Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama names envoy to Syria, bypassing Congress (AFP)
• Obama extends Hawaiian vacation another day (AP)
• Obama bypasses Senate to name new envoys (AP)
• Obama announces 6 recess appointments (AP)
• Obama names temporary ambassadors to Syria and Turkey (Reuters)
• Obama to install deputy attorney general (Reuters)
• Judge clears way for Murkowski Alaska Senate win (Reuters)
• Obama's Vick Prison Gambit (The Daily Beast)

Obama names envoy to Syria, bypassing Congress (AFP) Posted: 29 Dec 2010 05:53 PM PST AFP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday bypassed Congress to name the first US ambassador to Syria in nearly six years, part of his Middle East engagement drive criticized by Republican opponents.

Obama extends Hawaiian vacation another day (AP) Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:54 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama is extending his Hawaiian vacation by another day.

Obama bypasses Senate to name new envoys (AP) Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:26 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama has bypassed the Senate and directly appointed four new U.S. ambassadors whose nominations had been stalled or blocked by lawmakers for months.

Obama announces 6 recess appointments (AP) Posted: 29 Dec 2010 03:50 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama bypassed the Senate Wednesday to make six recess appointments, including a deputy attorney general whose links to the insurance giant American International Group had stalled his confirmation.

Obama names temporary ambassadors to Syria and Turkey (Reuters) Posted: 29 Dec 2010 02:54 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama took the rare step on Wednesday of temporarily appointing U.S. ambassadors to Syria, Turkey and Azerbaijan, restoring a top U.S. envoy to Damascus after an absence of nearly six years.

Obama to install deputy attorney general (Reuters) Posted: 29 Dec 2010 02:41 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama plans to install James Cole as the deputy attorney general, the No. 2 position at the Justice Department, after Senate Republican objections stalled his nomination, the White House said on Wednesday.

Judge clears way for Murkowski Alaska Senate win (Reuters) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 10:27 PM PST Reuters - A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by conservative Tea Party favorite Joe Miller that challenged his loss in Alaska's election for a Senate seat, clearing the way for state officials to certify Lisa Murkowski's historic write-in victory.

Obama's Vick Prison Gambit (The Daily Beast) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 07:37 PM PST The Daily Beast - By praising Michael Vick’s “second chance” after the NFL quarterback served 19 months in prison on a dogfighting conviction, Mansfield Frazier, an ex-con, says the president is creating an opening for a national discussion on opportunities for former prisoners.

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