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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/703 politics Politics News en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:20:04 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/703 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_state_dinner_uninvited_guests ap/20091126/us_state_dinner_uninvited_guests AP politics Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:20:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_state_dinner_uninvited_guests"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091126/capt.e69a52ee075a487e96a6e033f0cfccdb.state_dinner_uninvited_guests_ny124.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=qnVkieQuxEVT.1dQuq_Vzw--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of, Tareq Salahi, left, Vice President Joe Biden and Michaele Salahi, right, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said. (AP Photo) NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - Crashing a state dinner at the White House apparently takes a security breakdown as well as some kind of nerve.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_state_dinner_uninvited_guests"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091126/capt.e69a52ee075a487e96a6e033f0cfccdb.state_dinner_uninvited_guests_ny124.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=qnVkieQuxEVT.1dQuq_Vzw--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="photo" title="This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of, Tareq Salahi, left, Vice President Joe Biden and Michaele Salahi, right, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said. (AP Photo) NO SALES" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_copenhagen ap/20091126/us_obama_copenhagen AP science Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:05:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_copenhagen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.d5cd21bbe01542339e6c0ac647d38c53.obama__dcab104.jpg?x=130&y=115&q=85&sig=1HMSIZroaC9oGBnXYio9ig--" align="left" height="115" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama speaks as he pardons a turkey, Courage, the day before Thanksgiving, during a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Putting his prestige on the line, President Barack Obama will personally commit the U.S. to a goal of substantially cutting greenhouse gases at next month's Copenhagen climate summit. He will insist America is ready to tackle global warming despite resistance in Congress over higher costs for businesses and homeowners.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_copenhagen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.d5cd21bbe01542339e6c0ac647d38c53.obama__dcab104.jpg?x=130&y=115&q=85&sig=1HMSIZroaC9oGBnXYio9ig--" align="left" height="115" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama speaks as he pardons a turkey, Courage, the day before Thanksgiving, during a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_afghanistan ap/20091126/us_us_afghanistan AP politics Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:38:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259085921822-3-0.jpg?x=108&y=130&q=85&sig=tLzMDSZ9zEjgETI.WKYkqA--" align="left" height="130" width="108" alt="US President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama promised Tuesday he would unveil his decision "shortly" on whether to escalate the war in Afghanistan and pledged: "It is my intention to finish the job."(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama plans to announce a redrawn battle plan for Afghanistan, including what the military says could be a roughly 50 percent increase in U.S. forces, in a national address Tuesday night from the U.S. Military Academy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259085921822-3-0.jpg?x=108&y=130&q=85&sig=tLzMDSZ9zEjgETI.WKYkqA--" align="left" height="130" width="108" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama promised Tuesday he would unveil his decision "shortly" on whether to escalate the war in Afghanistan and pledged: "It is my intention to finish the job."(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/politico_rss/rss_politico_mostpop/http___www_politico_com_news_stories1109_29918_html/34213110/SIG=11m3a1l0c/*http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29918.html politico_rss/20091125/http___www_politico_com_news_stories1109_29918_html Politico Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:07:15 GMT Politico - His decision to attend lends some star power to an event that's lost much luster &mdash; but at considerable risk. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/politico_rss/rss_politico_mostpop/http___www_politico_com_news_stories1109_29917_html/34213024/SIG=11mai7cho/*http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29917.html politico_rss/20091125/http___www_politico_com_news_stories1109_29917_html Politico Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:41:55 GMT Politico - The White House releases a new batch of visitor log records that discloses 1,615 visits. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obamas_turkey_delivery ap/20091125/us_obamas_turkey_delivery AP politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:00:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obamas_turkey_delivery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.415b392d029c413e88583fe2421edea8.obama_dcsw101.jpg?x=130&y=114&q=85&sig=tgItNpJ8Y21OkVj4jv9PTw--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama holds an unidentified child as he stands next to his mother-in-law Marian Robinson as they pack food for Thanksgiving at Martha's Table, a food pantry in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Obama family passed out turkeys, stuffing and other Thanksgiving favorites to people at a food pantry organization.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obamas_turkey_delivery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.415b392d029c413e88583fe2421edea8.obama_dcsw101.jpg?x=130&y=114&q=85&sig=tgItNpJ8Y21OkVj4jv9PTw--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama holds an unidentified child as he stands next to his mother-in-law Marian Robinson as they pack food for Thanksgiving at Martha's Table, a food pantry in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_bi_ge/us_white_house_health_meetings ap/20091126/us_white_house_health_meetings AP business Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:37:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_bi_ge/us_white_house_health_meetings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.478c866c864f40189ded1ba1926ad01f.white_house_health_meetings_wx104.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=3jpqgIX6Eud2PQkG15w8qQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="FILE - In this May 11, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama, center, speaks about health care in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. From left: Cedars-Sinai Health System President Thomas Priselac; Merck CEO Richard Clark; Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson; Obama; American Medical Association President J. James Rohack; SEIU Healthcare chair Dennis Rivera; and Edwards Lifesciences CEO Michael Mussallem. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama's top aides met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry heavyweights as his administration pieced together a national health care overhaul, according to White House visitor records obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_bi_ge/us_white_house_health_meetings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.478c866c864f40189ded1ba1926ad01f.white_house_health_meetings_wx104.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=3jpqgIX6Eud2PQkG15w8qQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this May 11, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama, center, speaks about health care in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. From left: Cedars-Sinai Health System President Thomas Priselac; Merck CEO Richard Clark; Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson; Obama; American Medical Association President J. James Rohack; SEIU Healthcare chair Dennis Rivera; and Edwards Lifesciences CEO Michael Mussallem. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, FILE)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_el_se/us_lou_dobbs_senate ap/20091126/us_lou_dobbs_senate AP Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:37:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_el_se/us_lou_dobbs_senate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.367cf210668044b2ae002d713ad9d63f.lou_dobbs_senate_ny118.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=ieNtUo9O2z7wSZvzz3TxJw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 file photo, Lou Dobbs, left, speaks with Bill O'Reilly during taping a segment for Fox News channel's 'The O'Reilly Factor,' in New York. Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as 'an intermediary step' that could lead to a run for the White House. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as a stepping stone to a possible White House bid &mdash; a congressional matchup that would pit one of illegal immigration's biggest critics against a champion for immigrant rights.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_el_se/us_lou_dobbs_senate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.367cf210668044b2ae002d713ad9d63f.lou_dobbs_senate_ny118.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=ieNtUo9O2z7wSZvzz3TxJw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 file photo, Lou Dobbs, left, speaks with Bill O'Reilly during taping a segment for Fox News channel's 'The O'Reilly Factor,' in New York. Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as 'an intermediary step' that could lead to a run for the White House. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_go_ot/us_us_india ap/20091125/us_us_india AP politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:27:37 GMT AP - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (MAHN'-moh-hahn SING) is issuing a stern warning to Pakistan on the eve of the first anniversary of the Mumbai terrorist attacks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091126/ts_nm/us_honduras_court nm/20091126/us_honduras_court Reuters topstories Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:23:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091126/ts_nm/us_honduras_court"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091126/i/r1062404498.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=edoXlCmGNbUXTXU_QUUcow--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya protest against the upcoming election, outside the National Congress in Tegucigalpa November 25, 2009. Honduran lawmakers will wait until after a Nov. 29 presidential election to decide whether to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya, delaying a vote central to a U.S.-led deal to end months of political turmoil. The posters read, "No to coup elections" (L) and "Democracy with a restitution of Mel Zelaya" (R). REUTERS/Edgard Garrido" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Honduras' Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that ousted President Manuel Zelaya cannot legally return to office, dimming the possibility of his reinstatement after a June coup, court sources said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091126/ts_nm/us_honduras_court"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091126/i/r1062404498.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=edoXlCmGNbUXTXU_QUUcow--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya protest against the upcoming election, outside the National Congress in Tegucigalpa November 25, 2009. Honduran lawmakers will wait until after a Nov. 29 presidential election to decide whether to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya, delaying a vote central to a U.S.-led deal to end months of political turmoil. The posters read, "No to coup elections" (L) and "Democracy with a restitution of Mel Zelaya" (R). REUTERS/Edgard Garrido" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091123/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_iraq ap/20091123/us_us_iraq AP politics Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:20:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091123/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.13fd5c895ab2439a88331988bedd1547.iraq_protest_elections_bag103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CJdCGPvYq.hJZh7Sz5iH6Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Iraqi Shiite protesters chant slogans against the veto made by Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president Tariq al-Hashemi on the election law in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad,on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Iraqi lawmakers will vote Saturday on how to break a deadlock over a key election law after a vice president vetoed the legislation, causing a crisis that could delay a national vote scheduled for January and affect the timetable for an American troop withdrawal.(AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)" border="0" /></a>AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is holding out the possibility that Iraq's national election could be delayed beyond January because of a dispute over the allocation of seats in parliament.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091123/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.13fd5c895ab2439a88331988bedd1547.iraq_protest_elections_bag103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CJdCGPvYq.hJZh7Sz5iH6Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iraqi Shiite protesters chant slogans against the veto made by Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president Tariq al-Hashemi on the election law in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad,on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Iraqi lawmakers will vote Saturday on how to break a deadlock over a key election law after a vice president vetoed the legislation, causing a crisis that could delay a national vote scheduled for January and affect the timetable for an American troop withdrawal.(AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_afp/eupoliticscommission afp/20091125/eupoliticscommission AFP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:17:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_afp/eupoliticscommission"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259172713657-1-0.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=B3v97lVmyA4SbOvNNqdmlQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso arrives at European Council headquarters on November 19. Barroso announced the nominations for his new team Wednesday, with conservatives to the fore and more women members than the outgoing EU executive.(AFP/Georges Gobet)" border="0" /></a>AFP - European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso announced the nominations for his new team Wednesday, with conservatives to the fore and more women members than the outgoing EU executive.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_afp/eupoliticscommission"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259172713657-1-0.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=B3v97lVmyA4SbOvNNqdmlQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="photo" title="European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso arrives at European Council headquarters on November 19. Barroso announced the nominations for his new team Wednesday, with conservatives to the fore and more women members than the outgoing EU executive.(AFP/Georges Gobet)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_greece_ancient_theater ap/20091125/eu_greece_ancient_theater AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:55:24 GMT AP - The ruined theater under the Acropolis where the works of Euripides and other classical playwrights were first performed some 2,500 years ago will undergo partial restoration over the next six years, Greek officials said Wednesday . http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/pl_afp/unclimatewarmingworld afp/20091126/unclimatewarmingworld AFP politics Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:10:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/pl_afp/unclimatewarmingworld"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259172853870-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=e_S8TmPpxl0Ircz8dVR9.g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A coral reef is pictured off Bunaken Island marine protected national park in Manado in May 2009. President Barack Obama will head to next month's Copenhagen climate summit armed with the first concrete US offer to cut carbon emissions, officials said Wednesday, reviving hopes the closely watched meeting will succeed.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)" border="0" /></a>AFP - President Barack Obama will head to next month's Copenhagen climate summit to offer the first US plan to cut carbon emissions, officials said, reviving hopes the closely watched meeting will succeed.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/pl_afp/unclimatewarmingworld"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259172853870-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=e_S8TmPpxl0Ircz8dVR9.g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A coral reef is pictured off Bunaken Island marine protected national park in Manado in May 2009. President Barack Obama will head to next month's Copenhagen climate summit armed with the first concrete US offer to cut carbon emissions, officials said Wednesday, reviving hopes the closely watched meeting will succeed.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091125/pl_mcclatchy/3365242 mcclatchy/20091125/3365242 McClatchy Newspapers politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:59:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091125/pl_mcclatchy/3365242"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259115346759-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CqfPhvZOeBqDzT_r61debw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US Marines fire mortar rounds from their forward operating base in Mian Poshteh in Helmand Province. President Barack Obama, vowing to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, promised he would soon announce his decision on sending tens of thousands more US troops to battle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban(AFP/Manpreet Romana)" border="0" /></a>McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON &mdash; President Barack Obama will unveil his long-awaited Afghanistan strategy in a prime-time address from West Point, N.Y., on Dec. 1, the White House said Wednesday, but the administration's advance remarks have sparked concern that talk of an eventual U.S. withdrawal will encourage Islamist insurgents to persevere.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091125/pl_mcclatchy/3365242"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259115346759-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CqfPhvZOeBqDzT_r61debw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Marines fire mortar rounds from their forward operating base in Mian Poshteh in Helmand Province. President Barack Obama, vowing to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, promised he would soon announce his decision on sending tens of thousands more US troops to battle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban(AFP/Manpreet Romana)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (McClatchy Newspapers) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20091126/pl_cq_politics/politics3254924 cq/20091126/politics3254924 CQPolitics.com politics Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:48:18 GMT CQPolitics.com - In the color-coded spectrum of modern-day politics, Americans for Democratic Action is, naturally, a deep blue. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20091126/pl_bloomberg/auncdqom5ysk bloomberg/20091126/auncdqom5ysk Bloomberg politics Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT Bloomberg - Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will travel to Copenhagen for climate-change talks, where he’ll offer to cut U.S. emissions about 17 percent by 2020 in an effort to help break a deadlock between rich and poor nations.