2010年6月23日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Elections

McChrystal out; Petraeus picked for Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 04:48 PM PDT

File photo of US General Stanley McChrystal, top US commander in Afghanistan. US President Barack Obama confronts his commander in the Afghan war face-to-face on Wednesday, amid speculation he may sack the general for a show of disrespect in a damaging magazine interview.(AFP/Pool/File/Mustafa Quraishi)AP - President Barack Obama sacked his loose-lipped Afghanistan commander Wednesday, a seismic shift for the military order in wartime, and chose the familiar, admired — and tightly disciplined — Gen. David Petraeus to replace him. Petraeus, architect of the Iraq war turnaround, was once again to take hands-on leadership of a troubled war effort.

The 'Energizer general' is soon back running a war (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 04:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 15, 2010 file photo, U.S. Central Commander Gen. David Petraeus testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Armed Services Committee. President Barack Obama has named Gen. Petraeus to succeed Gen. Stanley McChrystal as top war commander in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)AP - Army Gen. David Petraeus has already turned around a struggling U.S. war once. President Barack Obama is betting he can do it again.

McChrystal speaks up one too many times (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 2, 2009 file photo, Lt. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, then President Barack Obama's nominee to be commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Armed Services Committee. McChrystal was put in charge of a drifting war in Afghanistan in part because he wasn't afraid to speak up. That quality may prove to be his downfall as President Barack Obama decides whether to fire him. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - Known for his blunt and uncompromising instincts, Gen. Stanley McChrystal spoke his mind once too often.

Senate Democrats struggle to revive jobless aid (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:02 PM PDT

AP - Senate Democrats struggled Wednesday to revive a bill extending jobless benefits and a host of other spending and tax measures as they searched for ways to reduce the measure's deficit impact and attract critical GOP support.

Haley taps on S.C.'s glass ceiling (Politico)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:35 AM PDT

Nikki Haley speaks to supporters after winning the Republican nomination for governor in Columbia, S.C.,Tuesday, June 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Brett Flashnick)Politico - CONWAY, S.C. — Nikki Haley, the 38-year-old Indian-American political phenom who might be South Carolina's next governor, downplays the two attributes that would make her different from her 115 predecessors.

No punishment after deadly Afghanistan firefight (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT

This undated handout photo provided by Carlene Cross shows Cpl. Jason Bogar, 25, of Seattle, Wash., a member of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy; killed July 13, 2008, during an attack on a remote outpost in Wanat, Afghanistan. (AP Photo)AP - The Army has reversed a decision to punish three officers for command failures that led to one of the deadliest firefights for U.S. forces since the Afghanistan war began nearly a decade ago.

Do SC elections hint at change or good timing? (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 02:32 PM PDT

Republican candidate for governor Nikki Haley speaks to members of the South Carolina Republican party who are gatherd at a a meeting hall in Columbia, S.C., Wednesday, June 23, 2010 for a unity breakfast following the results of Tuesday's runoff elections. South Carolina Republicans are calling for their primary losers to fall in line behind the GOP's nominees. (AP Photo/Brett Flashnick)AP - CHARLESTON, S.C. — South Carolina voters have nominated an Indian-American woman for governor and a black state lawmaker for Congress — developments which, on their face, suggest landmark racial progress in a state that still flies the Confederate flag near its statehouse.

Ohio Dems blast Kasich over LeBron James comments (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 02:57 PM PDT

AP - Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate John Kasich is taking heat from Democrats for saying he's not overly concerned about NBA superstar LeBron James leaving Cleveland, while his campaign spokesman apologized Wednesday for saying Gov. Ted Strickland grew up poor in a "chicken shack."

Critics, supporters step up their efforts on Kagan (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 03:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2000 file photo, Robert Bork speaks in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)AP - Conservative critics of Elena Kagan recruited failed former Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork to brand her unfit to serve on the high court Wednesday, as former colleagues from both ends of the ideological spectrum praised her qualifications to be a justice.

Obama assures Karzai no change in Afghan policy (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 04:40 PM PDT

AP - The White House says President Barack Obama has spoken with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai to assure him that the change in war command does not affect U.S. policy on Afghanistan.

Aide: Blagojevich signaled he wanted Cabinet post (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 04:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 8, 2010 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, left, arrives at the Federal Court building with his wife Patti, for his federal corruption trial in Chicago. A defense theme at Blagojevich's racketeering and fraud trial is that he simply didn't know what was going on all around him. Experts say that strategy can work with juries but also present tricky problems. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)AP - Only days after the November 2008 election, Rod Blagojevich told his top advisers he had signaled the president-elect that he would appoint Barack Obama's friend to the U.S. Senate in exchange for a Cabinet position for himself, the ousted governor's former chief of staff testified Wednesday.

Rand Paul on Ky. gov's troubles: Pardon yourself (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 03:52 PM PDT

Kentucky Senate candidate Republican Rand Paul talks to leaders of the Kentucky Republican Party on Saturday, June 12, 2010 in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Patti Longmire)AP - Kentucky Republican senatorial candidate Rand Paul wrote in a newspaper four years ago that he would have pardoned himself if he had been the state's scandal-plagued governor at the time.

Q+A: Obama grapples with crises (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 03:32 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama replaced his top Afghan war commander on Wednesday, grappling with the latest in a series of challenges that include a disastrous oil spill and high unemployment.

Interior: Drilling moratorium could be refined (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 03:29 PM PDT

Protestors stand behind Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 27, 2010, as he testified before the House Interior subcommittee hearing on the ongoing response and environmental impacts on the BP oil spill on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - A new order imposing a moratorium on deepwater drilling could be refined to reflect offshore conditions, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday.

Obama on McChrystal, Truman on MacArthur (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 02:23 PM PDT

President Barack Obama stands with, from second from left, Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, Vice President Joe Biden, Gen. David Petraeus, and Defense Secretary Robert Gate, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, to announce that Petraeus would replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Army Gens. Stanley McChrystal and Douglas MacArthur met the same fate — sacked by their commander in chief. In 1951, President Harry Truman stripped MacArthur of his command after disagreements over Korean War strategy. On Wednesday, President Barack Obama fired McChrystal after his disparaging comments about the president and several members of the administration.

Reaction to Obama's ouster of Gen. McChrystal (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 01:36 PM PDT

AP - Reaction to President Barack Obama's ouster Wednesday of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, and naming of Gen. David Petraeus to take over the war:

Blago trial a distant, unwanted headache for Obama (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 01:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 28, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the Oakley Lindsay Center in Quincy, Ill. The corruption trial of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — for allegedly trying to sell President Barack Obama's own Senate seat — is a distant but unwelcome headache for the White House. While Obama hasn't been accused of wrongdoing, nor have his allies, top administration aides have now been subpoenaed to testify. And Obama already has many other problems — from the Gulf oil spill to the economy — in what is also a tough congressional election year. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)AP - The corruption trial of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — for allegedly trying to sell President Barack Obama's own Senate seat — is a distant but unwelcome headache for the White House.

House committee approves subpoena for BP documents (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 01:04 PM PDT

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, right, accompanied by Michael Bromwich, the new head of the Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, before the Senate Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing on the reorganization of the Minerals Management Service. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday subpoenaed BP claims documents, after its chairman said the company has not complied with requests to provide information on its payments.

Commerce Secretary: China currency undervalued (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 02:33 PM PDT

A Chinese woman, who sells clothes on the roadside, holds tens of Yuan, while dealing with a customer, in a Hutong, or a traditional alleyway, in Beijing, China, Tuesday, June, 22, 2010. Proving that flexibility is a two-way street, the Chinese yuan edged lower against the U.S. dollar in spot trading Tuesday, a day after surging to a new high following the central bank's decision to let the currency trade in a wider range. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - Despite China's decision to let its currency appreciate against the dollar, the yuan is still undervalued, hurting American exports, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said Wednesday.

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