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US helping Iraq adopt election law: Clinton

AFP - 1 hour 34 minutes ago

The United States is "deeply involved" in efforts to help Iraqi rivals adopt an electoral law, but elections may be delayed, Secretary of Stage Hillary Clinton said Monday.

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Inability to compromise may delay Iraqi election
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 31 minutes ago
Iraq's parliament failed Monday to produce an election law that pleased minority Sunni Arabs, prompting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to say that nationwide balloting scheduled for January "might slip" to a later date.
Clinton says Iraqi election might be delayed
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 12:20 pm ET
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.
Clinton to miss 2nd OSCE ministerial in a row: Greece
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 11:54 am ET
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will not attend an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) foreign ministers' meeting in early December in Athens, a Greek Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
Will Karzai allow Afghan prosecutors to charge ministers?
McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 8 minutes ago
KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai's pledge to root out political corruption in his second term faces a quick test from government attorneys, who've asked for new powers to pursue some of the country's top leaders.
Dispute over law means delay likely for Iraq elections
McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 4:18 pm ET
BAGHDAD — Iraq's pivotal national elections, originally scheduled for January, faced a likely delay of weeks or even longer after wrangling over a law setting terms for the polls broke down Monday.
Obama to meet war cabinet on Afghanistan
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 3:47 pm ET
President Barack Obama gathered his war cabinet Monday for what officials indicated could be the final time before he decides whether to dispatch tens of thousands more US troops to Afghanistan.
Obama to meet advisers on Afghanistan
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 3:44 pm ET
President Barack Obama planned a ninth session with top advisers on Afghanistan on Monday as he neared a decision on whether to send troops and fought Republican charges that he is taking too long to make up his mind.
Iraq’s January Elections Face Near Certain Delay
International Herald Tribune - Mon Nov 23, 3:06 pm ET
Iraq’s effort to hold parliamentary elections in January has collapsed, raising the prospect of a political and constitutional crisis ahead of the planned U.S. troop withdrawal.
Obama’s Warming to China Seen as Slight in India
New York Times - Mon Nov 23, 2:49 pm ET
India sees a warmer relationship between Washington and Beijing under the Obama administration as a threat to its rise as a global power.
Obama pushes science, math education
USA Today - Mon Nov 23, 2:05 pm ET
President Obama will speak about several government initiatives to raise the level of education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Iraq parliament passes new vote law
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 1:27 pm ET
Iraq's parliament on Monday approved an amended law needed to hold an election next year, but the new text risks being vetoed a second time -- which could delay both the vote and next year's partial U.S. troop withdrawal.
Amended Iraqi election law still angers Sunnis
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 12:50 pm ET
Iraq's parliament amended the country's vetoed election law on Monday with a version that failed to appease Sunni Arabs, who fear they are being marginalized.
CFTC chief Gary Gensler is out to police financial Wild West
USA Today - Mon Nov 23, 12:26 pm ET
As chairman of the CFTC, Gary Gensler is leading the Obama administration's campaign to start policing the Wild West of finance.
Video: Would health care be different if Clinton was HHS secretary?
MSNBC - Mon Nov 23, 10:43 am ET
Nov. 23: The New Republic's Michael Crowley joins the Morning Joe roundtable to discuss how Hillary Clinton has changed over the years. (Other)
Obama adds Afghanistan meeting to Monday schedule
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 10:34 am ET
President Barack Obama added a Monday night meeting with top advisers on Afghanistan to his schedule as he closes in on a decision on whether to send more U.S. troops.