Monday, May 2, 2011

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

After bin Laden's death, what's next for the U.S. and al-Qaida? (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

Posted: 02 May 2011 10:59 AM PDT

An undated picture of the late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. AFP Photo(AFP/-)Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By Steve Clemons The killing of Osama bin Laden in a daring surgical operation conducted by a small team of U.S. Navy SEALs brought the arduous, decade-long search for the 9-11 mastermind to a close.  But even as the country …

The Fast Fix: Is Obama now unbeatable? (The Newsroom)

Posted: 02 May 2011 12:14 PM PDT

The Newsroom - Will Osama bin Laden's death impact the 2012 presidential election? The death of Osama bin Laden is a momentous episode in American history that will undoubtedly re-shape the political dialogue for weeks and months to come. While making hard and …

If history is guide, bin Laden killing may not boost Obama (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

Posted: 02 May 2011 09:54 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama making a statement at the White House May 1, 2011, announcing the death of Osama bin Laden. AFP Photo / Chris Kleponis(AFP/Chris Kleponis)Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By George E. Condon Jr. National Journal Osama bin Laden's body had barely hit the water before people were predicting the impact his death would have on the war in Afghanistan, U.S. relations with the Islamic world and President Obama's re-election …

Step-by-step: How the U.S. killed Bin Laden (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

Posted: 01 May 2011 11:03 PM PDT

A video grab from an undated footage from the Internet shows Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden making statements from an unknown location. REUTERS/REUTERS TVExclusive to Yahoo! News - By Aamer Madhani National Journal Soon after coming to office, President Obama made it clear that killing or capturing Bin Laden was one of his highest national security priorities. But it wasn't until last summer that intelligence officials caught a …

What bin Laden’s death means for al-Qaida (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

Posted: 02 May 2011 12:13 AM PDT

News telecasts are broadcasted on television sets at a store in Kabul May 2, 2011. Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden (pictured bottom L) was killed in a firefight with U.S. forces in Pakistan on Sunday, President Barack Obama (pictured top R) announced, ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the September 11 attacks. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS OBITUARY)Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By Michael Hirsh National Journal Why now? It had been nearly a decade since 9/11. Almost until the moment the historic news of Osama bin Laden's death was announced by President Obama on Sunday night, U.S. and Pakistani intelligence officials …

Death Comes for the Master Terrorist: Osama bin Laden (1957-2011) (Time.com)

Posted: 02 May 2011 07:35 AM PDT

FILE - This undated photo shows al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. A person familiar with developments on Sunday, May 1, 2011 says bin Laden is dead and the U.S. has the body. (AP Photo)Time.com - "I am a person who loves death," the inspiration of the 9/11 attacks reportedly said. "If I am to die, I would like to be killed by the bullet." The U.S. obliged him on Sunday, with a sophisticated military strike in the heart of Pakistan

Americans feel both joy and fear over bin Laden (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 02:33 PM PDT

Jeff Ray of Shanksville, Pa., visits the temporary memorial to United Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa., Monday, May 2, 2011. Osama bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was killed in a firefight with elite American forces in Pakistan on Monday, May 2, 2011 then quickly buried at sea. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)AP - Americans awoke on Monday to a world without Osama bin Laden, and many felt jubilation, a surge of patriotism and a sense that their prayers had been answered and that the U.S. had finally avenged the nearly 3,000 people killed that bright September day nearly a decade ago.

Bush, Hill leaders, GOP candidates react (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

Posted: 01 May 2011 09:43 PM PDT

Exclusive to Yahoo! News - National Journal President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden broke the dramatic news themselves to top Republican and Democratic congressional leaders in telephone calls in the evening before Obama's televised announcement -- prompting a wave of bipartisan celebration. The hill …

Sources: Burial video may be released (Politico)

Posted: 02 May 2011 01:49 PM PDT

Politico - Photos of his corpse may be shared, too.

Washington mood exultant, sober (Politico)

Posted: 02 May 2011 11:47 AM PDT

Politico - A complex mix of emotions pervades the capital.

Ensign gives farewell, apologizes to colleagues (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 03:02 PM PDT

AP - Republican John Ensign of Nevada apologized Monday to an all but empty Senate chamber for his extramarital affair with a former aide and hoped aloud that his legislative record would speak for him.

Bin Laden's demise: Long pursuit, burst of gunfire (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 02:52 PM PDT

In this image released by the White House, President Barack Obama listens during one in a series of meetings discussing the mission against Osama bin Laden, in the Situation Room of the White House, Sunday, May 1, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)AP - Osama bin Laden, the elusive terror mastermind killed by Navy SEALs in an intense firefight, was hunted down based on information first gleaned years ago from detainees at secret CIA prison sites in Eastern Europe, officials disclosed Monday. The U.S. said a DNA match proved his identity, and millions of Americans rejoiced.

UN chief calls Bin Laden death a 'watershed' (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 12:19 PM PDT

AP - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called the death of Osama bin Laden "a watershed moment" in the global fight against terrorism.

9th Circuit hears arguments in Obama birth lawsuit (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 03:03 PM PDT

AP - A federal appeals court heard arguments Monday about a lawsuit challenging the U.S. citizenship of President Barack Obama, despite the release of his detailed birth certificate last week.

Sandstorms (The Weekly Standard)

Posted: 02 May 2011 01:02 PM PDT

The Weekly Standard - We may never know whether the conjecture of the historian Fouad Ajami is correct: that President Barack Obama sought the approval of the Arab League for the air war against Muammar Qaddafi because he thought the league—an organization that has always shown greater sympathy for the region's rulers than for its citizenry—would turn down the French-led request to unleash Western airpower to save Benghazi.

GOP calls Nevada sec. of state ruling on special election ‘partisan’ (Daily Caller)

Posted: 02 May 2011 02:46 PM PDT

Daily Caller - Republicans lashed out at Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller after he announced that the special election to fill Republican Rep. Dean Heller’s soon-to-be vacant seat would be a ‘free-for-all’ in which any candidate who wished to run need only file a petition with the Secretary of State’s office.

Obama admin message post-bin Laden death: There’s nothing America can’t do (Daily Caller)

Posted: 02 May 2011 02:27 PM PDT

Daily Caller - Via various speakers in different forums, administration officials are repeating their message of the day: The successful killing of Osama bin Laden shows how America can succeed when it unites and perseveres through difficult trials.

Palin, former Pentagon official speaking in Colo. (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 01:47 PM PDT

FILE - In a Feb. 17, 2011 file photo, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin answers questions at the public appearance at Long Island (LIA) Association Meeting and Luncheon in Woodbury, N.Y. Palin will share the stage in Colorado Monday, May 2, 2011 at a fundraiser at Colorado Christian University with Retired Lt. Gen. William Boykin, a former senior military intelligence official who disparaged Islam while helping to lead the war on terror after Sept. 11. Monday evening's speech was already scheduled before Sunday's killing of Osama bin Laden. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)AP - Sarah Palin will share the stage in Colorado with a former senior military intelligence official who disparaged Islam while helping to lead the war on terror after Sept. 11.

Nevada special House election process could benefit Dems, Sharron Angle (The Ticket)

Posted: 02 May 2011 01:12 PM PDT

The Ticket - Nevada's Secretary of State Ross Miller, a Democrat, announced Monday that his state's upcoming U.S. House special election will not include a primary race. It's a development from which both Democrats and Republican Sharron Angle could stand to benefit. Nevadans will be tasked this year with choosing a replacement for Rep. Dean Heller (R), who [...]
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