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GOP Questions Put Brakes on Holder Vote

Committee will wait
week on AG nominee, infuriating chair Leahy

Jan 21, 09 3:04 PM CST
(Newser) - The Senate Judiciary Committee delayed today’s scheduled vote on Eric Holder’s confirmation by another week, CNN reports. Republican members engineered the move, saying they have questions about the attorney-general nominee’s stance on interrogation techniques. Chairman Patrick Leahy, who said he was “extremely disappointed,” banged down... More »

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Department of Justice • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Patrick Leahy • Senate confirmation hearings • confirmation hearings • attorney general • Eric Holder • US Senate • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

UPDATED

 Geithner 
 Sorry, 
 Blames 
 TurboTax 

Treasury nominee, at confirmation hearings, apologizes for tax missteps

Jan 21, 09 10:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Timothy Geithner apologized for failing to pay $34,000 in taxes today in his Senate confirmation hearing. “I should have been more careful,” the would-be Treasury secretary said, calling them careless, avoidable mistakes. When asked how he prepared the taxes he replied, “I will answer that, but... More »

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testimony • Treasury Department • Senate confirmation hearings • confirmation hearings • Obama administration • Treasury secretary • Timothy Geithner • Obama Cabinet

Republican Becomes Ariz. Governor

Party control shifts as Napolitano joins Obama Cabinet

Jan 21, 09 7:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Moments after the Senate confirmed her as homeland security secretary yesterday afternoon, Janet Napolitano resigned as governor of Arizona. But because Arizona is one of the few states without a lieutenant governor, the office passes to the secretary of state—Jan Brewer, a Republican. In a twist, reports the Daily ... More »

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Arizona • Janet Napolitano • Obama Cabinet • transfer of power • Jan Brewer

 Obama Turning to 
 McCain for Advice 

Former rival is honored guest at inauguration party

Jan 19, 09 6:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Not only is John McCain in town for Barack Obama's inauguration, he's the guest of honor at an event celebrating it, reports the New York Times. In fact, the president-elect has been discreetly consulting his former rival—the one Obama said America can't trust on the Iraq war—on Iraq,... More »

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national security • Barack Obama • John McCain • Republican • Democrat • maverick • inauguration • bipartisanship • Iraq war • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

'Would Have Been Great' to Be in Obama Cabinet: Dean

Departing DNC chair will instead head back to private life

Jan 16, 09 5:25 PM CST
(AP) - Outgoing Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said today he would have liked to work in the Obama administration, but instead is embarking on a life in the private sector after nearly 30 years in politics. Some of his supporters have been upset that after all the former Vermont governor... More »

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Howard Dean • Vermont • Democratic National Committee • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

 Holder:
 Waterboarding Is Torture 

But supports FISA, Patriot Act

Jan 15, 09 10:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Eric Holder minced no words when asked about waterboarding in his confirmation hearing today. “Waterboarding is torture,” the AG-designate said, a declaration neither Michael Mukasey nor Alberto Gonzales was willing to make. He said that, even in emergencies, the president couldn’t override the constitution. Republicans also leapt... More »

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Barack Obama • Alberto Gonzales • Attorney General • Arlen Specter • Senate confirmation hearings • Michael Mukasey • confirmation hearings • Eric Holder • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

 Senate 
 Committee 
 Approves 
 Clinton 

GOP's Vitter is lone dissenter in 16-1 vote

Jan 15, 09 9:38 AM CST
(AP) - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton as the next US secretary of State. The 16-1 vote paves way for a full Senate vote after Barack Obama takes office Tuesday. The junior senator from New York earned the near-unanimous support of her colleagues—Louisiana Republican David Vitter... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Senate • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • David Vitter • Senate Foreign Relations Committee • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

Senate Likes Shinseki for Veterans Affairs

War, economy burden system former Army general would inherit

Jan 14, 09 3:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Retired Gen. Eric Shinseki garnered bipartisan support for his Veterans Affairs Secretary nomination today in outlining his priorities before Congress, the Military Times reports. The former Army chief of staff admitted to little experience with veterans issues, but his vows to streamline the agency won support from the likes of... More »

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veterans • Department of Veterans Affairs • Republican Party • Bob Dole • PTSD • US Congress • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • Obama Cabinet • Eric Shinseki

Senate Delays Hearing on Geithner

Troubled Treasury bid must wait until after Inauguration

Jan 14, 09 11:08 AM CST
(Newser) - The incoming administration's attempt to fast-track Tim Geithner's confirmation hearing has failed in the wake of trouble with his personal finances, and the session will now take place on Jan. 21, the New York Times reports. The delay of the Senate hearing until after the Inauguration, motivated by Republican lawmakers'... More »

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Cabinet • Senate Finance Committee • Charles Grassley • Treasury Department • US Senate • Treasury secretary • financial crisis • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton signaled a willingness to directly engage Iran and Syria in talks once she's secretary of state—a prospect she had denounced as "naive" during the campaign, the Wall Street Journal reports. In her confirmation hearing—she is expected to be easily approved later this week—Clinton said... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • Senate • secretary of State • confirmation hearings • Obama Cabinet

I'll Fight for 'Hardworking Families': Solis

Union foes challenge Labor nominee, but confirmation expected

Jan 9, 09 2:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s pick for labor secretary vowed today to “improve the opportunities for hardworking families,” CNN reports. “My vision for the Department of Labor is rooted in who I am,” said Rep. Hilda Solis, the daughter of two union members. The four-term congresswoman from Los... More »

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Barack Obama • unions • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • organized labor • Hilda Solis • wowOwow

 Daschle:
 Health Reform 
 About Facts, 
 Not Ideology 

Obama nominee pledges bipartisan effort despite controversial plan

Jan 8, 09 2:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services promised today a bipartisan effort to reform health care, the New York Times reports. “When it comes to health care, we really are in it together,” Tom Daschle said during Senate confirmation hearings, where chairman Ted Kennedy... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • health insurance • public health • Ted Kennedy • Bob Dole • health care reform • Tom Daschle • Senate committees • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • bipartisan

analysis

Obama Fills West Wing With Powerful Czars

Critics warn of collision between Cabinet, top advisers in key jobs

Jan 8, 09 9:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Stories of agencies working on the same projects and not bothering to coordinate dog every presidential administration, but Barack Obama has an ambitious plan to avoid all that: He’s concentrating power over domestic issues in the hands of White House advisers. “It really is a way of him... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • bureaucracy • czar • Tom Daschle • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • Adolfo Carrion • White House Office of Health Reform • Carol Browner • White House Council on Environmental Quality

ANALYSIS

Gupta's Right Doc for Political Prime Time

CNN's medicine man will help push preventive health care message, Park notes

Jan 7, 09 4:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's choice of CNN's health correspondent as his surgeon general is raising eyebrows, but the pick underlines Obama's plans to focus on preventive care, Alice Park writes in Time. The telegenic Sanjay Gupta, while lacking the government experience most surgeon generals have brought to the job, has anchored specials... More »

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obesity • public health • Sanjay Gupta • CNN • Surgeon General • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

(Newser) - CNN correspondent and neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta is Barack Obama’s choice for surgeon general, and the doctor is expected to accept, the Washington Post reports. The two had a meeting in Chicago in November, where the president-elect noted that Gupta would be a very high-profile appointment and would have... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Sanjay Gupta • CNN • Surgeon General • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • political appointment • neurosurgery

ANALYSIS

 Obama's Early Picks 
 Disappoint His Base 

Cabinet tally, inauguration choice upset minority groups

Dec 23, 08 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has already slighted some of his most vehement campaign supporters. Women's groups are unimpressed by his Cabinet tally: 15 of 20 spots went to men. And the gay constituency is enraged that Obama chose anti-gay marriage evangelical Rick Warren to lead prayer in his historic inauguration. Instead... More »

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Hillary Clinton • gay rights • women's rights • Rick Warren • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

ANALYSIS

Obama Transition Breaks Speed Records

But liberal activists, others feel left in dust

Dec 22, 08 9:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has moved so fast to set up his administration that he’s on a pace to blow past all previous presidents, reports the Wall Street Journal. By the eleventh week of their transitions, George HW Bush and Richard Nixon had made 26 and 25 appointments, respectively. As of... More »

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Barack Obama • Ken Salazar • transition • Obama Cabinet • Raul Grijalva • Hilda Solis

(Newser) - Barack Obama announced his final Cabinet choices today, making official what insiders have hinted at for a week, the Washington Post reports. Hilda Solis will be the nominee for labor secretary, Ron Kirk for trade representative, and Republican Ray LaHood for transportation. Solis appears to be the lightning rod,... More »

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Barack Obama • transition • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • Ray LaHood • Hilda Solis • Ron Kirk • Karen Gordon Mills

Analysis

With Picks, Obama Plays Both Sides of 'Change' Coin

He's got old hands on economy, foreign policy, new faces to bring shifts elsewhere

Dec 19, 08 2:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama seems intent on giving America two administrations for the price of one, Gerald Seib writes in the Wall Street Journal. The first, his national-security and economic appointments, is full of well-known Washington veterans, sending a message of steadiness amid war and financial calamity. But the second wave of... More »

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ANALYSIS

 Solis Is Cabinet's 
 Lone Progressive 

Obama's Cabinet stocked with moderates—except Solis

Dec 19, 08 1:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Progressives are viewing Barack Obama's ever-so-centrist Cabinet with disappointment, except for the notable pick of union friend Hilda Solis for labor secretary, Politico reports. Solis, a rising star in the House who had been viewed as a potential Speaker, is the daughter of a teamster and a factory worker, and... More »

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Barack Obama • Cabinet • labor movement • centrist • moderate • Obama Cabinet • Hilda Solis • Ron Kirk

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