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Fed Has Giant, and Opaque, Role in Financial Crisis Aid

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

Wall Street analysts, congressional overseers and the media have parsed every detail of the Treasury Department's financial rescue program -- $250 billion and counting. ...more.

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Capitol Visitor Center Transforms East Side With Unsettling Pomposity

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

Over time, the U.S. Capitol has taken on two very different faces. What was once deemed the back side of the building -- facing the Mall -- became a grand, ceremonial front, with the addition of dramatic stairs, terraces and landscaping that emphasized its prominence on a hill. To the east, the o... ...more.

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Jury Selection Begins in Case Connected to Abramoff

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

Jury selection began today in the retrial of a former White House aide on corruption charges linked to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. ...more.

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Obama Names National Security Team

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

OBAMA: Good morning, everybody. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. ...more.

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Confusion Surrounds Legal Status of Online Bets and Firms That Handle Them

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

By many measures, Neteller PLC was a huge success. Founded in 1999, the financial services company signed up millions of customers and saw its market value soar to almost $2 billion. ...more.

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Labor Dept. Accused of Straying From Enforcement

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

The next labor secretary will be taking charge of an agency widely criticized for walking away from its regulatory function across a range of issues, including wage and hour law and workplace safety. ...more.

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Senate Could Give New President Early Legislative Victories

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

As Senate Democrats prepare for next year's agenda, they are likely to have a working filibuster-proof majority on a variety of legislative issues that could provide early victories for President-elect Barack Obama. ...more.

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Biden Taps Advisers For Key Positions

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

Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. said yesterday that he has chosen a close adviser of more than 25 years as his counselor and has picked two other longtime political advisers for key posts in his office. ...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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U.S. 'Not Getting What We Pay For'

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

Talk to the chief executives of America's preeminent health-care institutions, and you might be surprised by what you hear: When it comes to medical care, the United States isn't getting its money's worth. Not even close. ...more.

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