http://www.seattlepi.com/national/apwashington.asp Get the latest AP (Wash DC) from seattlepi.com. Copyright 2010 Seattle Post-Intelligencer and The Associated Press. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. en-us http://www.seattlepi.com/art2/logo/logo.gif http://www.seattlepi.com 88 31 newmedia@seattlepi.com newmedia@seattlepi.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:40 GMT 10 http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1155ap_us_tea_party_montana.html?source=rss HELENA, Mont. -- A Montana tea party association's board will reconsider kicking its president out of the group for an anti-gay exchange on Facebook after several members resigned over his dismissal, a board member said Wednesday. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1155ap_us_tea_party_montana.html?source=rss Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:36 GMT http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1151ap_quran_burning_obama.html?source=rss WASHINGTON -- First came the outrage over plans for a mosque near ground zero. Now there's anger over a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1151ap_quran_burning_obama.html?source=rss Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:06 GMT http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1155ap_us_arkansas_senate_clinton.html?source=rss LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Former President Bill Clinton says it would be a "terrible mistake" for Arkansas voters to defeat Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln and lose her post chairing the Senate Agriculture Committee. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1155ap_us_arkansas_senate_clinton.html?source=rss Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:00 GMT http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1153ap_us_boxer_aide_arrest.html?source=rss WASHINGTON -- An aide to Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer has been arrested on charges that he brought marijuana into a Senate office building. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1153ap_us_boxer_aide_arrest.html?source=rss Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:54 GMT http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1155ap_us_quran_burning_beck.html?source=rss WASHINGTON -- Pakistan's ambassador to the United States is calling on conservative radio and television host Glenn Beck to denounce the planned burning of the Quran to show that Americans are tolerant of other faiths. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1155ap_us_quran_burning_beck.html?source=rss Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:21 GMT http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_quran_burning_embassies.html?source=rss WASHINGTON -- The State Department has ordered U.S. embassies around the world to assess their security ahead of a Florida church group's planned weekend burning of the Muslim holy book amid fears it could spark anti-American violence. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_quran_burning_embassies.html?source=rss Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:19 GMT http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1155ap_us_pakistan_terror_fight.html?source=rss WASHINGTON -- Massive flooding that has submerged vast swaths of Pakistan has stretched thin the Pakistani military and will hamper its fight against terrorists, the country's ambassador to the U.S. said Wednesday. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1155ap_us_pakistan_terror_fight.html?source=rss Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:16 GMT http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1155ap_us_off_road_crash_deaths.html?source=rss WASHINGTON -- The agency charged with monitoring off-road racing on federal lands is promising to increase staffing and crack down on violations of racing permits. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1155ap_us_off_road_crash_deaths.html?source=rss Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:05 GMT http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_quran_burning_washington.html?source=rss WASHINGTON -- The top two national security advisers in President Barack Obama's Cabinet on Wednesday denounced plans by a small church in Florida to burn the Muslim holy book to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, saying it would inflame tensions and put Americans abroad at risk. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_quran_burning_washington.html?source=rss Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:59 GMT http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_us_drug_cartels.html?source=rss WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says drug cartels in Mexico and Central America are looking more like insurgencies, and the threat they pose is growing. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_us_drug_cartels.html?source=rss Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:57 GMT http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1151ap_us_oval_office_rug_corrective.html?source=rss WASHINGTON -- In a story Sept. 7 about the new rug in the Oval Office, The Associated Press erroneously reported the first name of a 19th-century abolitionist who inspired the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The individual is Theodore Parker, not Thomas Parker. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1151ap_us_oval_office_rug_corrective.html?source=rss Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:37 GMT http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1155ap_us_stem_cells.html?source=rss WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is asking a federal appeals court to lift an order blocking federal funding for some stem cell research, a day after being turned down by the judge who issued the order. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1155ap_us_stem_cells.html?source=rss Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:13 GMT http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_iraq_us_deaths.html?source=rss As of Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, at least 4,418 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_iraq_us_deaths.html?source=rss Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:09 GMT http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1151ap_us_white_house_emanuel.html?source=rss WASHINGTON -- White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says that being mayor of Chicago isn't something that rolls around often and he's sure chief of staff Rahm Emanuel will take some time to weigh his options. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1151ap_us_white_house_emanuel.html?source=rss Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:37 GMT http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_us_terrorism_training.html?source=rss WASHINGTON -- Seldom visible in the Yemeni mountains, the elite U.S. commandos training the Yemen's military represent the Obama administration's quest to fight terrorism without inflaming anti-American sentiment. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_us_terrorism_training.html?source=rss Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:34 GMT http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_quran_burning_clinton.html?source=rss WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that plans by a small church in Florida to burn the Muslim holy book are "outrageous" and "aberrational" and do not represent America. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_quran_burning_clinton.html?source=rss Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:34 GMT http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_quran_burning_gates.html?source=rss WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates is adding his voice to those of top U.S. generals and others who say that a Florida church's plan to burn the Quran could endanger U.S. forces in the field. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_quran_burning_gates.html?source=rss Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:08 GMT http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_quran_burning_clinton_2nd_ldwritethru.html?source=rss WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that plans by a small church in Florida to burn the Muslim holy book are "outrageous" and "aberrational" and do not represent America. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_quran_burning_clinton_2nd_ldwritethru.html?source=rss Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:24 GMT http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_us_russia_arms_treaty.html?source=rss WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates assured lawmakers Wednesday he expects Russia to abide by a new nuclear arms treaty, but that even if Moscow cheats it won't gain any military advantage. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_us_russia_arms_treaty.html?source=rss Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:17 GMT http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_us_nkorea.html?source=rss WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the U.S. message to North Korea is the same, whoever leads the country: Give up your nuclear ambitions. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_us_nkorea.html?source=rss Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:13 GMT