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Obama Unveils His National Security Team
President-elect Barack Obama announced as expected that Hillary Clinton would be his top diplomat and Robert Gates would stay on as defense secretary. President-elect Barack Obama on Monday officially introduced the members of his national security team, including former Democratic primary rival Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state and Robert Gates, who will be [...]
Posted: December 1st, 2008 under Political.
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Obama Promotes Fiscal Restraint, Big Spending
President-elect to lay out his budget belt-tightening vision and introduce Peter Orszag as his new director of the Office of Management and Budget. WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama wants to project fiscal restraint even as his economic team assembles a massive recovery package that could cost several hundred billion dollars. A day after introducing the [...]
Posted: November 25th, 2008 under Political.
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Obama Set to Unveil New Economic Team
President-elect to formally unveil his team of economic experts to battle the most severe U.S. financial crisis in eight decades WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama names his economic team Monday and may call for the next Congress to quickly pass a massive stimulus plan that would dwarf even his campaign proposals to salvage the country’s financial [...]
Posted: November 24th, 2008 under Political.
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Source: Eric Holder Being Vetted as Obama Attorney General
A source close to Barack Obama’s transition team is feeling out Senate Republicans to see if former Clinton Assistant Attorney General Eric Holder would pass confirmation after his role in the 2001 Marc Rich pardon. WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama’s aides have privately asked senators whether Washington attorney Eric Holder would be confirmed as the [...]
Posted: November 18th, 2008 under Political.
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Bush Angry After White House Chat Details Leaked
Administration aides say President Bush is unhappy that his discussion Monday with President-elect Barack Obama was leaked and cast as a horse trade between signing a second economic stimulus bill in exchange for congressional passage of the Colombia Free Trade deal. President Bush is unhappy the conversation held Monday between him and President-elect Barack Obama [...]
Posted: November 11th, 2008 under Political.
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