentagon insider as new intel head (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 05:38 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will name defense veteran James Clapper as his new director of national intelligence, an administration official said on Friday.

Obama lashes out at BP over dividend (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 04:36 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama warned energy giant BP on Friday not to "nickel and dime" Gulf coast residents over oil spill damage claims while paying out billions of dollars in dividends to shareholders.

WH encourages Gaza-bound ship to dock in Israel (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 04:11 PM PDT AP - The White House is encouraging an Irish aid ship bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip to avoid a possible repeat confrontation with Israel and instead sail to the Israeli port of Ashdod to deliver its supplies.

'Raghead' remark causes latest flap in SC gov race (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 02:34 PM PDT AP - A GOP lawmaker hoping to be the state's first female governor is getting publicity for all the wrong reasons.

Minn. Dem finds dissing Miss. is easy punchline (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 02:32 PM PDT AP - Mississippi is one of the poorest, fattest states in the nation. As a punch line, it's the gift that keeps on giving for politicians in other places.

Army plans $100 millon Afghanistan special ops HQ (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 02:08 PM PDT AP - The Army is planning to spend as much as $100 million to expand its Special Operations headquarters in northern Afghanistan, evidence of its increasing reliance on covert operations.

Former eBay CEO rewrites campaign spending book (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 01:28 PM PDT AP - Chartered jets that offer "white glove service," fancy fundraisers in Beverly Hills and beyond, and enough high-priced political consultants to fill an auditorium.

Dems hope 2008 first-time voters return this year (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 01:13 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's political operation is going door-to-door this weekend in more than a thousand cities to try to persuade the voters who helped elect him to turn out for Democrats in the midterm elections.

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