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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama slips into Afghanistan to voice US resolve (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 04:55 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama (L) speaks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. Obama landed in Afghanistan Sunday for a surprise first visit as US commander-in-chief and as his huge surge of 30,000 troops, designed to end the eight-year war, gathers pace.(AFP/Jim Watson)AP - Under elaborate secrecy, President Barack Obama slipped into Afghanistan on Sunday near the front lines of the increasingly bloody 8-year-old war he is expanding and affirmed America's commitment to destroying al-Qaida and its extremist allies in the land where the 9-11 plot was hatched.

Analysis: Next Obama test is Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 02:35 PM PDT

AP - Fresh from a bruising victory on health care and a nuclear arms deal with Russia, President Barack Obama turned to a third campaign promise — victory and an honorable exit from Afghanistan. That could prove tougher than any challenge overcome so far, and the president appears to know it.

Health overhaul likely to strain doctor shortage (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 03:08 PM PDT

A doctors speaks with her patient in Miami, Florida as US President Barack Obama, seen on the computer screen, attends the signing ceremony for the health care reform legislation on March 23. Republicans have forced a new vote on fixes to historic US health care reform legislation by finding two procedural AP - Better beat the crowd and find a doctor.

Official: Gun charges after FBI raids in Midwest (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 04:54 PM PDT

AP - The FBI said Sunday that agents conducted weekend raids in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio and arrested at least three people, and a militia leader in Michigan said the target of at least one of the raids was a Christian militia group.

White House adviser: World has united against Iran (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 06:45 AM PDT

AP - A top White House adviser says the U.S. is making progress in its efforts to find allies to hold the line on Iran's nuclear ambitions.

AP INVESTIGATION: Cautionary tale from CIA prison (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 03:08 PM PDT

The CIA symbol is shown on the floor of its headquarters in Langley, Virginia. The US military in 2008 shut down a website set up by the CIA and Saudi Arabia to expose terror plots, angering both parties, who saw the site as a vital intelligence tool, the Washington Post reported Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File)AP - More than seven years ago, a suspected Afghan militant was brought to a dimly lit CIA compound northeast of the airport in Kabul. The CIA called it the Salt Pit. Inmates knew it as the dark prison.

Obama announces 15 recess appointments, scolds GOP (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 03:30 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama walks out of the Oval Office at the White House to board the Marine One helicopter to leave for Camp David in Washington on March 26. Obama made his first recess appointments without Senate confirmation Saturday, voicing regret that 15 of his nominees were held up by Republican obstruction tactics.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AP - Fed up with waiting, President Barack Obama announced Saturday he would bypass a vacationing Senate and name 15 people to key administration jobs, wielding for the first time the blunt political tool known as the recess appointment.

FBI makes arrests in Midwest raids (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 04:19 PM PDT

AP - A U.S. official says some of the people arrested by the FBI in Midwest raids this weekend face gun charges.

Crist, Rubio face off in 1st Fla. Senate debate (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 09:32 AM PDT

AP - Gov. Charlie Crist repeatedly assailed opponent Marco Rubio's handling of political contributions on Sunday in the first debate of the Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat in Florida, while Rubio questioned whether the governor would fight President Barack Obama's agenda.

Obama rallies troops on first Afghan trip (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 03:15 PM PDT

President Barack Obama (L) meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, March 28, 2010. REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodReuters - Barack Obama made his first trip to Afghanistan as president on Sunday, delivering a rousing speech to troops and telling Afghan President Hamid Karzai that progress on fighting corruption should match military gains.

Political row over BA strike heats up amid travel chaos (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 02:21 PM PDT

A British Airways plane flies over striking British Airways cabin crew members at Heathrow Airport on the second day of a four-day strike. A strike by British Airways cabin crew threw travel plans for thousands of passengers into disarray Sunday, as the political battle over the walkout heated up just weeks before an election.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - A strike by British Airways cabin crew threw travel plans for thousands of passengers into disarray Sunday, as the political battle over the walkout heated up just weeks before an election.

Obama pressing on, with or without GOP: White House (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 02:00 PM PDT

The White House Sunday defended President Barack Obama's move to bypass Congress in ramming through several stalled political appointments but Republicans said the actions would intensify toxic political warfare.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - The White House Sunday defended President Barack Obama's move to bypass Congress in ramming through several stalled political appointments but Republicans said the actions would intensify toxic political warfare.

Analysis: Economy, not health care, will be focus (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 12:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 23, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama holds the hand of Connie Anderson, left, of Seville, Ohio, and Vicki Kennedy, widow of Sen. Ted Kennedy, after speaking about the health care reform bill at the Interior Department in Washington. Doubted and deeply in need of a comeback, President Barack Obama had a political dream week: the biggest reform to health care in decades, an overhaul of college loans, and a U.S. deal with its old foe Russia to shrink the nuclear arsenals of both countries. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - Losers in a brutal struggle with President Barack Obama, Republicans now hope voter anger over newly enacted health care legislation will propel them to victory in midterm elections this fall.

Family lauds release of Iraqi-American contractor (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 07:48 AM PDT

AP - Issa Salomi's first call home was to his 27-year-old son Roger. He said memories of the birth of the oldest of his four boys and his son's childhood sustained him after he was kidnapped in Baghdad in January.

Obama aides: US bond with Israel remains strong (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 07:15 AM PDT

Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants shout slogans next to mock coffins bearing the names of the sick and elderly, who died due to lack of medical treatment in the blockaded Gaza Strip, during a rally in Gaza on March 27. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has infuriated Washington by expanding settlements in east Jerusalem, has blamed the Palestinians for blocking US peace efforts.(AFP/File/Mahmud Hams)AP - Top advisers to President Barack Obama say the relationship between the U.S. and Israel remains strong despite sometimes blunt talk and disagreements between the two countries.

Obama makes 15 recess appointments (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 05:00 AM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Saturday announced he would make 15 recess appointments held up by Republicans, including two top Treasury Department positions and two on the National Labor Relations Board that have been vacant for more than a year.

Palin to tea party rally: Don't sit down, shut up (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 01:48 AM PDT

People hold a banner as they stand near the site of the 'Showdown in Searchlight' tea party rally in Searchlight, Nev., Saturday, March 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Sarah Palin told thousands of tea party activists assembled in the dusty Nevada desert Saturday that Sen. Harry Reid will have to explain his votes when he comes back to his hometown to campaign.

STIMULUS WATCH: Weatherizing program slow to start (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 09:01 PM PDT

AP - After a year of crippling delays, President Barack Obama's $5 billion program to install weather-tight windows and doors has retrofitted a fraction of homes and created far fewer construction jobs than expected.

After Obama's good week, big choices confront him (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 09:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 25, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama picks up four-year-old Barack Anthony Stroud after he spoke about health care reform at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Doubted and deeply in need of a comeback, President Barack Obama had a political dream week: the biggest reform to health care in decades, an overhaul of college loans, and a U.S. deal with its old foe Russia to shrink the nuclear arsenals of both countries. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - Doubted and deeply in need of a comeback, President Barack Obama had a political dream week: a historic remaking of America's health care system, a vast overhaul of how students pay for college and a groundbreaking deal with Russia to shrink nuclear arsenals.

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