Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Senate votes to end ban on openly gay troops (AP)
• Congress repeals ban against gays in military (Reuters)
• Obama to sign end to military gay ban (AFP)
• Obama offers assurances to GOP on nuke treaty (AP)
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• 2010 in Review for President Obama (ContributorNetwork)
• Obama relishes an end to military ban on gays (AP)
• Obama: DREAM act vote 'incredibly disappointing' (AP)
• Fed gov't is still in business - for now (AP)
• Irish opposition calls on PM to dissolve parliament (Reuters)
• Obama invokes Reagan to push START treaty (Reuters)

Senate votes to end ban on openly gay troops (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2010 04:28 PM PST AP - In a historic vote for gay rights, the Senate agreed on Saturday to do away with the military's 17-year ban on openly gay troops and sent President Barack Obama legislation to overturn the Clinton-era policy known as "don't ask, don't tell."

Congress repeals ban against gays in military (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2010 03:15 PM PST Reuters - Congress on Saturday repealed the ban against gays serving openly in the military, a major victory for President Barack Obama who had promised to end what his liberal supporters said was an outdated and discriminatory policy.

Obama to sign end to military gay ban (AFP) Posted: 18 Dec 2010 03:07 PM PST AFP - The United States stood Saturday on the cusp of letting gays serve openly in its military for the first time, as the US Congress sent President Barack Obama a bill to bring about the historic shift.

Obama offers assurances to GOP on nuke treaty (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2010 01:26 PM PST AP - Pushing hard for a victory on a top national security imperative, President Barack Obama sought to assure Republican lawmakers Saturday that a new arms control treaty with Russia would not hamper U.S. missile defense.

(AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2010 12:30 PM PST AP - Senate votes to overturn military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy, sends repeal to Obama

2010 in Review for President Obama (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 18 Dec 2010 09:50 AM PST ContributorNetwork - President Obama had an up and down year for 2010, fairly typical for American politics. Obama's second year in office started out by challenging those in the chamber to keep America moving forward. It ended with Obama following his own advice and compromising with Republicans who initially opposed his major initiatives.

Obama relishes an end to military ban on gays (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2010 09:47 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama is praising senators as they near passage of legislation that would overturn the military ban on openly gay troops.

Obama: DREAM act vote 'incredibly disappointing' (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2010 09:45 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama says it is "incredibly disappointing" that Senate Republicans blocked a bill to grant some illegal immigrants a chance to gain legal status.

Fed gov't is still in business - for now (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2010 08:53 AM PST AP - The federal government is still in business — for now.

Irish opposition calls on PM to dissolve parliament (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2010 06:46 AM PST Reuters - Ireland's main opposition party, the center-right Fine Gael, called on Prime Minister Brian Cowen to dissolve parliament no later than the end of January for an election to take place.

Obama invokes Reagan to push START treaty (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2010 03:01 AM PST Reuters - Fresh from a shared victory on an $858 billion tax-cut package, President Barack Obama pushed on Saturday for congressional approval of the new START nuclear arms treaty with Russia.

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