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OPINION

 A Look at Obama's 
 Energy Blueprint 

Going green will help bring US out of crisis: Klein

Time Time Nov 13, 08 1:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Detroit's looking for a bailout. China just announced a massive stimulus package, including big investments in transportation and energy. What’s a president-elect to do? Barack Obama would be best served by making good on his promise to create an alternative energy economy, writes Joe Klein in Time. Thankfully, the head of Obama’s transition team runs a think tank-with a proposal for just that. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • climate change • President Obama • energy • alternative energy • energy policy • green building • Center for American Progress • John Podesta

Elizabeth Edwards Back on Stump—for Health Reform

3 months on from scandal, attorney returns to public life, alone

Washington Post Washington Post Oct 29, 08 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards is cautiously reemerging into public life—sans wedding ring—after her husband's headline-grabbing affair, the Washington Post writes. She declines to play the role of the wronged wife and avoids interviews. But she's giving speeches again, a physically fragile but fierce advocate of a more fair health care system, drawing on her extensive legal experience and her continuing battle with cancer. More »

More about:  cancer • John Edwards • health care • Elizabeth Edwards • health care reform • Center for American Progress

 Bush to Unveil
 Greenhouse
 Gas Goals 

Ready with targets, no specifics, ahead of Paris talks

Washington Post Washington Post Apr 16, 08 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush is expected to propose intermediate goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions today on the eve of climate change negotiations in Paris. The goals won't include proposed legislation or specifics on changes needed to reach the targets, reports the Washington Post. He will also reiterate his opposition to mandatory emissions standards that don't apply to India and China. More »

ANALYSIS

Elizabeth Edwards Sides
With Clinton on Health Care

Former candidate's wife also joins Clinton loyalist think tank

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire Apr 9, 08 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards said this morning she has “more confidence in Senator Clinton’s policy than Senator Obama’s” on health care, fueling speculation that the famous political spouse could endorse Hillary in the Democratic presidential race. Edwards has also become a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, which Jay Carney, in Time , calls “a kind of Hillary Clinton Administration-in-waiting.” More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • health care • Elizabeth Edwards • health care reform • Center for American Progress

Did the US
Do Enough
for Bhutto?

American officials too trusting of Musharraf security, say critics

Time Time Dec 28, 07 4:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Finger pointing has begun in the wake of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto—and several fingers are pointing at Washington, reports Time magazine. Critics say the White House is so committed to supporting President Pervez Musharraf, a key ally in the war against terror, that the US has been too trusting of his administration and failed to pressure the Pakistan leader to give Bhutto adequate security.      More »

More about:  al-Qaeda • Pervez Musharraf • Taliban • Benazir Bhutto • Joe Biden • assassination • Center for American Progress

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