Saturday, February 5, 2011

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Yahoo! News: Politics News

Egypt ruling party leaders resign but regime holds (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 01:59 PM PST

Egyptian anti-Mubarak protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011. US President Barack Obama said Egypt's Hosni Mubarak should do the statesmanlike thing and make a quick handoff to a more representative government. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - The leadership of Egypt's ruling party stepped down Saturday as the military figures spearheading the transition tried to placate protesters without giving them the one resignation they demand, President Hosni Mubarak's. The United States gave key backing to the regime's gradual changes, warning of the dangers if Mubarak goes too quickly.

Palin: America out of step with Reagan's values (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 01:28 PM PST

Former Republican vice Presidential candidate and Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin speaks at the Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara, Friday Feb. 4, 2011. Palin was the headline speaker for the Ronald Reagan Centennial celebration opening reception hosted by the Young Americans Foundation. (AP Photo/Spencer Weiner)AP - America is on a "road to ruin" because of misguided policies in Washington and needs to get back in step with the values of Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin said at an event honoring the former president's legacy.

Obama: Government, business help shape US future (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 08:46 AM PST

President Barack Obama and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper take part in a joint news conference, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama says the American government has a responsibility to make the U.S. the best place in the world to do business, but companies have a responsibility to invest in the nation's future by keeping jobs here, hiring workers and paying decent wages.

Obama's jobs plan: On a collision course with GOP budget cuts? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 05:58 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The Obama administration outlined an "innovation strategy" for US job growth Friday, which emphasizes federal economic investments at a time when Republicans are calling for deep budget cuts.

Mitt's Big Money Shell Game (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:02 PM PST

The Daily Beast - The 2012 frontrunner still isn't a declared candidate. That fact, reports Shushannah Walshe and John Avlon, allowed him to follow a different set of rules that helped raise $6.3 million.

Labor fumes over Dems' Charlotte pick (Politico)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 07:59 AM PST

Politico - The party picked the least unionized state in the entire country for its convention.

Obama: U.S. to be 'best' for business (Politico)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 03:28 AM PST

Politico - Business "should set up shop here, and hire our workers, and pay decent wages," he says.

US backs Egypt reform moves, seeks global support (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 02:27 PM PST

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers her speech during the Conference on Security Policy in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)AP - The U.S. threw its weight behind nascent reforms led by Egypt's new vice president as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that international support was crucial to prevent extremists from hijacking the political transition.

House Republicans go easy on cuts for Congress (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 10:19 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2011, file photo House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, talks with with the committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans now controlling the House promised Thursday Feb. 3, 2011, to slash domestic agencies' budgets by almost 20 percent for the coming year, the first salvo in what's sure to be a bruising battle over their drive to cut spending to where it was before President Barack Obama took office. 'Washington's spending spree is over,' declared Ryan, who announced the plan. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - Republicans now running the House are barely touching Congress' generous own budget even as they take a cleaver to many domestic agencies.

Pope challenges China with HK bishop ordination (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 06:43 AM PST

Newly ordained bishop Monsignor Savio Hon Tai-Fai, a 60-year-old Salesian prelate from Hong Kong, is congratulated by others after being ordained by Pope Benedict XVI during a ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011. Benedict XVI insisted Saturday on his exclusive right to ordain bishops as he consecrated a Chinese prelate in an implicit challenge to attempts by China's official church to ordain bishops without his approval. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI insisted Saturday on his right to ordain bishops as he consecrated a Chinese prelate in an implicit challenge to attempts by China's official church to ordain bishops without his approval.

Cynthia Stroum, Obama Donor, Quits as Ambassador to Luxembourg Under a Cloud (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 02:10 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - The appointment of Cynthia Stroum, a big Obama campaign donor, as U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg was not considered all that unusual. Big donors are often given plum diplomatic posts in plush European capitals.

Analysis: Clear Obama words to Mubarak: Time to go (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 11:55 AM PST

Egyptian anti-Mubarak protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011. US President Barack Obama said Egypt's Hosni Mubarak should do the statesmanlike thing and make a quick handoff to a more representative government. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - President Barack Obama said Egypt's Hosni Mubarak should do the statesmanlike thing and make a quick handoff to a more representative government.

Kissinger advice to Obama on Egypt: ‘Seem a little less frantic about getting into the news cycle’ (Daily Caller)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 10:03 AM PST

Daily Caller - As a political matter, the Obama White House has been praised for its handling of the turmoil in Egypt. But on policy, the president has been criticized on both the right and the left, his critics ranging from Charles Krauthammer to Chris Matthews.

Ahmadiyya Muslim community launches ‘Muslims for Loyalty’ campaign (Daily Caller)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 06:58 AM PST

Daily Caller - The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA is spreading the word that, despite all the bad press — by way of terrorist attacks, honor killings, and the like — Muslims have a duty to be peaceful and loyal to the United States.

Sarah Palin vs. Ronald Reagan: Similarities Are Striking (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 11:17 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - When Sarah Palin spoke to the Young America's Foundation on Feb. 4, she was speaking at the Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Sarah Palin Speaks at Young American's Foundation Banquet (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 09:32 AM PST

Former Republican vice Presidential candidate and Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin speaks at the Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara, Friday Feb. 4, 2011. Palin was the headline speaker for the Ronald Reagan Centennial celebration opening reception hosted by the Young Americans Foundation. (AP Photo/Spencer Weiner)ContributorNetwork - The celebrations of President Ronald Reagan's centennial were kicked off by a keynote speech by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at a banquet held by the Young American's Foundation at the Reagan Ranch in California.
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