News with and about 'news'

SPEAKERS: PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR. [*] OBAMA: The news this past week, including this morning's news about Citigroup, has made it even more clear that we are facing an economic crisis of historic proportions. Our financial markets are under stress.... ...more.

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The President-Elect, Talking Turkey

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

President-elect Obama had nearly finished his third news conference in as many days yesterday when he decided to favor his audience with one more tasty morsel of information about the just-announced members of his economic team. ...more.

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McCain Says He Will Run For Senate Again in 2010

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

Sen. John McCain, who faced hometown reporters yesterday in his first news conference since losing the presidential election, pledged to return to the regular work of a senator and defended his decision to pick Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. ...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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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 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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