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December 30th, 2008Named obama
Clinton named as Obama's secretary of state
US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama and former candidate Senator Hillary Clinton prepare to board a plane. Photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP President-elect ... (more...)
Obama named 'Person of the Year'
"He has come to dominate the public sphere so completely that it beggars belief to recall that half the people in America had never heard of him two years ago. "He hit the American ... (more...)
Obama Named Time?s ?Person of the Year?
It?s another victory for president-elect Barack Obama. He is Time magazine?s ?Person of the Year? for 2008. Runners up for the honour include American Treasury Secretary ... (more...)
Lander named to Obama's science team
President-elect Barack Obama on Friday named Eric Lander, the founding director of the Broad Institute, a co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology ... (more...)
Mainer named to Obama Cabinet
CHICAGO ? Completing his Cabinet a month before taking office, President-elect Barack Obama named officials to oversee transportation, labor, trade and small-business policy ... (more...)
Richardson adviser worked for firm feds probing - Forbes
One of Gov. Bill Richardson's close friends and advisers worked as a consultant for the California firm at the center of a federal pay-to-play probe that derailed the governor's appointment as commerce secretary. Mike Stratton's consulting firm ... (more...)
Presidents gather for 'extraordinary' meeting - Akron Beacon Journal
WASHINGTON: President-elect Barack Obama hailed a rare Oval Office gathering of all U.S. presidents as an extraordinary event today as the current occupant, President George W. Bush, reminded his predecessors and successor that the office ... (more...)
2 months after election, Minnesota Senate race now heads to court - Detroit Free Press
Republican Norm Coleman filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Democrat Al Franken?s apparent recount victory, likely keeping one of Minnesota?s two U.S. Senate seats unoccupied for weeks or even months. It promises to reopen many of the disputes ... (more...)
Nancy Killefer To Be Named Obama's CPO - HULIQ.com
Nancy Killefer from the McKinsey & Company will be named as the Chief Performance Officer in the Barack Obama's administration . This is a newly created position and Nancy Killefer's job will be to work on the federal budget and to reform government ... (more...)
Obama names special watchdog for federal spending - Huffingtonpost.com
WASHINGTON ? President-elect Barack Obama said Wednesday that reforming massive government entitlement programs _ such as Social Security and Medicare _ would be "a central part" of his effort to control federal spending. Obama made the pledge but ... (more...)