Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

FBI ramping up its efforts to prevent terror attack (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

Posted: 03 May 2011 11:31 AM PDT

FBI Director Robert Mueller talks to officials and guests in North Miami Beach, Fla., Monday, April 11, 2011, during the commemoration of one of the bloodiest events in the Bureau's history on the 25th anniversary of a Miami shootout in which two agents were killed. Agents Jerry Dove and Benjamin P. Grogan were killed and five other agents wounded in the April 11, 1986 gun battle with two bank robbers. The bank robbers were also killed by one of the wounded FBI agents. More than 140 shots were fired. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By Marc Ambinder National Journal The death of Osama bin Laden and the expectation of a trove of intelligence derived from his computers have caused the FBI to ramp up its efforts to prevent a terrorist attack. The bureau is …

Senate Democrats eye $4T budget savings plan (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 8, 2011, file photo Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, R-N.D., opens a hearing on the findings of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, sometimes called the federal debt commission, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Conrad is one of a bipartisan group of six senators which is closing in on what could represent the best chance for tackling a deficit crisis that has forced the government to borrow more than 40 cents of every dollar it spends. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - The top Democrat in the Senate on budget matters said Tuesday that he's preparing a fiscal blueprint to slash the deficit by $4 trillion over the upcoming decade — a plan built on the bipartisan findings of President Barack Obama's deficit commission.

Mike Huckabee will join other 2012 hopefuls at key GOP conference next month (The Ticket)

Posted: 03 May 2011 12:40 PM PDT

The Ticket - In what could be a major hint about his 2012 intentions, Mike Huckabee will address next month's Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, an annual event that has been a high-profile proving ground for GOP presidential candidates. Already, Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul are among the 2012 hopefuls who have confirmed [...]

Frenemies: U.S. ally in hot seat after bin Laden found in Pakistani army town (The Envoy)

Posted: 02 May 2011 02:41 PM PDT

The Envoy - U.S. officials have left little doubt that they did not sufficiently trust their counterparts in Pakistan to keep quiet on the plan to send a team of U.S. special forces and CIA operatives into the country on Sunday to kill Osama bin Laden. And now that the whole world knows U.S. forces found and killed [...]

With Osama bin Laden dead, time to leave Afghanistan? (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

Posted: 03 May 2011 08:43 AM PDT

A roadside vendor sells newspapers with headlines about the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, in Lahore May 3, 2011. Pakistan's president acknowledged for the first time on Tuesday that his security forces were left out of a U.S. operation to kill bin Laden, but he did little to dispel questions over how the al Qaeda leader was able to live in comfort near Islamabad. The revelation that bin Laden had been holed up in a compound in the military garrison town of Abbottabad, possibly for years, prompted many U.S. lawmakers to demand a review of the billions of dollars in aid Washington gives to nuclear-armed Pakistan. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW MEDIA)Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By Yochi J. Dreazen National Journal The killing of Osama bin Laden will reshape the Obama administration's ongoing fight against al-Qaida and other terror groups by ridding the United States of its primary battlefield target. But it could have an …

Mitch Daniels talked to George W. Bush about 2012 run (The Ticket)

Posted: 03 May 2011 11:42 AM PDT

The Ticket - Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is still cagey about whether he'll make a bid for the GOP nomination in 2012, but he said Tuesday he's consulted with one person who has insight on the job: his former boss, George W. Bush. Daniels told Fox News Tuesday that he discussed his potential run with Bush, though he declined [...]

Americans 45 and older are new voting-age majority (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:06 PM PDT

AP - For the first time, Americans 45 and older make up a majority of the voting-age population, giving older Americans wider influence in elections as the U.S. stands divided over curtailing Medicare and other benefits for seniors.

Palin Drops Neocon Advisers (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 03 May 2011 07:58 AM PDT

The Atlantic Wire - Sarah Palin has dropped two neoconservative foreign policy advisers, Randy Scheunemann and Michael Goldfarb, in favor of the realist Peter Schweitzer, Politico's Ben Smith reports. It's an indication that Palin is shifting her foreign policy positions to be less interventionist, as seen in her speech Monday, in which criticized the "ill-defined" mission in Libya. "We can’t fight every war, we can't undo every justice in the world," Palin said.

Huntsman takes step toward 2012 bid (Politico)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:28 PM PDT

Politico - The former ambassador to China's move will allow him to travel and raise money.

Obama up in post-bin Laden polls (Politico)

Posted: 03 May 2011 09:53 AM PDT

Politico - Polls give the president higher approval ratings.

Bin Laden death not changing GOP hopefuls' plans (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:52 PM PDT

President Barack Obama greets audience members in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 3, 2011, after awarding the 2011 National Teacher of the Year award to Michelle Shearer from Urbana High School in Ijamsville, Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Republicans hoping to unseat President Barack Obama say they see al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden's death as a welcome development but no reason to change political strategy.

With bin Laden gone, will US stick to war plan? (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:28 PM PDT

Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir, right, joins hands with Afghanistan Deputy Foreign Minister Jaweed Ludin, center, and US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman prior their joint news conference at the Foreign Office in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. A day after the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in a U.S. led attack on a safe-house compound in Pakistan, Grossman met for a dialogue with Pakistani top officials. In response to questions from reporters, Grossman emphatically said 'Osama bin Laden is dead', calling the late al-Qaida leader an 'enemy' of the US, Pakistan and Afghanistan and saying that his death was a good thing. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)AP - The demise of Osama bin Laden complicates what was already a tough call for President Barack Obama: how to wind down the nearly decade-old war in Afghanistan. Now the symbolic reason for staying in the fight — to get al-Qaida's leader and avenge 9/11 — has been undercut.

Pentagon's second thoughts on Iraq withdrawal (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 07:20 AM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks with from soldiers from the 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Calvalry Division out of Fort Hood, Texas, while visiting Camp Marez in Mosul, Iraq, Friday, April 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Chip Somodevilla, Pool)AP - Eight months shy of its deadline for pulling the last American soldier from Iraq and closing the door on an 8-year war, the Pentagon is having second thoughts.

Finnish PM-elect starts talks on Portugal bailout (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2011 10:08 AM PDT

AP - Finland's prime minister-elect delayed government formation talks on Tuesday, throwing more uncertainty into the eurozone's plans for Portugal's bailout and other financial aid to cash-strapped member countries.

U.S. views of Obama improve with bin Laden death: Reuters/Ipsos poll (Reuters)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:11 PM PDT

Reuters - The killing of Osama bin Laden sharply boosted President Barack Obama's image, improving Americans' views of his leadership and his efforts to fight terrorism, a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday found.

Should Bush get more credit for bin Laden's death? (The Week)

Posted: 03 May 2011 05:49 AM PDT

U.S. President George W. Bush says the United States wants Osama bin Laden The Week - President Obama ordered the mission that nailed Osama bin Laden. But some say Obama's predecessor deserves praise, too

Santorum in for SC debate (Daily Caller)

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:21 PM PDT

Daily Caller - Former Senator Rick Santorum announced today that he was officially forming an exploratory committee for his presidential run and filing the papers with the FEC, in order to qualify for the first presidential debate on Thursday in South Carolina. Santorum had previously formed a “testing the waters” committee, a preliminary step before a full-fledged exploratory committee.

Torturous evasions (Daily Caller)

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:51 PM PDT

Daily Caller - White House officials pushed back at claims that water-boarding or other enhanced interrogation techniques produced the information that eventually led to Osama bin Laden.

Sarah Palin offers kudos to George W. Bush for Osama bin Laden’s death, but omits President Obama’s name (The Ticket)

Posted: 03 May 2011 08:13 AM PDT

The Ticket - A day after Osama bin Laden's death, Sarah Palin offered measured praise to President Obama for his role in approving the operation to kill the 9/11 mastermind, though she didn't once mention the Commander-in-Chief by name. Speaking at a tribute to military veterans in Colorado, the former Alaska governor credited Obama's "decisive leadership" in the [...]

Palin asks whether Pakistan helped bin Laden (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2011 08:55 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 - Did Pakistani leaders help harbor Osama bin Laden? Sarah Palin wants to know.
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