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transition stories: 54 news summaries

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 Summers Vs. Geithner 
 for Treasury Chief 

Democrats divided on pick

Nov 7, 08 12:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The top candidates to become Treasury secretary, Larry Summers and Timothy Geithner, have Democrats split, and Politico looks at the resumes of both. Summers is a brilliant economist and close Obama adviser, but hardly smells of change, having backed deregulation and free-market strategies as Clinton’s Treasury chief. He's supposedly... More »

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Barack Obama • transition • Larry Summers • Treasury secretary • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

 Bush, Obama Will 
 Sit Down Monday 

Transition moving quickly between president, successor

Nov 6, 08 1:36 PM CST
(Newser) - President George W. Bush will meet with Barack Obama early next week to discuss plans for transition, the Washington Post reports. Obama received his first intelligence briefing this morning, and key staffers have been given expedited security clearances. “We face economic challenges that will not pause to let a... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • President • transition • economy • George W. Bush • transition team • President Obama • meeting • security clearance • intelligence briefing

Laura Invites Obamas Over
to the House

Incoming first lady gets tour of new digs from Bush on Monday

Nov 6, 08 12:59 PM CST
(Newser) - At Laura Bush’s invitation, Michelle Obama will visit the White House on Monday, along with that guy who got elected Tuesday, to scope out the new residence, the Washington Post reports. The first-lady-to-be thanked Bush for helping her during the transition, after a campaign in which Obama hailed the... More »

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Michelle Obama • White House • Laura Bush • transition • first lady • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama

Longtime Obama Aide Gibbs to Be Named Press Secretary

Strategist was frequent grinning surrogate on news shows

Nov 6, 08 11:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama intends to name senior aide Robert Gibbs as White House press secretary, a top Democratic official tells Politico. Gibbs was a senior communications strategist for Obama, and distinguished himself as a cheery TV surrogate throughout the campaign. The post hasn’t officially been offered or accepted, but journalists... More »

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Barack Obama • transition • press secretary • Robert Gibbs

 Obama Gets First Taste of Commander-in-Chief Role

Gets first national security briefing, assembles staff

Nov 6, 08 9:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama receives his first top-secret national intelligence briefing today, and with it his first taste of life as commander-in-chief, reports Time. Already international concerns are vying for Obama’s attention—Hamid Karzai is demanding the president-elect reduce civilian casualties in Afghanistan, and Pakistan’s PM wants him to end... More »

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national security • Barack Obama • secretary of State • defense secretary • transition • President Obama

Obama Gets Down to Business 

Treasury chief may be announced today as transition gears up

Nov 6, 08 4:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The Barack Obama team is swiftly dismantling his presidential campaign network and getting the framework in place for the transfer of power, the Washington Post reports. Economic issues are taking priority and the president-elect may announce his Treasury secretary as soon as today. Sources say New York Fed Chief Timothy... More »

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Barack Obama • Paul Volcker • transition • Larry Summers • Election 2008 • George W. Bush • Obama administration • Treasury secretary • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

 Bush: US 
 Should 
 Be Proud 

Obama election 'triumph of the American story,' president says

Nov 5, 08 1:24 PM CST
(Newser) - All Americans, no matter who they voted for, should be “overcome with pride” at Barack Obama’s historic victory, President Bush said today, calling it “a triumph of the American story.” Bush promised he’d give Obama his “complete cooperation” in preparing for the transition. He... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • Condoleezza Rice • transition • Election 2008 • George W. Bush • President Obama

ANALYSIS

Governing Will Make Campaign Look Easy

Prioritizing amid economic downturn will present enormous challenge

Nov 5, 08 9:55 AM CST
(Newser) - The challenges ahead for Barack Obama are perhaps the largest facing any new president since FDR, Dan Balz writes in the Washington Post. He'll have sizable congressional majorities, but with a redrawn electoral map—including a number of formerly GOP states in his column—he'll have to wrestle immediately with... More »

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Barack Obama • FDR • transition • Election 2008 • President Obama

Obama Taps Emanuel as
He Moves Into Transition

President-elect expected to move 'quickly, but not hastily' to fill top jobs

Nov 5, 08 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - The president-elect has offered the job of White House chief of staff to Rep. Rahm Emanuel, Jake Tapper reports this morning. Emanuel, who Tapper calls a "sharp-tongued, sharp-elbowed, keenly intelligent veteran of the Clinton White House," hasn't given his answer, Tapper's source says. Meanwhile, campaign insiders tell the... More »

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Barack Obama • Cabinet • Rahm Emanuel • Obama 2008 • transition • Election 2008 • Obama administration

OPINION

Unprepared Next Gen Faces 'Stone-Cold Scarcity'

Can young people used to prosperity handle scarcity?

Nov 4, 08 11:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Today marks a national sea change, the “end of an economic era, a political era, and a generational era,” writes David Brooks in the New York Times. “The baby boomers have been a politically undistinguished generation,” he writes, and now, “change is demanded." If... More »

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Barack Obama • baby boomer • transition • weakening economy • David Brooks • Election 2008 • financial crisis

Bush Gets
Props—for
Exit Planning

Prez praised by both parties for ambitious transition efforts

Nov 4, 08 9:33 AM CST
(Newser) - These days, not even "Brownie" would say "Heckuva job, Bushie," but President Bush is getting lauded by both sides of the aisle over his perhaps unparalleled efforts to ensure a smooth handover of power, Bloomberg reports. Bush began delegating tasks and deadlines this spring. “The White... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • presidency • White House • transition • George W. Bush

GLOSSIES

Obama's First 100: Channel FDR, Avoid Clinton Foibles

Democrats hoping for 'new New Deal,' but financial crisis will be drag on any efforts

Oct 27, 08 7:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Up big in the polls with Election Day fast approaching, “a lot of people around Barack are reading books about FDR’s first 100 days,” one Obama insider tells New York. Aides have gone beyond simply planning his White House transition; they’ve drafted a book-length administration blueprint,... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Clinton • Rahm Emanuel • Obama 2008 • New Deal • Franklin D. Roosevelt • transition • Election 2008 • 100 days

OPINION

 Oval Office Handover Opens Critical Security Gap 

9/11 Commission members call for changes to smooth transition

Jul 16, 08 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - January's transition in Oval Office occupants opens up a national security gap for America's enemies to exploit, Jamie Gorelick and Slade Gorton write in the New York Times. The handover from Clinton to Bush was deeply flawed, the 9/11 Commission members note, with "no effective dialog" between the two.... More »

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national security • president • 9/11 commission • nominee • transition • presidential candidates

Bush to Urge Cubans to Rise Up

Calls power transition from Fidel to brother unacceptable

Oct 24, 07 4:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush is expected to make a landmark speech on Cuba today, calling the transfer of power from Fidel Castro to his brother Raul unacceptable to the United States. The president will also address the Cuban people, urging them to resist "the force of a dying regime," reports... More »

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democracy • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Raul Castro • political prisoner • transition • Cuban dissidents • John Kavulich • George W. Bush

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