Democratic Insider » Presidential Election http://democraticinsider.com An inside look at the Democrats Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:45:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Report: Gates sent White House memo on Iran policy (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100418/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iran_gates http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100418/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iran_gates#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:34:46 +0000 Yahoo! News: Elections ap/20100418/us_iran_gates A general view of the participants at the International Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, April 17, 2010. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday said any revision of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 'must be done by independent countries who do not own nuclear weapons'. The five-year review of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the cornerstone of global efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, will be held in May. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - A memo from Defense Secretary Robert Gates to the White House warned that the United States lacks a nimble long-term plan for dealing with Iran's nuclear program, according to a published report.


]]> A general view of the participants at the International Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, April 17, 2010. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday said any revision of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 'must be done by independent countries who do not own nuclear weapons'. The five-year review of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the cornerstone of global efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, will be held in May. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - A memo from Defense Secretary Robert Gates to the White House warned that the United States lacks a nimble long-term plan for dealing with Iran's nuclear program, according to a published report.


]]> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100418/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iran_gates/feed/ 0 Psst: Sec’y Hillary Rodham Clinton for court? (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100412/ap_on_go_su_co/us_obama_supreme_court http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100412/ap_on_go_su_co/us_obama_supreme_court#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:29:50 +0000 Yahoo! News: Elections ap/20100412/us_obama_supreme_court Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton signs a condolence book for Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria, at the Polish Embassy in Washington Sunday, April 11, 2010. Kaczynski, his wife, and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday when the presidential plane crashed as it tried to land in thick fog in western Russia. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - Sen. Orrin Hatch says he's heard Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's name mentioned in connection with the Supreme Court vacancy brought about by the retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens.


]]> Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton signs a condolence book for Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria, at the Polish Embassy in Washington Sunday, April 11, 2010. Kaczynski, his wife, and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday when the presidential plane crashed as it tried to land in thick fog in western Russia. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - Sen. Orrin Hatch says he's heard Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's name mentioned in connection with the Supreme Court vacancy brought about by the retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens.


]]> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100412/ap_on_go_su_co/us_obama_supreme_court/feed/ 0 Republicans focus efforts on November, say 2012 can wait http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=18e794fc8d5f7dc07cf79bd608c69421 http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=18e794fc8d5f7dc07cf79bd608c69421#comments Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0000 Dan Balz http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/10/AR2010041002056.html?wprss=rss_politics/elections
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]]> http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=18e794fc8d5f7dc07cf79bd608c69421/feed/ 0 Justice Stevens to leave while Obama in office (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100404/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_stevens http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100404/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_stevens#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:05:30 +0000 Yahoo! News: Elections ap/20100404/us_supreme_court_stevens FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2009, file photo Associate Justice John Paul Stevens sits for a new group photograph at the Supreme Court in Washington. Stevens, the oldest justice who turns 90 this April 2010, says he'll decide soon about retiring, for his own peace of mind and to give President Barack Obama and the Senate plenty of time to replace him. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says he will surely retire while President Barack Obama is still in office, giving the president the opportunity to maintain the high court's ideological balance.


]]> FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2009, file photo Associate Justice John Paul Stevens sits for a new group photograph at the Supreme Court in Washington. Stevens, the oldest justice who turns 90 this April 2010, says he'll decide soon about retiring, for his own peace of mind and to give President Barack Obama and the Senate plenty of time to replace him. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says he will surely retire while President Barack Obama is still in office, giving the president the opportunity to maintain the high court's ideological balance.


]]> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100404/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_stevens/feed/ 0 AP Exclusive: US aid going to Afghanistan partners (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100401/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_afghanistan_partners http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100401/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_afghanistan_partners#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:20:39 +0000 Yahoo! News: Elections ap/20100401/us_us_afghanistan_partners A U.S. Marine from Kilo company 3rd Battalion 6th Marines collects census data from Afghans, after they were searched, outside a U.S. Marine base in Marjah district, Helmand province, March 31, 2010. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)AP - The Pentagon is pouring millions of dollars into equipment and training for its smaller partner nations in the Afghanistan war, a new effort that could encourage some countries not to abandon the increasingly unpopular conflict.


]]> A U.S. Marine from Kilo company 3rd Battalion 6th Marines collects census data from Afghans, after they were searched, outside a U.S. Marine base in Marjah district, Helmand province, March 31, 2010. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)AP - The Pentagon is pouring millions of dollars into equipment and training for its smaller partner nations in the Afghanistan war, a new effort that could encourage some countries not to abandon the increasingly unpopular conflict.


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