Obama seeks new start in sagging US-Russia ties (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:13:24 GMT Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, speaks during his interview with Italian journalists at at the Barvikha presidential residence outside Moscow, on Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Mullen advises 'measured' approach to gay policy (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:45:48 GMT In this photograph provided by CBS, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen appears on 'Face the Nation' at the CBS studios in Washington Sunday, July 5, 2009. (AP Photo/CBS Face the Nation, Karin Cooper)

Rove: Palin resignation part of a 'risky strategy' (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:12:37 GMT Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009. The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the surprise announcement, saying she would step down July 26 but didn't announce her plans. (AP Photo/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Robert DeBerry)

Biden: Israel free to set own course on Iran (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:09:39 GMT U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, is seen with his son, U.S. Army Capt. Beau Biden, left, at Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 4, 2009. Biden celebrated the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops in Iraq on Saturday, a day after warning Iraqi leaders that U.S. assistance will be jeopardized if the country reverts to ethnic and sectarian violence. Biden began Independence Day by greeting more than 200 U.S. soldiers who were becoming American citizens at a naturalization ceremony in a marble domed hall at one of Saddam Hussein's palaces at Camp Victory, the U.S. military headquarters on the outskirts of Baghdad. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed, Pool)

Rove 'perplexed' by Palin, Huckabee calls move 'risky' (Politico) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:21:00 GMT A video frame grab shows former U.S. Republican Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announcing that she will resign this month and will not run for re-election as governor in Wasilla, Alaska, July 3, 2009. REUTERS/KTUU-TV

Biden predicts more jobs because of stimulus money (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:24:46 GMT U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks to troops at a naturalization ceremony at al-Faw Palace on the western outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 4, 2009. Biden was in attendance as some 237 soldiers from 59 countries tool the oath during his visit to Iraq. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

US-Russia framework deal on arms control expected (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:10:01 GMT Russian matryoshka nesting dolls decorated with the images of US President Barack Obama(L) and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev. Obama leaves for Russia Sunday, seeking to honor a US vow to "reset" strained but tentatively easing ties with Moscow and to muster a united front against Iran's nuclear program.(AFP/File/Oxana Onipko)

Powell says Iraq surge should have come earlier (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:00:58 GMT FILE -- In this July 1, 2008 file photo, former Secretary of State Colin Powell speaks in Providence, R.I., (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Obama plan could trim back financial powerhouses (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:51:25 GMT FILE - In this April 17, 2009 file photo, a sign at the Citigroup Center is seen in New York. They are the biggest of the big — the Citigroups, the Goldman Sachses, the AIGs and other behemoths of the financial system. The Obama administration doesn't want so many around anymore. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, FILE)

Obama bemoans golf swing to Russian reporter (AP) Elections News - Yahoo! News - Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:25:09 GMT US President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 2, 2009. The United States expects to see progress that could allow a deal by year's end to replace a Cold War-era nuclear arms treaty during Obama's visit to Moscow, a US official said Sunday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)