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Yahoo! News: Elections


AP sources: Pentagon official pick as intel chief (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 09:21 PM PDT

FILE -- In this April 21, 2010 file photo James Clapper is seen in McLean, Va., just outside of Washington.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)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

Delegates watch a screen while U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates delivers a speech during the 9th Asia Security Summit on Saturday June 5, 2010 in Singapore.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)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

President Barack Obama makes a statement after being briefed on the BP oil spill relief efforts in the Gulf Coast region, Friday, June 4, 2010, at Louis Armstrong International New Orleans Airport in Kenner, La. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)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

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 - 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

President Barack Obama steps out of his limousine as he walks towards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.,Friday, June 4, 2010, en route to the Louisiana Gulf Coast region where he will visit areas affected by the BP oil spill. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)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

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, talks about Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., during a town hall meeting, Friday, June 4, 2010, in Mesa, Ariz. Romney is joining McCain for a second time on the campaign trail, as McCain is facing a primary challenge from former Republican Rep. J.D. Hayworth in August. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)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

FILE - In this May 26, 2010 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan meets with Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)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

FILE - In this 1949 file photo, Associated Press staffer Fred Zusy poses in New York. Zusy, who lived in Kensington, Md., died Sunday, May 30, 2010, his wife said. He was 96. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)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

President Barack Obama surveys damage along the Louisiana coastline at Fourchon Beach caused after a BP oil line ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico, May 28, 2010. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - 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

Demonstrators protest Israel’s May 30 raid on a flotilla of aid ships, outside a Philadelphia building that houses an Israeli Consulate on Friday, June 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)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

Meg Whitman, Republican gubernatorial candidate hopeful, smiles as she walks to the podium for an appearance in Roseville, Calif. on Thursday, June 3, 2010.  Whitman, who is challenged by Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, spoke to a group of senior citizens about her support for Proposition 13. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)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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