Saturday, July 23, 2011

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Retired Army Gen. John Shalikashvili dies (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 02:41 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 1993 file photo, Army Gen. John Shalikashvili speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington accompanied by President Bill Clinton and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Colin Powell. On Saturday, July 23, 2011, the White House said Retired Gen. Shalikashvili, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has died. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)AP - Retired Army Gen. John Shalikashvili, the first foreign-born chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who counseled President Bill Clinton on the use of troops in Bosnia and other trouble spots, has died, the Army said in a statement. He was 75.

Debt crisis: Deal sought to head off stock plunge (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 02:54 PM PDT

President Barack Obama sits next to House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Saturday, July 23, 2011, in Washington, as they meet to discuss the debt. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Precariously short of time, congressional leaders struggled in urgent, weekend-long talks to avert an unprecedented government default, desperate to show enough progress to head off a plunge in stock prices when Asian markets open ahead of the U.S. workweek.

APNewsBreak: Wu to talk with Congress leaders (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 01:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2010 file photo, Congressman David Wu, D-Ore., speaks during an interview in Portland, Ore. Wu is calling a published report about an alleged unwanted sexual encounter with a young woman 'very serious' but has not yet said whether the accusation is true. The Oregonian reports that a young woman from California has accused the Democrat of an unwanted sexual encounter last November. The newspaper said the information came from sources who wanted to remain anonymous. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)AP - Congressman David Wu, who earlier this year apologized for bizarre behavior during his re-election campaign last year, on Saturday was dealing with yet another crisis — a young woman's reported accusation that she had an "unwanted sexual encounter" with the Democrat three weeks after his election victory in November.

Reagan looms over debt debate inspiring both sides (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:19 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 1981, file photo, President Ronald Reagan shows his boot following the signing of his tax bill at his California vacation home, Rancho del Cielo, near Santa Barbara, Ca. Reagan might as well be sitting in on the troubled debt talks of 2011, so frequently is his memory invoked by both sides. But for vastly different reasons. Conservative Republicans praise the 40th president's steely advocacy for smaller government and lower taxes. President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies praise Reagan because, they say, he was the sublime compromiser, willing to work with Democrats to forge landmark tax and Social Security deals and willing to raise the federal debt ceiling so the government could keep borrowing to pay its bills. (AP Photo/File)AP - Ronald Reagan might as well be sitting in on the troubled debt talks, so frequently is his memory invoked by both sides. But for vastly different reasons. Conservative Republicans praise the 40th president's steely advocacy for smaller government and lower taxes.

White House shifts in unpredictable debt debate (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 06:47 AM PDT

President Barack Obama makes a statement in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, July 22, 2011 on the break down of debt ceiling talks. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta))AP - The roller-coaster debate over raising the nation's debt limit has forced the White House to explain away, brush aside or even ignore declarations by President Barack Obama and aides that no longer served much purpose in the unpredictable negotiations.

Walter Reed to close after more than a century (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:19 AM PDT

U.S. Army Col. Norvell V. Coots gestures during an interview in the main lobby of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2001. Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the military's flagship hospital where privates to presidents have gone for care for more than a century, is closing its doors. Hundreds of thousands of the nation's war wounded from World War I to today have received treatment at Walter Reed, including 18,000 troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)AP - Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Army's flagship hospital where privates to presidents have gone for care, is closing its doors after more than a century.

Ex-Democratic Party chairman Charles Manatt dies (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 10:09 AM PDT

This Feb. 4, 2002 photo provided by the Manatt family shows Charles Manatt in Washington. Manatt, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and a U.S. ambassador during the Clinton administration, died on Friday, July 22, 2011. He was 75. (AP Photo/Manatt family)AP - Charles T. Manatt, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and a U.S. ambassador during the Clinton administration, has died. He was 75.

Clinton condemns terrorism regardless of source (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 02:10 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton waves as she arrives at the 18th ASEAN Regional Forum in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, July 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the United States strongly condemns terrorism no matter who perpetuates it or where it comes from.

Straw poll ballot released; no Perry (Politico)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 12:14 PM PDT

Politico - Iowa GOP leaders decided on Saturday the nine names to include.

Boehner aims for new plan by Sunday (Politico)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 08:56 AM PDT

Politico - The speaker wants to announce progress by 4 p.m. tomorrow.

Obama ends ban on openly gay military service (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 08:08 PM PDT

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta walks out to greet John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand, at the Pentagon Thursday, July 21, 2011 in Washington.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The ban on gays in the military has stood for nearly a century.

Partisan dispute to partially shut down FAA (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 10:40 AM PDT

AP - Efforts to avert a shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration failed Friday amid a disagreement over a $16.5 million cut in subsidies to 13 rural communities, ensuring that nearly 4,000 people will be temporarily out of work and federal airline ticket taxes will be suspended.

Headed for CIA, Petraeus leaves a revamped warzone (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:34 AM PDT

The outgoing U.S. and NATO led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander in Afghanistan Gen. David Petraeus claps, as he welcomes the new NATO- led International Security Assistance Force commander in Afghanistan U.S. Gen. John Allen during a changing of command ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 18, 2011. As Petraeus shifts from the Afghan battlefield to run the CIA, he leaves behind a legacy of tactical and spycraft changes that spurred more killings and captures of Afghan militants while reducing insurgent attacks to their lowest level in years, senior U.S. officials in Afghanistan said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - As Gen. David Petraeus shifts from the Afghan battlefield to run the CIA, he leaves behind a legacy of tactical and spycraft changes that spurred more killings and captures of Afghan militants while reducing insurgent attacks to their lowest level in years, senior U.S. officials in Afghanistan said.

Gunman's background puzzles police in Norway (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 08:38 AM PDT

Smoke rises from the central area of Oslo Friday, July 22, 2011 after an explosion. Terrorism ravaged long-peaceful Norway on Friday when a bomb ripped open buildings including the prime minister's office and a man dressed as a police officer opened fire at a nearby island youth camp. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Jon Bredo Overaas) NORWAY OUTAP - The 32-year-old suspected of gunning down scores of young people at a summer camp and setting off a bomb in downtown Oslo that killed at least seven is a mystery to investigators: a right-winger with anti-Muslim views but no known links to hardcore extremists.

Latest developments in debt ceiling standoff (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 03:09 PM PDT

AP - Congress has until Aug. 2 to raise the federal borrowing limit or the government will run out of money and possibly default on its debt. House Republicans say they won't raise the debt limit without equal spending cuts. President Barack Obama and Democrats insist that higher revenues must be included.

Sarah Palin Joins John Boehner in Escaping Responsibility (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 01:17 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin commented on President Barack Obama's remarks involving the debt ceiling and cutting federal government spending. Like Speaker of the House John Boehner, Palin was hypercritical of the president's remarks about the debt negotiations.
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