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A Pragmatic Pair Chosen to Confront Terrorism Threat

added on 2008-12-04 07:30:48 (Washington Post - Politics)

In nominating former federal prosecutors to lead the departments of Justice and Homeland Security, President-elect Barack Obama yesterday selected two Democrats with sterling law-and-order credentials but less experience in detecting threats and gathering intelligence in the age of international... ...more.

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Minority Advocates Watching Obama

added on 2008-12-04 07:30:49 (Washington Post - Politics)

Barack Obama's friend and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett likens the effort of piecing together a Cabinet for the president-elect to assembling a puzzle. The co-chair of his transition, John D. Podesta, promised that his team will "keep our eye on the ball" as it attempts to balance racial diversity,... ...more.

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US congresswoman hangs up on Obama

added on 2008-12-04 19:00:52 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)

A US Congresswoman hangs up the phone on President-elect Barack Obama, thinking the call is a hoax. ...more.

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Obama Transition Teams Scrutinizing Federal Agencies

added on 2008-12-04 07:30:47 (Washington Post - Politics)

Wearing yellow badges and traveling in groups of 10 or more, agency review teams for President-elect Barack Obama have swarmed into dozens of government offices, from the Pentagon to the National Council on Disability. ...more.

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Obama to Announce Choice of Richardson for Commerce Secretary

added on 2008-12-04 07:30:48 (Washington Post - Politics)

President-elect Barack Obama will name New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to head the Commerce Department at a news conference today in Chicago, according to transition sources. ...more.

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For Obama, White House Is an Unusually Big Transition

added on 2008-12-04 07:30:50 (Washington Post - Politics)

A familiar number showed up on Terry Link's cellphone last week, the one that belonged to the friend he tutored in politics, dominated in golf and sometimes referred to playfully as "Ears." At least once each week for almost a decade, the Illinois state senator had talked on the phone to Barack O... ...more.

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Haste Could Make Waste on Stimulus, States Say

added on 2008-12-04 07:30:48 (Washington Post - Politics)

With President-elect Barack Obama vowing to plow hundreds of billions of dollars into the nation's infrastructure, some state officials are warning that public works projects will fail to effectively lift the country out of recession unless they are chosen carefully and implemented rapidly. ...more.

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GOP Looks to Young Louisiana Gov. Jindal as Its Own Version of Obama

added on 2008-12-04 07:30:49 (Washington Post - Politics)

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Last weekend, 18 days after Barack Obama decisively defeated their candidate for president, a mostly Republican crowd of self-described conservatives received their first introduction to someone many prominent members of the GOP think could be the party's own version of Obama. ...more.

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Obama Sets Expansive Goal for Jobs

added on 2008-12-04 07:30:51 (Washington Post - Politics)

President-elect Barack Obama is developing a plan to create or preserve 2.5 million jobs over the next two years by spending billions of dollars to rebuild roads and bridges, modernize public schools, and construct wind farms and other alternative sources of energy. ...more.

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Top Officers Hopeful That Obama Will Bring More Realistic View Than Bush

added on 2008-12-04 07:30:49 (Washington Post - Politics)

Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, went unarmed into his first meeting with the new commander in chief -- no aides, no PowerPoint presentation, no briefing books. Summoned nine days ago to President-elect Barack Obama's Chicago transition office, Mullen showed up with... ...more.

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