2010年6月22日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections

US general in Afghan war at risk of losing his job (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:57 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 10, 2010 file photo, Commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal, and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl W. Eikenberry brief reporters ahead of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's visit at the White House. An article out this week in 'Rolling Stone' magazine depicts Gen. Stanley McChrystal as a lone wolf on the outs with many important figures in the Obama administration and unable to convince even some of his own soldiers that his strategy can win the war. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama rebuked his Afghanistan war commander for "poor judgment" Tuesday and considered whether to fire him in the most extraordinary airing of military-civilian tensions since Harry Truman stripped Gen. Douglas MacArthur of his command a half-century ago.

Haley, Scott win SC runoff for GOP nominations (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 06:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 17, 2010 file photo, South Carolina Republican candidate for Governor U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett gestures before the start of a televised debate at WIS in Columbia, S.C. with Rep. Nikki Haley, R-Lexington. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)AP - In a clear sign of racial progress in the South, Republicans overwhelmingly chose Nikki Haley, an Indian-American woman, to run for governor in South Carolina and nominated Tim Scott, who would be the Confederate state's first black congressman in more than a century.

Kagan practices answers, poise in mock hearings (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 12:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 19, 2010 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is seen through a glass door on Capitol Hill in Washington. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's arguments as solicitor general in several cases on government secrecy were at odds with a promise of transparency made by President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - For several grueling hours each day, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan sits at a witness table, facing a phalanx of questioners grilling her about constitutional law, her views of legal issues and what qualifies her to be a justice. They are not polite.

Lawmakers: Pentagon ignored payments to warlords (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:06 PM PDT

AP - Lawmakers on Tuesday criticized U.S. military officials for failing to heed warnings about the role they say a Pentagon transportation contract plays in fueling extortion and corruption in Afghanistan.

Allies say Emanuel might stay to 2011 (Politico)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:34 AM PDT

Politico - For all the talk about Rahm Emanuel reaching for the “eject” button, the fiery White House chief of staff isn't leaving in the immediate future — and could serve well into 2011, according to people close to him. 

White House to appeal ruling against drilling ban (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 01:02 PM PDT

AP - The White House said Tuesday it will immediately appeal a federal judge's ruling against the Obama administration's moratorium on new deepwater drilling.

Black SC Republican poised to go to Congress (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:59 PM PDT

AP - Voters in South Carolina nominated a black Republican lawmaker for an open congressional seat Tuesday, rejecting a legendary political name and potentially changing the face of the national party.

House-Senate moving to give auto dealers a break (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 06:37 PM PDT

* FILE - In this April 28, 2010, file photo Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., right, speaks about financial reform on Capitol Hill in Washington. A House-Senate conference is working to fuse separate versions of the biggest rewrite of Wall Street regulations since the Great Depression, and in an interview with The Associated Press Friday, June 19, 2010, Dodd said, 'I've gotta keep things together.' As chairman his final career test before retiring in January is to protect his and the Senate's version from changes, demanded by House members, bankers and the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - In the end, the political clout of 18,000 auto dealers scattered nationwide was too much even for President Barack Obama.

Haley win in SC ensures a place on national stage (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:33 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 14, 2010 file photo, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves to supporters after she endorses S.C. gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley,left, during a campaign rally at The Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. With support from tea party voters and Sarah Palin, state Rep. Nikki Haley entered a Republican runoff Tuesday that could move her closer to becoming South Carolina's first woman governor. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)AP - Nikki Haley's victory in South Carolina's bruising GOP primary for governor moves the state lawmaker closer to becoming her state's first woman chief executive and America's first Sikh-born governor, while assuring her a place on the national political scene.

Brown's tale of frugality omits $1.8 million home (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 06:47 PM PDT

This is a Monday, June 21, 2010 photo of a Japanese inspired home in the hills of Oakland, Calif. Jerry Brown and his wife, former Gap executive Anne Gust, own the custom-designed, $1.8 million house in one of the San Francisco Bay area's most prestigious neighborhoods — a Zen-inspired, five-level architectural gem perched high in the wooded Oakland Hills. That a former governor and nationally known political figure owns a great house in a great neighborhood isn't surprising. But Brown has made his past austerity a central theme to his general election campaign, using it to draw a contrast to his Republican opponent, billionaire Meg Whitman. The former eBay chief executive lives in a $3 million home in a gated community in the Silicon Valley community of Atherton. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)AP - When he takes to the campaign trail, Jerry Brown is fond of reminding voters that he shunned the governor's mansion in Sacramento in favor of a rented apartment during his first tour in the executive office and lived in a downtown loft in Oakland while he was mayor of the crime-ridden city.

Group criticizes Texas governor's mansion spending (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 06:39 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 11, 2010, file photo Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the first general session of the Republican Party of Texas convention in Dallas. A government watchdog group filed a complaint against Perry's campaign Tuesday, June 22, 2010, for failing to disclose how it spends money at the governor's mansion and at his interim residence. Since 2001, Perry's campaign has spent more than $800,000 on mansion expenditures.(AP Photo/LM Otero, File)AP - A government watchdog group filed a complaint against Gov. Rick Perry's campaign Tuesday, saying it failed to properly disclose how it spends money at the Governor's Mansion and at his temporary residence.

Obama postpones energy meeting with senators (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 06:00 PM PDT

Reuters - The Obama administration said on Tuesday it postponed a meeting with senators set for Wednesday to discuss the process for passing comprehensive energy and climate legislation this year.

Obama administration urges caution on deficit cuts (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:58 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama's top economic advisers are urging America's major economic allies not to sacrifice economic growth to efforts to trim budget deficits.

Black SC Republican nominated in 1st District (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:44 PM PDT

AP - South Carolina voters have nominated a black Republican state lawmaker for an open congressional seat, rejecting one of the state's legendary political names.

(AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:41 PM PDT

AP - Tim Scott, black lawmaker, defeats Strom Thurmond's son in GOP runoff for House nomination.

SC congressman Bob Inglis ousted in GOP runoff (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:40 PM PDT

AP - South Carolina Rep. Bob Inglis has been bounced from his longtime seat by a well-known prosecutor after challengers questioned the Republican's conservative credentials.

Group will sue McDonald's over Happy Meal toys (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:36 PM PDT

A man carries his food as he leaves a McDonald's restaurant in Arlington,Virginia, July 23, 2009. REUTERS/Jim YoungAP - Are the toys in your child's Happy Meal making him fat?

Marshall triumphs over Cunningham in NC primary (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:31 PM PDT

AP - Elaine Marshall has won the Democratic nomination to challenge North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr in November.

SC Republicans tap Haley for gov, make history (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 14, 2010 file photo, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves to supporters after she endorses S.C. gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley,left, during a campaign rally at The Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. With support from tea party voters and Sarah Palin, state Rep. Nikki Haley entered a Republican runoff Tuesday that could move her closer to becoming South Carolina's first woman governor. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)AP - Nikki Haley has won South Carolina's Republican nomination for governor.

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