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Joe Klein

 Tension Builds Between 
 Hillary, Obama 

Clinton a strong secretary, but not yet administration's voice

Nov 5, 09 6:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Ask Hillary Clinton or her staff about President Obama and they’ll praise him and tell you the relationship between the two really is strong. But the tensions between the State Department and White House are starting to show, writes Joe Klein . The president’s foreign policy hasn’t yet... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Middle East • Pakistan • State Department • secretary of State • Benjamin Netanyahu • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

PROFILE

 Joe Biden 
 Is Obama's 
 Best Gadfly, 
 'Truth-Teller' 


Hardly a joke, veep doesn't mind stirring the pot

Oct 11, 09 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's suave, controlled campaign may have winced when gaffe-prone Joe Biden came aboard, but the vice president has proven himself to be a necessary straight-shooter time and again in the administration's tumultuous first nine months. From Afghanistan to health care, Biden has become Obama's most reliable "truth teller,... More »

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Joe Biden • vice president • foreign policy • gaffe • presidential adviser • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

UPDATED

Voinovich Makes 9 GOP Yeas for Sotomayor


Aug 6, 09 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - As she coasts toward confirmation, Sonia Sotomayor picked up the support of a 9th Republican today, reports MSNBC. Ohio Sen. George Voinovich’s promised yea joins yesterday's announcement by Kit Bond of Missouri and on-again-off-again Obama cabinet nominee Judd Gregg of New Hampshire. Voinovich is among four of six retiring... More »

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New Hampshire • Senate Republicans • Missouri • George Voinovich • US Supreme Court • US Senate • opinion polls • Obama administration • Judd Gregg • Obama Cabinet • Christopher Bond • Kit Bond • Sonia Sotomayor • public opinion • confirmation vote

(Newser) - The heat is apparently getting to Tim Geithner. At a meeting last week with high-level financial regulators, the treasury secretary indulged in a potty-mouthed diatribe about delays in the administration's highly touted plan to overhaul the regulatory system, declaring, "enough is enough," the Wall Street Journal reports.... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • SEC • profanity • Treasury Department • FDIC • financial institutions • swearing • Obama administration • Treasury secretary • Sheila Bair • Timothy Geithner • Obama Cabinet • Mary Schapiro • regulator • Securities and Exchange Commission • regulatory body • Neal Wolin

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's resignation speech on Sunday showed how far she's fallen, writes Maureen Dowd: "Once a blazingly confident media darling," the now-former Alaska governor has become a ranting, whiny "Nixon with hair extensions." It's a marked contrast from Hillary Clinton, who on the same... More »

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Hillary Clinton • women • secretary of State • resignation • Clinton 2008 • Election 2008 • women in office • Sarah Palin • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

ANALYSIS

Loyal but
Tough, Clinton Returns to Fore

Facing do-everything White House, Hillary reasserts herself

Jul 16, 09 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yesterday Hillary Clinton delivered an ambitious, muscular speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, in which she warned Iran of further sanctions while defending Barack Obama's policy of multifront diplomacy with rogue states. After months in the shadows, writes New York Times reporter Mark Landler, the secretary of State wanted... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • US foreign policy • State Department • secretary of State • Sidney Blumenthal • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

Analysis

 Hillary Excelling as 
 Obama's Second Banana 

Campaign animosity nowhere to be found for cabinet 'superstar'

Jun 19, 09 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Observers hoping for signs of the old campaign animosity between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been sorely disappointed. Clinton has been faithfully—and efficiently—executing Obama’s strategy, including the parts she criticized him for on the trail, writes the Economist. For example: Asked about her past... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • State Department • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

 Clinton Falls, Fractures Elbow 

Secretary of state will undergo surgery next week.

Jun 18, 09 5:17 AM CDT
(AP) - Hillary Clinton fractured her right elbow during a fall yesterday, and will undergo surgery to repair it in the coming week. The accident happened while the secretary of state was on her way to the White House, and she was taken to a university hospital for treatment before being released.... More »

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Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • injury • broken bone • Obama Cabinet

Analysis

Gates: Obama's Most Effective Secretary

Republican holdover provides political cover on tough calls

May 15, 09 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Keeping Robert Gates as secretary of defense is starting to look like Barack Obama’s shrewdest personnel move, argues Gerald Seib in the Wall Street Journal. As someone appointed by the last two Republican presidents, Gates “brought to the table a credibility that no Obama appointee would have... More »

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Barack Obama • Robert Gates • Department of Defense • Obama administration • David McKiernan • Obama Cabinet

Hispanic Groups Urge Obama to Pick Latino for High Court

Caucus says Hispanics underrepresented in federal courts

May 1, 09 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even before David Souter’s retirement plans became public, leaders of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus sent President Obama a letter asking him to fill any Supreme Court vacancy with a Latino justice, the Hill reports. Wednesday’s missive praises Obama for appointing Hispanics to key positions—including two Cabinet posts—... More »

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Congress • Latinos • Hispanic • US Supreme Court • vacancy • David Souter • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet • Congressional Hispanic Caucus

New Kansas Governor Is Party Switcher

Mark Parkinson, who turned Dem to run with Sebelius, sworn in

Apr 29, 09 6:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Kathleen Sebelius now confirmed as the country's new health and human services secretary, Kansas has a new governor: Mark Parkinson, a Republican-turned-Democrat who will serve out her term until the end of next year. At a hastily assembled inauguration ceremony Parkinson pledged to alleviate "the real pain that... More »

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Kansas • Kathleen Sebelius • governor • Mark Parkinson • Obama Cabinet • switching parties

(AP) - Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won Senate confirmation today to serve as the nation's health and human services secretary. She already has a public health emergency on her hands with the swine flu sickening dozens of Americans. The 65-31 vote came after Democrats urged quick action so Sebelius could get to... More »

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public health • Department of Health • Kathleen Sebelius • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

analysis

Obama Lacks Health Team
as Swine Flu Spreads

Terrorism pros handle health crisis

Apr 27, 09 1:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - With key health posts in the Obama administration still vacant, the swine flu outbreak is being handled by a counter-terrorism specialist and a former governor, Politico reports. The administration still lacks a surgeon general and chiefs for the Food and Drug Administraion and Centers for Disease Control, and needs to... More »

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epidemic • Department of Health • outbreak • Kathleen Sebelius • flu • US Senate • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet • political appointment • swine flu

GOP Blocks Sebelius' Confirmation

She's pressed
to answer more
questions on abortion

Apr 24, 09 3:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will have to wait until at least next week to have a complete Cabinet after Senate Republicans blocked the immediate confirmation of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius yesterday, AP reports. A vote on the Health and Human Services Secretary nominee—whose appointment is fiercely opposed by anti-abortion groups—will... More »

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abortion • Senate • Senate Republicans • Department of Health • Kathleen Sebelius • governor • Obama administration • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet • Michael Steele

Senate Panel Clears Sebelius for HHS Post

Vote means Obama
is likely to have a full Cabinet soon

Apr 21, 09 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - It looks like President Obama will finally get his full Cabinet. A Senate panel today approved his pick of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to be director of Health and Human Services, the Hill reports. The vote, largely along party lines, all but assures that Sebelius will be approved by the... More »

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Senate • Department of Health • Kansas • Kathleen Sebelius • Max Baucus • governor • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet

Geithner Puts Brakes on Bank Repayments

Treasury sec reluctant to free Goldman, others from constraints

Apr 21, 09 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tim Geithner is warning Wall Street that he will consider more than banks' individual financial fitness when deciding whether they can pay back bailout funds—and escape from the strings attached to them. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the Treasury secretary says that the whole banking system,... More »

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Goldman Sachs • Treasury Department • JPMorgan Chase • Obama administration • Treasury secretary • financial crisis • Wall Street bailout • Timothy Geithner • Obama Cabinet

 Obama to Cabinet:  
 Cut $100M From Budgets 

Move comes amid pressure to slice deficit

Apr 20, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Facing pressure over spending, President Obama will unite his Cabinet today for the first time and ask members to find $100 million worth of potential budget cuts over the next 90 days, the Washington Post reports. Though it’s a tiny sum compared to a $3.5 trillion budget outline,... More »

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deficit • budget cuts • federal spending • federal budget • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

ANALYSIS

 In the Shadows, 
 Hillary's Power Grows 

Retiring secretary of state has won Obama's admiration

Apr 2, 09 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has kept a low profile at the G20 summit, ceding the spotlight to Barack Obama and Tim Geithner, and when she and the president travel to NATO summit and EU meetings over the next few days she may not utter a single word in public. But while the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • State Department • secretary of State • G20 • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

(Newser) - President Obama and Hu Jintao of China met today at the G20 summit in London and agreed to close cooperation on issues ranging from the economic crisis to global security, Time reports. Obama will travel to China later this year. Meanwhile, high-level representatives will meet in Washington during the... More »

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China • Hillary Clinton • London • human rights • global economy • Hu Jintao • dialogue • G20 • Obama administration • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Obama Cabinet

HHS Nominee Sebelius
Pays $7K in Back Taxes

She's latest Cabinet pick with IRS trouble

Mar 31, 09 5:54 PM CDT
(AP) - See if this sounds familiar: Health and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sebelius has corrected three years worth of tax returns after finding "unintentional errors." In a letter to senators, Sebelius said the changes involved charitable contributions, the sale of a home, and business expenses. She and her husband... More »

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taxes • Department of Health • Kathleen Sebelius • Obama Cabinet

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