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(Newser) - Judd Gregg’s flirtation with the top job at Commerce has brought the partisan battle over the US Census to the fore with just a year to go before before the official count, the New York Times reports. Most Americans may not think of the census as a political... More »

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partisanship • Department of Commerce • US Census • redistricting • Obama administration • Judd Gregg • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • political appointment • 2010

OPINION

 Rove: Team Obama 'Winging It' 

Prez makes cabinet, stimulus choices on the fly

Feb 19, 09 7:12 AM CST
(Newser) - The new president was highly disciplined on the campaign trail, and he’s already won a huge legislative victory, but there’s a “growing sense the administration is winging it on issues large and small,” writes Karl Rove in the Wall Street Journal. Team Obama has ignored or... More »

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economic stimulus package • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

(Newser) - President Obama has decided to pick Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to be his health secretary, the New York Times reports. The Democratic governor is now being vetted, and Obama hopes to make the announcement next week when he turns his attention from the economy to health care. One of Sebelius'... More »

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Health and Human Services • Kansas • Kathleen Sebelius • governor • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet

(Newser) - As Hillary Clinton takes over the State Department, it's worth remembering that her train-wreck presidential campaign followed an "audacious 2000 run for Senate" and an excellent record as a legislator, Michael Crowley writes for the New Republic. "The question—not only for Hillary's legacy but for US... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • State Department • secretary of State • George Mitchell • bureaucracy • Madeleine Albright • Susan Rice • Obama administration • Dennis Ross • Richard Holbrooke • President Obama • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet • James Steinberg

 Clinton in Jakarta, 
 Eye on Muslim World 

Students from Obama's school welcome secretary of state

Feb 18, 09 5:47 AM CST
(AP) - Hillary Clinton arrived today in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim nation, where the secretary of state is continuing the Obama administration's efforts to rehabilitate America's image abroad. In Jakarta, Clinton intends to announce plans to step up US engagement with Southeast Asia, stressing the growing importance of a region that... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Indonesia • Asia • secretary of State • Jakarta • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet


 GOP Hardliners 
 Change Tune 
 on Gregg  

Senator's decision to quit is rallying cry for Republicans

Feb 13, 09 9:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Judd Gregg said the right bipartisan things, but to a Republican Party in need of a boost, his withdrawal as nominee for commerce secretary feels like an act of defiance against the administration, reports Politico. When his decision was announced in a party meeting, attendees broke into applause. "Sen.... More »

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Republican • Senate Republicans • economic stimulus package • House Republicans • Obama administration • Judd Gregg • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

(Newser) - President Obama—now 0 for 2 on commerce nominations—said Judd Gregg's decision to back out today came as a "something of a surprise," the State Journal-Register of Springfield reports. "The truth, you know, Mr. Gregg approached us with interest and seemed enthusiastic," said Obama. The... More »

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Department of Commerce • Obama administration • Judd Gregg • commerce secretary • Obama Cabinet

(Newser) - More bad Cabinet news for President Obama: Republican Sen. Judd Gregg is withdrawing from consideration to be commerce secretary, the Washington Post reports. Gregg, who represents New Hampshire, cited "irresolvable conflicts" with Obama on issues including the stimulus package. He's the second commerce nominee to withdraw, following Bill Richardson.... More »

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Obama administration • Judd Gregg • commerce secretary • Obama Cabinet

Obama Campaign Advisers Left Out in the Cold

Members of foreign policy team passed over for more center-right candidates

Feb 11, 09 5:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Prominent advisers to presidential candidates can usually count on having their pick of administration jobs after the campaign. Not so with candidate Obama's foreign policy team, most of whom shaded to the left, the LA Times reports. It stems from the president's decision to give the three top national security... More »

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Cabinet • adviser • campaign staff • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • Obama campaign

Obama Mulling Kansas Gov
for Health Post

Sebelius rises among names to replace Daschle: official

Feb 7, 09 6:57 PM CST
(AP) - Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was very near the top of President Barack Obama's list of candidates to head the Health and Human Services Department, a senior administration official said today. No decision has been made, but the former Kansas insurance commissioner was rising as a candidate to replace Tom Daschle,... More »

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Health and Human Services • Kathleen Sebelius • Tom Daschle • Obama Cabinet

(Newser) - Is another Obama nominee in trouble? A Senate panel today postponed a vote on his nominee to be labor secretary, Hilda Solis, after USA Today laid out her husband’s tax problems. The newspaper reported today that Sam Solis paid $6,400 to settle liens dating back 16 years against... More »

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taxes • nominee • Obama Cabinet • Hilda Solis • labor secretary

$700K in Fees Could Bring Panetta Scrutiny

CIA nom got speaking, consulting money from troubled banks

Feb 4, 09 4:03 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama’s nominee to head the CIA could be the next to come under scrutiny after the Wall Street Journal reported today that Leon Panetta has made more than $700,000 in the past year in speaking and consulting fees—with some coming from troubled banks and an investment... More »

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CIA • consulting • fees • Leon Panetta • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

ANALYSIS

What's the Fallout from Daschle's Withdrawal?

Major issues in the wake of Daschle's withdrawal

Feb 3, 09 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Tom Daschle gave up his nomination for Health and Human Services Secretary, raising a host of questions, Matthew Cooper writes at Talking Points Memo. Did an issue besides tax problems arise? Was the decision really Daschle’s, or the administration’s? Some other big issues:
  1. How many Obama nominees
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Barack Obama • Health and Human Services • Cabinet • Department of Health • Tom Daschle • Obama administration • President Obama • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet • Leo Hindery

 Daschle 
 Withdraws 
 Cabinet Bid 


Tax flub claims another Obama nominee

Feb 3, 09 12:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Tom Daschle withdrew today from consideration for secretary of health and human services over controversial unpaid taxes, the Boston Globe reports. Daschle had retained the support of the Obama administration despite the flub, but quit seeking the post so as not to be a distraction, he said. President Obama regretfully... More »

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Barack Obama • Health and Human Services • Cabinet • taxes • Tom Daschle • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

OPINION

 Times to 
 Daschle: 
 Go Home 

Tax, conflict-of-interest issues should disqualify ex-Senate leader

Feb 3, 09 9:38 AM CST
(Newser) - In the wake of revelations about his tax oversights and industry ties, the New York Times is calling on Tom Daschle to step aside and let Barack Obama pick a “less-blemished” Health and Human Services secretary. Daschle’s $128,000 tax lapse dwarfs even Tim Geithner’s. “... More »

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Health and Human Services • tax evasion • lobbyists • health care reform • UnitedHealth • Tom Daschle • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

 Senate OKs 
 Holder as First 
 Black AG 

Partisan debate hinges on prosecuting agents who used torture

Feb 2, 09 6:06 PM CST
(AP) - Eric Holder won Senate confirmation today as the nation's first African-American attorney general, after supporters from both parties touted his dream resume and easily overcame Republican concerns over his commitment to fight terrorism and his willingness to back the right to keep and bear arms, the AP reports. The vote... More »

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Senate • attorney general • Eric Holder • Obama Cabinet

(AP) - The White House acknowledged today that "some tax issues" had emerged in connection with Barack Obama's nomination of Tom Daschle as health secretary. But a spokesman says the president is confident the former Senate Democratic leader will be confirmed. White House officials confirmed a broadcast report that Daschle failed... More »

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health secretary • Tom Daschle • Obama Cabinet

Obama Mulls Republican for Commerce

Tapping NH's Gregg could give Democrats 60 seats in Senate

Jan 30, 09 10:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Democrats may get their 60-seat Senate majority after all. President Obama is considering New Hampshire Republican Judd Gregg for the Commerce Secretary post Bill Richardson declined, sources tell Politico. New Hampshire’s Democratic governor would then get to appoint Gregg’s successor. Asked if he’d been offered the job,... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Richardson • Cabinet • Senate • New Hampshire • Obama administration • Judd Gregg • Cabinet secretary • commerce secretary • Obama Cabinet

(AP) - The Senate confirmed New York Fed chief Timothy Geithner to be President Barack Obama's secretary of the treasury today, the AP reports. The 60-34 vote puts Geithner at the helm of Obama's plan to rescue the economy from the worst financial crisis in three generations. It also dislodges one of... More »

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Senate • Treasury secretary • Timothy Geithner • Obama Cabinet

(Newser) - It took a little longer than expected, but Hillary Clinton is the new secretary of state, the New York Times reports. Clinton was sworn in this evening in a private ceremony about an hour after the Senate voted 94-2 to confirm her nomination. The vote came after Sen. John Cornyn... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Senate • secretary of State • John Cornyn • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

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