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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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Obama Introduces Economic Team, Says 'Work Starts Today'

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

President-elect Barack Obama sought to assert his authority over the country's deepening financial crisis yesterday, unveiling his economic team and making it clear that he will not wait until Inauguration Day to set his plans for recovery in motion. ...more.

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Success of Clinton Choice Hinges on Rapport

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

Leaving the news conference in Chicago yesterday where he introduced his national security team, President-elect Barack Obama strolled out of the room arm in arm with his choice for secretary of state and onetime rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton. The gesture may have been a subtle indication that Obama... ...more.

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Obama Promotes an Array of Financial Proposals

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

In his second news conference in as many days, President-elect Barack Obama continued his assertive approach to the nation's financial woes, naming two more top economic officials and promoting a broad array of recovery plans he intends to push upon entering the White House in January. ...more.

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Obama Names White House Communications Staff

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

President-elect Barack Obama continued building his White House staff yesterday, naming his Senate and campaign spokesman Robert Gibbs as press secretary and filling two other key slots on his communications team. ...more.

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Obama Picks N.Y. Fed President Geithner as Treasury Secretary

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

President-elect Barack Obama has selected New York Federal Reserve Bank President Timothy F. Geithner as Treasury secretary, handing the post to a primary architect of the Bush administration's response to the financial crisis, according to Democratic and industry officials yesterday. ...more.

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Obama Chooses Peter Orszag as Chief of Office of Management and Budget

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

Not long ago, the men and women minding the federal budget were pure number crunchers. But in choosing Peter R. Orszag to run the Office of Management and Budget, President-elect Barack Obama indicated yesterday that the job will have a more expansive portfolio in his administration. ...more.

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Experts Say Obama Must Build a Bipartisan Machine to Move Education Law

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

President-elect Barack Obama has made big promises to educators, parents and the nation's nearly 50 million public school students. He vowed to recruit an "army of new teachers," create better tests and give public schools more funding. He also said he would make college more affordable. ...more.

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