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Yahoo! News: Elections

Ohio native, ex-Navy Seal among CIA workers killed (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 04:32 PM PST

AP - A former Navy Seal and an Ohio native whose wife is expecting the couple's first child were among seven CIA employees killed in a suicide bombing attack on an agency base in southeastern Afghanistan last week.

Obama adviser: No smoking gun in airline bomb plot (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 03:36 PM PST

In this photograph released by 'Meet The Press', John Brennan, Deputy National Security Adviser, appears on 'Meet the Press' at the NBC studios Sunday January 3, 2010 in Washington. (AP Photo/Meet The Press, William B. Plowman) NO SALESAP - U.S. intelligence agencies did not miss a "smoking gun" that could have prevented an alleged attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day, President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser said Sunday.

Passengers on US-bound flights face more screening (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 03:33 PM PST

Passengers wait to check in at Baltimore Washington International Airport on December 29, 2009 in Baltimore, Maryland. US authorities Sunday tightened security measures for all US-bound airline passengers, including enhanced mandatory screening of travellers from countries deemed to sponsor terrorism.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AP - Passengers flying into the United States from Nigeria, Yemen and other "countries of interest" will be subject to enhanced screening techniques, such as body scans and pat-downs, the Transportation Security Administration said Sunday.

U.S. tightens international air security (Politico)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 11:50 AM PST

A passenger walks toward a security checkpoint at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, DC, on December 29, 2009. US authorities Sunday tightened security measures for all US-bound airline passengers, including enhanced mandatory screening of travellers from countries deemed to sponsor terrorism.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)Politico - All travelers flying into the U.S. from foreign countries will receive tightened random screening, and 100 percent of passengers from 14 terrorism-prone countries will be patted down and have their carry-ons searched, the Obama administration was notifying airlines on Sunday.

Obama adviser says Cheney is wrong in criticism (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 09:31 AM PST

AP - Dick Cheney's withering criticism of the Obama White House's terrorism-fighting policies came under an equally harsh response Sunday, with the former vice president accused of being ignorant or intentionally misleading.

Some Dems want Gitmo-to-Yemen transfers stopped (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 10:41 AM PST

In this photograph released by 'Meet The Press', John Brennan, Deputy National Security Adviser, appears on 'Meet the Press' at the NBC studios Sunday January 3, 2010 in Washington. (AP Photo/Meet The Press, William B. Plowman) NO SALESAP - Some Democratic lawmakers who support closing Guantanamo Bay say the U.S. should reconsider whether to repatriate suspected terrorists from Yemen, given the al-Qaida activity in the poor Arab nation.

Fed: Regulation 1st defense against speculation (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 10:41 AM PST

FILE - In this July 22, 2009 photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Federal Reserve on Monday, Dec. 28, 2009, proposed allowing banks to set up the equivalent of certificates of deposit at the central bank, a move aimed at helping the Fed reel in an unprecedented amount of money plowed into the economy during the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)AP - Stronger regulation is the best way to prevent financial speculation from getting out of hand and throwing the economy in a new crisis, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Sunday.

Obama wraps Hawaiian vacation to return to capital (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 11:12 AM PST

The sun rises as President Barack Obama is at U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010. The Obamas are in Hawaii for the holidays.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama is spending part of his last day in Hawaii reading intelligence assessments and asking advisers about threats to the United States.

Obama adviser says TSA nominee should be confirmed (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 08:12 AM PST

AP - President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser says the White House's nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration is well qualified and should be confirmed promptly.

British PM Brown named worst-dressed man (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 05:24 PM PST

File photo of Prime Minister Gordon Brown who has has received a pre-election kick in the pants, being named the worst-dressed man of the year by the British edition of GQ magazine.(AFP/File/Jean-Christophe Verhaegen)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has received a pre-election kick in the pants, being named the worst-dressed man of the year by the British edition of GQ magazine.

Feds probe Obama effigy in Jimmy Carter's hometown (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 04:56 PM PST

AP - The U.S. Secret Service says it is investigating an effigy of President Barack Obama found hanging from a building in the hometown of former President Jimmy Carter.

No "smoking gun" in airplane plot, says White House (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 04:06 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama gives a statement at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe, Hawaii December 29, 2009. REUTERS/Hugh GentryReuters - A top White House official said on Sunday the plot to bomb a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day exposed errors but he played down the need for a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. security system.

Obama effigy found hanging in Georgia: report (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 04:04 PM PST

Reuters - An effigy of President Barack Obama was found hanging in the rural hometown of former President Jimmy Carter, local media reported on Sunday, and the Secret Service said it was investigating the case.

The resurrection of Howard Dean (Politico)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 03:31 PM PST

Politico - After four relatively low-profile years pushing the official party line as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Dean is once again the tribune of frustrated liberals. And after he called out President Barack Obama and his congressional allies over their concessions on health care, those close to him predict he’s just getting warmed up.

Will latest jobs bill really produce jobs? (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 07:29 AM PST

Raland Brooks, of Washington, who has been looking for work since February, makes notes about a job opening he found online at the Benning Interim DC Public Library in Washington, on Wednesday Dec. 30, 2009. The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped unexpectedly last week, a sign the job market is healing as the economy slowly recovers.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - When the Senate takes up a jobs bill later this month or early in February, the debate will center on whether it really will create jobs and be worth plunging the government tens of billions of dollars further into debt.

GOP cash woes threaten House bids (Politico)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 04:00 AM PST

U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith of Alabama discusses his decision to switch from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party during a news conference at his home in Huntsville, Ala., on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009. Parker, accompanied by his wife Virginia, said Democrats no longer represent the interests of his conservative district in north Alabama. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)Politico - With the Republican Party on the cusp of major gains in the House next year — and with the dream of retaking the House appearing to be a real, if improbable, possibility — one major obstacle remains: tightfisted Republican incumbents.

Yemen reignites U.S. politics of terror (Politico)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 07:56 PM PST

Politico - The partisan battle over President Barack Obama's handling of terrorism turned Sunday to Yemen – as the White House defended temporarily shutting the embassy there while Republicans called it a sign of weakness.

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