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NYC Housing Chief Named to Obama Cabinet

HUD secretary nominee served in Clinton administration

Dec 13, 08 7:13 AM CST
(Newser) - President-elect Obama has chosen New York City housing commissioner Shaun Donovan as the next secretary of housing, the New York Times reports. Donovan, an expert on affordable housing, held senior posts in the Clinton Department of Housing and Urban Development before taking the New York job, for which he runs... More »

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Cabinet • housing crisis • Department of Housing and Urban Development • President Obama • Shaun Donovan

ANALYSIS

Obama Appointments Leave Little for GOP to Knock

Foreign-policy, economics teams peppered with respected, relatively conservative appointees

Dec 3, 08 2:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s Cabinet picks leave Republicans with few lines of attack, Politico reports. In contrast to campaign rhetoric that painted Obama as a radical leftist, the retention of Robert Gates and selection of McCain buddy Jim Jones has won praise from GOP stalwarts. Karl Rove himself said Obama’s... More »

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Barack Obama • Karl Rove • Cabinet • RNC • Robert Gates • Lindsey Graham • Jim Jones • President Obama

Obama Finds Intelligence Posts Tough to Fill

Intelligence posts next, but harder to fill

Dec 1, 08 8:50 AM CST
(Newser) - No surprises are expected as Barack Obama formally nominates his national security team today, leading with Hillary Clinton, Gen. James Jones, and Robert Gates. But the president-elect is having trouble with intelligence positions, the Wall Street Journal reports, as he looks for experienced hands not tainted by service in the... More »

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national security • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • military • Cabinet • intelligence • Robert Gates • James Jones • President Obama

'Demand Accountability'
from Citi: Podesta

Transition boss discusses bailout, Cabinet

Nov 28, 08 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The government should “demand accountability” from Citigroup in return for bailout funding, Barack Obama’s transition team leader says. “If we’re going to have one rule, we ought to apply it to all of the financial institutions that we’re taking a look at,” John Podesta... More »

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Cabinet • Citigroup • automaker • auto industry • bailout • Eric Holder • John Podesta • President Obama

 After Cheney, 
 a VP Without 
 Portfolio 

Once-outspoken Biden content with the back seat

Nov 26, 08 7:08 AM CST
(Newser) - The nation's last two vice presidents loomed large in Washington—Al Gore leading on the environment and technology and Dick Cheney practically a shadow president. But when Joe Biden succeeds arguably the most powerful No. 2 in American history, the job is expected to shrink back to its original size.... More »

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Barack Obama • Joe Biden • Cabinet • vice president • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

Would She Rather Stay in the Senate?

Obama team says State is a done deal; Times has her waffling

Nov 21, 08 6:45 AM CST
(Newser) - The Clinton agonizing continues, the New York Times reports, as friends said yesterday she was "back in the indecisive column," and Senate Democrats said  they'd offer her a substantial leadership role if she doesn't end up as Barack Obama's secretary of state. Obama's team put the word out... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • secretary of State • James Jones • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

Obama 'On Track' to Name Clinton to State

Aides say he plans
to do so just after Thanksgiving

Nov 20, 08 11:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama remains "on track" to name Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state and plans to do so shortly after Thanksgiving, senior aides to the president-elect tell Politico. They said Clinton is expected to accept the offer and added that disclosure issues related to the complicated funding of... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • Obama administration • President Obama

Obama Talks to Gates About Staying at Pentagon

Defense Secretary fulfill talk of bipartisan cabinet

Nov 19, 08 12:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama and Robert Gates are negotiating policy issues with a view toward Gates remaining Defense secretary, the Financial Times reports, a move that would make the Bush appointee a key member of a bipartisan cabinet that resembles Abraham Lincoln's “team of rivals.” Gates, a former CIA chief,... More »

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Barack Obama • military • Pentagon • Republican • Donald Rumsfeld • Cabinet • Robert Gates • defense secretary • bipartisanship • President Obama

 Daschle to Be Health Secretary 

Will head health transition

Nov 19, 08 11:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle has been offered, and intends to accept, a post as Barack Obama’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, Roll Call reports. Daschle will also head the health care policy transition group. Nearly all of Obama’s transition policy working group heads are expected... More »

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Barack Obama • Health and Human Services • Cabinet • Department of Health • Tom Daschle • President Obama

OPINION

 Clinton's Great, 
 But Not a Fit at State 

Obama needs 'an agent, not an author'

Nov 19, 08 10:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton would probably do a good job as secretary of State, but giving her the post would be a mistake, writes David Broder in the Washington Post. “It’s not the best use of her talents, and it’s certainly not the best fit for this... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • State Department • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • President Obama

(Newser) - Press reports to the contrary, Hillary Clinton still hasn't decided whether to accept the post of secretary of state, Politico reports. She remains genuinely torn on whether to leave the Senate and give up her fight for health care reform, several anonymous aides say. The Obama camp is still vetting... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • secretary of State • transition • President Obama

ANALYSIS

Obama Stacking His Cabinet
With Pit Bulls

Cool-hand Barack wants heavy-hitters, isn't afraid of a fight

Nov 18, 08 6:22 AM CST
(Newser) - For a man who earned himself the nickname "No-Drama Obama" during the campaign, the president-elect seems to be assembling a surprisingly high-maintenance cabinet, writes Helene Cooper in the New York Times. From Larry Summers to Rahm Emanuel to Hillary Clinton, the partners that Obama has chosen or considered have... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • Cabinet • Rahm Emanuel • Larry Summers • Obama administration • Robert Gibbs • President Obama

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton will accept Barack Obama's offer to become secretary of state, the Guardian reports. The president-elect's team does not anticipate problems arising from an ongoing examination of the records of Bill Clinton's foundation, clearing the way for Obama's fiercest primary rival to embody his stated ambition to assemble a... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • State Department • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • Clinton Foundation • President Obama • Cabinet secretary

ANALYSIS

History of Lincoln Inspires Obama's 'Team of Rivals'

Doris Kearns Goodwin's tome provides unexpected insight into next administration

Nov 17, 08 2:55 PM CST
(Newser) - “Team of rivals” is the post-campaign buzzphrase, Graeme Allister writes in the Guardian, replacing the lipsticked pigs and pitbulls. The term refers to Barack Obama’s strategy of filling Cabinet positions with Republicans and political enemies (ie, Hillary Clinton), and comes from a 2005 book by Doris Kearns Goodwin... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • Abraham Lincoln • Democratic nomination • Obama administration • President Obama • Doris Kearns Goodwin • team of rivals

ANALYSIS

State Job Isn't Guarantee She Succeeds Obama: Silver

Staying out of Obama administration, popular or not, seems better role

Nov 17, 08 1:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is a contender to be Barack Obama’s Secretary of State, but taking the job probably wouldn’t help her if she wants to succeed Obama in 2016, Nate Silver writes on FiveThirtyEight. Being part of a popular Democratic administration certainly wouldn’t hurt, but it would be... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • secretary of State • Democratic presidential candidates • Obama administration • Nate Silver • President Obama

OPINION

 Picking Hillary: 
 Pros and Cons 

Pundits split on merits of Clinton as Obama's most powerful cabinet member

Nov 15, 08 10:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is widely reported to be considering Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State, causing a storm of speculation over the pros and cons of the choice.
  • The case for Clinton is plain, Jake Tapper writes at ABC News. She's smart, strong, experienced, reasonably diplomatic—and she's familiar with
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • State Department • secretary of State • Obama administration • President Obama

 Obama Held 
 Secret Meeting 
 With Hillary 

Clinton's visit to Chicago last night turns up volume on Secretary-of-State buzz

Nov 14, 08 10:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama held a hush-hush meeting with Hillary Clinton yesterday, fueling rumors his former rival could be offered the Secretary of State post in his Cabinet. Journalists following Obama last night spotted an unidentified motorcade of about three SUVs pulling out of Obama’s transition headquarters in Chicago, minutes before... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • State Department • secretary of State • Dream Team • President Obama

ANALYSIS

Obama May Not Play
'Quota Game' With Cabinet

Many say president, having broken barrier himself, can focus on 'best and brightest'

Nov 12, 08 12:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s election is such a breakthrough in itself that he may face less obligation to make Cabinet appointments based solely on diversity, Jonathan Martin writes in Politico. While his predecessors tapped women and minorities for their Cabinets, Obama "is post-racial when it comes to choosing those who... More »

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Barack Obama • Cabinet • diversity • President Obama

OPINION

 Cohen: 
 Gore for 
 Secretary 
 of State 

Columnist lists his picks for Obama's cabinet

Nov 11, 08 11:06 AM CST
(Newser) - If Barack Obama wants to make good on his promise of change, he should start by nominating Al Gore for secretary of state, Richard Cohen suggests in the Washington Post. Earth’s “custodian” has worlds of government experience—and “can you imagine a bolder statement about a new... More »

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Al Gore • Cabinet • nomination • Larry Summers • President Obama • Joel Klein

Latinos Want Prominent Role in Obama Government

Key to Democrat's victory, they hope to 'catch up' in administration

Nov 7, 08 12:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Latinos are calling for strong representation in Barack Obama’s Cabinet after Hispanics played what they consider to be a major role in his victory, Politico reports. Before the election, Hillary Clinton and her top Latino backers asked for two or three Hispanics in the Cabinet in exchange for a... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bill Richardson • Cabinet • Latino voters • Clinton administration • Latinos • Hispanics • President Obama • Federico Pena

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