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Obama Job Applications Headed for National Archives

Privacy rules will keep much secret, but applying to government does have perils

Dec 8, 08 9:41 AM CST
(Newser) - You know how they say your Facebook page will come back to haunt you? Now imagine if it weren’t just on the Internet, but in the National Archives. That’s the likely destination of personal information submitted by applicants to Barack Obama’s administration, reports Politico. Not to fear,... More »

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National Archives • Obama administration • transition team • President Obama

OPINION

 Latest Rage-Reducer: WWOD? 

If Obama can forgive Lieberman, writer can forgive slapdash husband

Dec 6, 08 9:02 AM CST
(Newser) - What would Obama do? Leslie Savan decided not to blast her husband for faulty dishwashing after asking herself this question, she writes in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and she's not the only person she knows who's paused in moments of fury to consider the president-elect's level-headed ways. It's "more than... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • George W. Bush • Obama administration • President Obama

ANALYSIS

Five Best Jobs Left in Obama Administration

Highest-profile unfilled slots are energy, intelligence positions

Dec 5, 08 1:12 PM CST
(Newser) - State and Defense are taken, but Barack Obama has yet to fill several high-level administration positions. Politico looks at the top five open jobs:
  • Energy Secretary: Sustainable energy will remain a priority, despite the attention the economy will draw away. Key candidates: Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm; Dan Reicher
... More »

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CIA • torture • clean energy • Jennifer Granholm • labor unions • Kathleen Sebelius • Director of National Intelligence • Tim Roemer • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • Dan Reicher • Sonal Shah • Vinton Cerf

Dems: Obama Must Take Charge of Economy Now

There's no time to waste, pols warn

Dec 5, 08 1:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Top Democrats are becoming increasingly frustrated with Barack Obama's reluctance to take charge of the economic crises,  AP reports. The president-elect has consistently said it would be premature for him to dictate solutions to the auto industry's woes, and steer $700 billion in bailout funds, but critics in his... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • Barney Frank • bailout • Obama administration • financial crisis • transition team • President Obama

Geithner Wants to Oust FDIC Chief Bair

'Independent actor' in crisis worries Obama's Treasury nominee

Dec 4, 08 11:26 AM CST
(Newser) - If Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner has his way, Barack Obama will show FDIC chief Sheila Bair the door, Bloomberg reports. Geithner, who has battled Bair over emergency measures like the Citigroup rescue, says she isn’t a team player, and is concerned more with her agency than the broader economy.... More »

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FDIC • Obama administration • financial crisis • Sheila Bair • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

Openly Gay Union Activist
on Shortlist for Labor Secretary

Granholm, Sebelius also rumored picks

Dec 3, 08 10:43 AM CST
(Newser) - A gay union leader is on the shortlist for Barack Obama's secretary of labor, the Wall Street Journal reports. Democratic officials have confirmed that Mary Beth Maxwell—who would become the first openly gay Cabinet member in American history if chosen—is being vetted for the position, along with Govs.... More »

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Barack Obama • unions • Department of Labor • Jennifer Granholm • Kathleen Sebelius • David Bonior • gays • Obama administration • gay women • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • Mary Beth Maxwell

Obama Team Swarms Federal Agencies

Preparation for handover has been under way for months

Dec 3, 08 7:26 AM CST
(Newser) - As Washington prepares for an Obama administration, 135 members of the president-elect's transition team are swarming into federal agencies to scrutinize budgets, interview civil servants, and prepare to take control of the government. Preparation for a smooth transition began months before Election Day, writes the Washington Post. The Obama teams,... More »

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Bush administration • government • transition • Obama administration • President Obama

OPINION

 Who Are You Calling 
 a Liability? 

Clinton doing good work

Dec 2, 08 2:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Washington’s pundit class has furiously argued that Bill Clinton’s mountain of foreign entanglements will prove a liability for the Obama administration. Poppycock, writes Joe Conason in Salon. Clinton has accepted some restrictions on his activities, and those make sense. “What would not make sense, however, is to... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Clinton Global Initiative • Obama administration

ANALYSIS

 Appointments Signal 
 Shift From Candidate to Prez 

National security team shows transition from candidate to leader

Dec 2, 08 7:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Yesterday's unveiling of Barack Obama's national security team did more than just end the rancor between him and Hillary Clinton; it established Obama as leader of a broad coalition that may transform his own views on American power. As Peter Baker writes for the New York Times, Obama's partnership with... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Robert Gates • Iraq war • Iraq exit strategy • Obama administration • President Obama

OPINION

 By Accepting New Role, 
 Hillary Finally Concedes 

Acceptance speech closes the curtain on long nomination battle

Dec 2, 08 3:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's formal acceptance of her upcoming role as secretary of state yesterday looked to many like the moment she conceded the election for real, Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times. She told the audience that she would find it hard to leave the Senate, but it was... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • Clinton 2008 • Obama administration • President Obama

Obama Plans to Erase
Bush's Environmental Mark

EPA, Interior Dept. to be put to work fighting climate change

Nov 28, 08 10:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Whoever Barack Obama picks for the top posts at the EPA and the Interior Department will likely be put straight to work reversing the course those agencies have been on for eight years, the Washington Post reports. Obama has made it plain that he plans to undo many of the... More »

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Barack Obama • Department of the Interior • Environmental Protection Agency • George W. Bush • EPA • Obama administration • President Obama

OPINION

Rove: Obama Has Picked a
First-Rate Economic Team

Solid picks win rare praise from former Bush deputy

Nov 28, 08 6:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Karl Rove was pleasantly surprised by Barack Obama's choice of an economic team, the Republican analyst writes in the Wall Street Journal, singling out Tim Geithner and Larry Summers as solid picks. Geithner has played a key role in the current administration's handling of the financial crisis and will provide... More »

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Karl Rove • economic stimulus package • Larry Summers • economy • Obama administration • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

ANALYSIS

 Obama's Inheriting 
 Troubles Darker 
 Than Economy 

Mumbai attacks a horrific reminder of the problems Obama must tackle

Nov 27, 08 4:56 AM CST
(Newser) - The attacks in Mumbai are a stark reminder that some things are worse than a slumping economy, David Hallaway writes in Marketwatch. Barack Obama is also inheriting some huge foreign policy challenges, and the days of the war on terror taking a backseat to the financial crisis look certain to... More »

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War on Terror • Barack Obama • terrorism • Robert Gates • Mumbai • al-Qaeda • Obama administration • President Obama


Obama's Top CIA Pick
Drops Out

Brennan withdraws under pressure but denies backing torture

Nov 26, 08 4:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's top intelligence adviser and his first choice for CIA director has withdrawn his name from consideration, the Los Angeles Times reports. John Brennan, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, was branded by some liberal groups as a proponent of the harsh interrogation techniques used against terrorist suspects... More »

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CIA • torture • waterboarding • George J. Tenet • transition • Obama administration • President Obama • CIA director • John Brennan

 Bush, Obama Team Up on Crisis 

President huddles with his successor on bailout plans

Nov 25, 08 5:27 AM CST
(Newser) - The federal government's response to the economic crisis is part of a team planning effort, with Barack Obama working closely with President Bush in a bid to bring confidence back to spooked financial markets, the New York Times reports. The president's aides are coordinating efforts with Obama's new economic team,... More »

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Barack Obama • Citigroup • US economy • George W. Bush • Obama administration • financial crisis • President Obama

Politically, Geithner's a Mystery

Non-Wall St. players know little of would-be Treasury secretary

Nov 24, 08 12:10 PM CST
(Newser) - As the head of the New York Fed, Timothy Geithner is a known quantity in certain circles. But as he starts the process of taking the helm at the Treasury Department, the officials who will vote on his confirmation know surprisingly little about him, reports Politico. “I always worry... More »

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Obama administration • Treasury secretary • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Obama Cabinet

Obama Fiscal Team Reunites Rubin Protégés

But even ex-Treasury boss losing Clinton-era free-market policies

Nov 24, 08 9:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s incoming administration is stocked with acolytes of Bill Clinton-era Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, reports the New York Times. But even Rubin and his protégés are no longer quite as enamored as they once were of so-called Rubinomics—deregulation, balanced budgets, and free trade. Facing economic... More »

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Robert Rubin • Larry Summers • economic adviser • Obama administration • Timothy Geithner

ANALYSIS

'Realist' Has Obama's Ear on Foreign Policy

Scowcroft, adviser to Bush I, will likely see protégés in key posts

Nov 24, 08 9:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser to the first President Bush and shunned by the second over Iraq, is likely to exercise serious foreign-policy influence in Barack Obama’s administration, the Wall Street Journal reports. Scowcroft, known for a non-ideological foreign-policy philosophy, counts among his protégés a number of... More »

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Robert Gates • George HW Bush • foreign policy • Colin Powell • realism • George W. Bush • Obama administration • Brent Scowcroft • President Obama

 Richardson 
 Picked for 
 Commerce 

Former Obama rival had eyed gig at State

Nov 23, 08 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Bill Richardson's consolation prize will be commerce secretary, Politico reports, after Hillary Clinton nabbed his desired post at State. The addition of the New Mexico governor brings yet another Clinton veteran to Barack Obama's administration. But Richardson's resume is among the strongest in the party, including stints as energy secretary... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bill Richardson • secretary of State • Obama administration • President Obama • commerce secretary • Obama Cabinet

analysis

 Obama Cabinet Picks: 
  Seasoned and Centrist

Obama goes for pragmatism over ideology: NY Times

Nov 22, 08 7:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama swept into office on a wave of left-wing support, but his appointments thus far point to a centrist governing style, writes David E. Sanger in the New York Times. In choosing Hillary Clinton for secretary of state and Timothy Geithner for Treasury, Obama seems ready to “govern... More »

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Hillary Clinton • pragmatism • experience • Obama administration • transition team • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

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