Friday, August 26, 2011

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Yahoo! News: Politics News

Obama finds refuge among close friends on vacation (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 11:13 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2011, file photo President Barack Obama walks with Eric Whitaker while golfing in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Whitaker is one of the circle of tight-lipped friends, who form a core with Martin Nesbitt and Valerie Jarrett, who’ve sustained Barack Obama through good times and bad since his days in Chicago, from Hawaii to Washington to Martha’s Vineyard and back again. They golf with him, they vacation with him, their kids and his kids hang out. To them, he’s Barack, not Mr. President. He can be teased and tease back. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - They golf with him, they vacation with him, their kids and his kids hang out. To them, he's Barack, not Mr. President. He can be teased and tease back.

White House: Obama ending vacation due to Irene (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:12 PM PDT

President Barack Obama arrives to speak about Hurricane Irene during a news conrference in Chilmark, Mass. on Martha's Vineyard on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Urging everyone in Hurricane Irene's path to get ready, President Barack Obama decided to cut his vacation short Friday and return to the White House for a storm he described as potentially historic.

State Dept. report favors US-Canada oil pipeline (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT

David Daniel of Texas, center, speaks to fellow activists from California, Texas and Nebraska, who have converged in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, to present their case against a proposed tar sands oil pipeline. Several activists were on their way to an ongoing White House protest against the pipeline, or had just come from it after being arrested. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - The Obama administration on Friday removed a major roadblock to a planned $7 billion oil pipeline from western Canada to the Texas coast, saying in a report that the project is unlikely to cause significant environmental problems during construction or operation.

Poll: GOP voters feeling better about prez choices (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 03:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2011, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks to supporters at Tommy's Ham House in Greenville, S.C. A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds that Republicans are growing more satisfied with their choices for president. And so far they like what they’re hearing from Perry. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro, File)AP - Republicans party elders are still grousing about the GOP choices for president — but the voters who will choose the nominee are growing more satisfied with the possibilities with Texas Gov. Rick Perry now in the race.

Ariz. challenges US law on making election changes (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 01:32 PM PDT

AP - Arizona has challenged the constitutionality of a federal anti-discrimination law that requires states to get federal permission before changing its election laws and voting systems.

Night by night, troops photograph Arlington graves (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 10:10 AM PDT

Soldiers from the Army Old Guard photograph headstones, in Section 15, as they take part in Task Force Christman to photograph and catalog more than 219,00 grave markers and the front of more than 43,000 sets of cremated remains at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Night after night this summer, troops have left their immaculately pressed dress blues, white gloves and shiny black boots, photographing each and every grave with an iPhone. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - Night after night this summer, troops from the Army's historic Old Guard have left their immaculately pressed dress blues, white gloves and shiny black boots at home to slip into Arlington National Cemetery in T-shirts and flip-flops to photograph each and every grave with an iPhone.

AP sources: White House wants NATO to hunt for WMD (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 01:11 AM PDT

Libyan rebels gesture as they change the flag in Abu Salim district in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. An intense battle has erupted between about 1,000 rebels surrounding two buildings filled with Moammar Gadhafi loyalists in the neighborhood next to the Libyan leader's captured compound. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - It's a polite faceoff of spies vs. diplomats, as the Obama administration debates how aggressively to pursue Libya's vast weapons stores, including tons of caustic mustard agent and thousands of anti-aircraft rockets that experts fear could fall into the hands of terrorists or Libyan loyalists.

AP-GfK Poll: 87% in US disapprove of Congress (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 01:33 AM PDT

AP - Americans are plenty angry at Congress in the aftermath of the debt crisis and Republicans could pay the greatest price, a new Associated Press-GfK poll suggests.

Gore: Eat less meat to fight warming (Politico)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 01:52 PM PDT

Politico - In addition to big farms, Gore takes a shot at the mining industry.

Perry signs marriage pledge (Politico)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 10:49 AM PDT

Politico - The Texas governor commits to supporting a constitutional amendment banning same-sex unions.

King fraternity holds own dedication of memorial (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:44 PM PDT

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is seen with the Washington Monument behind it in Washington, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. The memorial's dedication ceremony has been postponed due to the impending arrival of Hurrican Irene. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - After more than a quarter of a century of work to get a memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity brothers celebrated the results of their perseverance Friday even as Hurricane Irene churned up the East Coast.

Napolitano urges people to heed evacuation orders (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 08:31 AM PDT

AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is urging East Coast residents from the Carolinas to New England to heed evacuation orders ahead of Hurricane Irene.

Pentagon: China military growing rapidly (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 11:07 AM PDT

AP - A Pentagon report says China's development of a new stealth fighter, an aircraft carrier and a record number of space launches over the past year puts it on pace to achieve its goal of building a modern, regionally focused military by 2020.

Large forest fires rage in Greece (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 11:09 AM PDT

A firefighter damps-down the area after a forest fire north of Thessaloniki, the second largest city of Greece, on Friday Aug. 26, 2011, after the Greek fire brigade officials said the fire was brought under control. For a third day, hundreds of firefighters assisted by water-dropping aircraft are battling a huge wildfire that has destroyed 4,500 hectares (11,000 acres) in the Evros area near the Turkish border. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)AP - Strong winds spread large fires through thousands of hectares (acres) of forest in Greece Friday, despite a large firefighting operation with water-dropping aircraft from other European countries.

On Irene, Will Obama Fare Better than Bush? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:31 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | When historians look back at what turned the national tide against President George W. Bush, they will say that while Democrats disliked his decision to invade Iraq (though Democrats were disinclined to like him in the first place), the thing that turned the nation against him was his handling of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Dick Cheney's 'head-exploding' memoir: 6 revelations (The Week)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:29 AM PDT

The Week - The man who was arguably the most powerful vice president in U.S. history shakes up Washington with a pugnacious, unapologetic look back

Gingrich’s American Solutions PAC shutters doors (Daily Caller)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 11:59 AM PDT

Daily Caller - GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's once powerful political action group, American Solutions for Winning the Future, has shut down just months after Gingrich left the organization to pursue his presidential aspirations.

Obama to return from vacation a day early (Daily Caller)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 11:49 AM PDT

Daily Caller - President Barack Obama will return to the White House from Martha's Vineyard to be in Washington for Hurricane Irene.

Bachmann Threatens to Dismantle NLRB (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:31 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - ANALYSIS | Perhaps attempting to make up for the gaffes made a week ago, presidential candidate Michele Bachmann was in South Carolina again Thursday evening, presiding over a town hall meeting in North Charleston. According to CNN, she was haranguing President Obama's economic policies when it was announced that an "undecided voter named Nikki" had a question for her. Surprising everyone in the audience, South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, who has yet to endorse a Republican candidate for president, stepped out onto the stage to pitch Bachmann an audience-pleasing softball.

Poll: Ron Paul Has Best Chance to Beat Obama? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:30 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | It wasn't too long ago that libertarian Texas Congressman Ron Paul was being ignored by CNN and Fox News -- let's face it, Jon Stewart pointed out how little attention the legislator was receiving from most of the major media outlets -- as he fought to be heard above the sound bites of Rep. Michele Bachmann, Texas governor Rick Perry, and undeclared media magnet Sarah Palin. But all that changed when national attention focused on the fact that national attention had not been focused anywhere near the campaign of the just-turned 76-year-old legislator. And not even two weeks later, a Rasmussen Reports poll indicates that it is he, not newcomer Perry, or firebrand Bachmann, or even the stoic and steady Mitt Romney, that stands the best chance of defeating President Obama in the national election.
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