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Federal-Employee Unions Angered as Bush Bars National Security Workers

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

Government unions yesterday criticized a White House executive order that bars certain workers at five federal departments from joining a union because they are engaged in intelligence gathering, investigations and other national security work. ...more.

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Lawmakers Want Outside Applicants in Hunt for Job Helping U.S. Voters Overseas

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

A bipartisan group of legislators and advocates for the military and Americans overseas are urging Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to expand the search for a new director for the troubled Pentagon office that helps those citizens vote by absentee ballot. ...more.

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Federal Prosecutor Is Making Inquiries in the Investigation of the Dismissal of 9 U.S. Attorneys in 2006

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

A prosecutor who is investigating the dismissals of nine U.S. attorneys has been meeting with defense lawyers, dispatching subpoenas and seeking information about the events, according to legal sources familiar with the case. ...more.

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Gregory Is in Talks With NBC to Host 'Meet the Press'

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

NBC is in advanced negotiations with David Gregory to become the moderator of "Meet the Press" and could announce the move as early as Sunday, when Tom Brokaw hopes to wind up his temporary stint on the program, according to network executives familiar with the situation. ...more.

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Obama Remarks Before Meeting With Governors

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

RENDELL: Good morning, everyone. It is a great honor to have the president and vice president elect here in Congress Hall for what is an unprecedented meeting. You know, about ten days ago, the president-elect said that the economic recovery plan will require the input and participation of the na... ...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 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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Palin Campaigns for Sen. Chambliss in Georgia Runoff Election

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

DULUTH, Ga., Dec. 1 -- Declaring "I'll tell ya, I've had Georgia on my mind," former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin implored Georgia conservatives on Monday to vote for Sen. Saxby Chambliss in Tuesday's runoff election. ...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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Meet Obama's New Hero: Hillary Clinton

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

When Barack Obama stood on the stage in Chicago yesterday with his "dear friend" Hillary Clinton at his side, it was the starkest evidence yet that change had come -- to the president-elect. ...more.

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