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Agreement Near for Gates to Stay On as Defense Secretary

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

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is close to finalizing an agreement to remain at the Pentagon for at least the first year of Barack Obama's presidency, providing the new commander in chief with a Republican in his Cabinet and continuity for a military waging two wars, according to Democrats... ...more.

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White House Prods Allies to Oppose Limits on Greenhouse Gases

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

As the Bush administration prepares to issue its ruling on whether to limit greenhouse gases, it's sending out a message to some of its allies: Tell us how much you don't want us to regulate emissions linked to global warming. ...more.

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Former Biden Aide Ted Kaufman to Take Incoming Vice President's Senate Seat

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

Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner (D) announced yesterday that she will appoint Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman, a friend and former aide to Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., to fill the Senate seat Biden will vacate until a special election can be held in two years. ...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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Obama Names National Security Team

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

President-elect Barack Obama's high-powered national security team, introduced yesterday at a Chicago news conference, faces the challenge of managing two wars and various ongoing foreign policy crises even as it helps the president-elect shape what he called "a new beginning, a new dawn of Ameri... ...more.

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Report Sounds Alarm on Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction

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

The odds that terrorists will soon strike a major city with weapons of mass destruction are now better than even, a bipartisan congressionally mandated task force concludes in a draft study that warns of growing threats from rogue states, nuclear smuggling networks and the spread of atomic know-how... ...more.

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Nomination of Rice for U.N. Post Indicates a Shift Toward Multilateralism

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

As one of President-elect Barack Obama's closest campaign advisers and a fellow opponent of the war in Iraq, Susan E. Rice was regarded as a lock for a senior post in Washington after the election. ...more.

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A National Security Team That Looks Like the Nation

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

President-elect Barack Obama yesterday introduced a war cabinet that is more diverse than that of any other president in recent history, appointing three women and two African Americans to his top national security and foreign policy posts. But the six folks nominated mirror the national security... ...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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