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Yahoo! News: Elections

US officials say war goals modest in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 01:59 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates holds a press briefing, Thursday, July 29, 2010 at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)AP - As the war in Afghanistan faces a loss of public and congressional support and U.S. casualties rise sharply, the Obama administration is painting its goals for the war as humble and achievable while warning there is no quick fix.

Cheney remains hospitalized after heart surgery (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 09:30 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 8, 2001, file photo released by The White House Vice President Dick Cheney smiles while fly-fishing on the Snake River with his family in his home state of Wyoming. The former vice president is still in the hospital after heart surgery in early July 2010, but his daughter Liz Cheney says Cheney, 69, is out of intensive care, and already planning trips for fly fishing and hunting later this year. (AP Photo/The White House, David Bohrer)AP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney is still in the hospital after heart surgery in early July.

GOP looks to erase Democrats' comfy House majority (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 10:43 AM PDT

FILE -In this July 26, 2010 file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. addresses the annual meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures in Louisville, Ky. No less than 65 House seats across the country, mostly held by Democrats, are at risk of changing political hands this fall, enough to bolster Republican hopes of regaining power and stoke Democratic fears of losing it. By November even more races could become competitive if the political landscape, largely shaped by a sluggish economic recovery, continues to deteriorate for Barack Obama's party in the first midterm elections of his presidency. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)AP - No fewer than 65 House seats across the country — an overwhelming majority held by Democrats — are at risk of changing political hands this fall, enough to bolster Republican hopes of regaining power and stoke fears in President Barack Obama's party of losing it.

Mullen says US has Iran strike plan, just in case (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:42 PM PDT

In this Sunday Aug. 1, 2010, photo released by CBS, Adm. Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discusses the war in Afghanistan on CBS's 'Face The Nation' in Washington. Mullen said the Pentagon is trying to protect Afghans who may be at risk from Taliban retaliation following the publication of tens of thousands of secret war documents, posted on the website WikiLeaks a week ago. He said the U.S. is duty-bound to try to shield informants who were named in the documents. (AP Photo/CBS, Chris Usher) NO ARCHIVES. NO SALES.AP - The U.S. military has a plan to attack Iran, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday, although he thinks a military strike is probably a bad idea.

Greenspan: Modest economic recovery 'in a pause' (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 10:37 AM PDT

In this Sunday Aug. 1, 2010, photo released by NBC, 'Meet the Press' moderator David Gregory, interviews former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, right, at the NBC studios in Washington. Greenspan said he thinks the economy is having a modest recovery, but right now there's a 'pause' in that recovery, so it feels like a 'quasi-recession.' Cheering the comeback of the stock market, Greenspan told NBC that a rising stock market will do more to stimulate the economy than any of the remedies now being discussed. (AP Photo/NBC, Stephen J. Boitano) NO ARCHIVES. NO SALES.AP - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says he thinks the economy is having a modest recovery, but right now there's a "pause" in that recovery, so it feels like a "quasi-recession."

Fox gets front-row seat in White House press room (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 03:17 PM PDT

AP - Fox News Channel has been granted a much-coveted front-row seat in the White House briefing room.

SPIN METER: Program risks $30B to save weak banks (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 01:52 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 28, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama delivers remarks following his meeting with small business owners at the Tastee Sub Shop in Edison, N.J, Congress is at work on a new program that would send $30 billion to struggling community banks in a process similar to the huge government bailouts of big banks during the financial crisis. But this time, money is more likely to disappear as a result of bank failures or fraud. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - People are fed up with bank bailouts that risk taxpayer billions. The government's apparent solution: call them something else.

Palin focused on electing Republicans this year (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 10:48 AM PDT

In this book cover image released by HarperCollins, Sarah Palin's 'America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag,' is shown. (AP Photo/HarperCollins)AP - Sarah Palin says her political focus these days isn't on the 2012 presidential race, but on helping put more Republicans into office in the fall elections.

Obama attends WNBA game after shooting hoops (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 03:29 PM PDT

President Barack Obama talks with his daughter Sasha Obama as they watch the WNBA game between the Washington Mystics and Tulsa Shock, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - President Barack Obama checked out the WNBA's Washington Mystics on Sunday after spending the morning shooting some hoops himself.

Dem gov hopeful to be far away when Obama's in Ga. (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 11:12 AM PDT

AP - Georgia's most prominent Democrat will be nowhere near Barack Obama when the president comes to Atlanta on Monday.

Pelosi `not nervous' about Dems losing elections (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 10:45 AM PDT

FILE -In this July 26, 2010 file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. addresses the annual meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures in Louisville, Ky. No less than 65 House seats across the country, mostly held by Democrats, are at risk of changing political hands this fall, enough to bolster Republican hopes of regaining power and stoke Democratic fears of losing it. By November even more races could become competitive if the political landscape, largely shaped by a sluggish economic recovery, continues to deteriorate for Barack Obama's party in the first midterm elections of his presidency. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)AP - Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she's "not nervous at all" about the possibility that Democrats could lose their House majority after the November elections.

Pawlenty's Iowa swing may foreshadow 2012 bid (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 10:14 AM PDT

AP - Republican Tim Pawlenty, a potential presidential candidate, stood before the picture perfect backdrop of an Iowa farm, with eye-high corn stalks and a vibrant red barn at his back.

Iraq civilian death toll almost doubles in July (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 09:09 AM PDT

Reuters - The number of civilians killed by violence in Iraq almost doubled in July from June, a sign that insurgents may be trying to exploit political tensions after an election that produced no outright winner.

Speaker Pelosi wants pre-election tax cut vote (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 09:06 AM PDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks to reporters in San Francisco, California January 8, 2010. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants a vote before November elections on whether to extend tax cuts for those with annual income over $250,000 a year, she said in an interview broadcast on Sunday.

Kerry, Brown smooth over differences while biking (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 08:56 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2010, file photo, Sen.-elect Scott Brown, R-Mass., right, meets with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kerry and Brown have their political differences, but the two senators share bike rides together in the Maryland countryside. Both will participate in the Pan-Mass Challenge, a charity bike ride across Massachusetts on Aug. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - The political differences between John Kerry and Scott Brown get left behind when the two Massachusetts senators get on their bicycles and take off for a bike ride.

Obama says dinner with his daughters is 'a prize' (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 08:27 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 18, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama, center, talks to his daughter Malia, 12, left, as he, first lady Michelle Obama, partially visible behind him, and daughter Sasha, 9, arrive at the White House in Washington after a weekend family vacation in Maine. What does President Barack Obama look forward to most when he leaves the Oval Office each day? The president says that's an easy question to answer: It's having dinner with his two daughters, which is 'a prize,' he says. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - What does President Barack Obama look forward to most when he leaves the Oval Office each day?

Palin: Next-door author changes way family lives (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 07:52 AM PDT

AP - Sarah Palin says the best-selling author who moved into the house next door to her family while writing a book about her needs to get a life.

Obama says he deserves a grade of 'incomplete' (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 07:13 AM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers remarks during his visit to the Jefferson North Chrysler Plant in Detroit, Friday, July 30, 2010, where the Jeep Grand Cherokee is assembled. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama is giving himself a grade of "incomplete" for his presidency even though he says he has a "pretty good track record."

Obama says goal in war is modest enough to succeed (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 07:05 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 21, 2010 file photo, a Marine carry team lifts a transfer case containing the remains of Cpl. Paul J. Miller at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Miller, of Traverse City, Mich., died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. NATO announced Friday, July 30, 2010 that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)AP - President Barack Obama says the goal for the Afghanistan war is modest enough to achieve.

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