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Barack Obama
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Saturday, November 22, 2008
So far, it’s in with the old
National |
12:00AM, November 22
The roster shaping up for the Barack Obama administration is starting to look a little familiar, with an ironic pattern emerging as one name after another is added to it. Read more
Happy with his 9-to-5 temp job
National |
12:00AM, November 22
There is some irony that it took winning the presidency for Barack Obama to settle into a schedule that borders on humdrum. Read more
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Antiwar groups fear Obama may create hawkish Cabinet
National |
November 20, 2008
Antiwar groups and other liberal activists are increasingly concerned at signs that Barack Obama’s national security team will be dominated by appointees who favored the Iraq invasion and hold hawkish views on other important foreign policy issues. Read more
Rethinking nation’s anti-terror policies
National |
November 20, 2008
It’s called the president’s daily brief, or, more informally, the “threat matrix.” Read more
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Ex-Clinton official tops list for attorney general
National |
November 19, 2008
Former Justice Department official Eric H. Holder Jr. Read more
Obama jumps in on climate
National |
November 19, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama sent an explicit message Tuesday to international negotiators of a new global warming treaty that, under his administration, the U.S would move to slash its own greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by mid-century, and “help lead the world toward a new era of global cooperation on climate change.” Read more
Mythmakers as myth busters
National |
November 19, 2008
Newspaper people are an odd, conflicted sort. Read more
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Obama and McCain have a ‘productive conversation’
National |
November 18, 2008
A fierce campaign less than two weeks behind them, President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. Read more
Holbrooke lobbying to be secretary of State
National |
November 18, 2008
Former Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke negotiated an end to a Balkan war, helped normalize relations with China and advanced American interests as envoy to the United Nations. Read more
FDIC chief in tune with Democrats
Business |
November 18, 2008
Sheila Bair, chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., is one of the few government officials whose reputation has actually improved during the financial crisis. Read more
Sleepovers, soccer, Secret Service?
National |
November 18, 2008
One of the few times Barack Obama lost his famous cool during the presidential campaign was the day photographers got too close as he walked his youngest daughter, who was dressed as a corpse bride, to a Halloween party near their Chicago home. Read more
Monday, November 17, 2008
Obama and the Supreme Court
National |
November 17, 2008
Barack Obama’s election probably does not herald a new liberal era at the Supreme Court, since none of the conservative justices – who are in the majority – is expected to retire in the next four years. Read more
Obama talks about the challenges ahead
National |
November 17, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast Sunday that he was assembling his national security team as quickly as possible because there potentially could be “times of vulnerability” to terrorist attacks during White House transition periods. Read more
What aided Obama now can hurt him
Business |
November 17, 2008
The wave of bad economic news that helped carry Barack Obama to an election victory this month now threatens to swamp his presidency even before he takes the oath of office Jan. Read more
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Medvedev warms up toward U.S. on visit
World |
November 16, 2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, arriving in Washington for international economic talks, Saturday struck a conciliatory tone toward the United States and expressed hope that President-elect Barack Obama will help improve the deteriorating U.S.-Russian relationship. Read more
A union challenge lies ahead
National |
November 16, 2008
Two months before Barack Obama is to be sworn in as president, opening salvos are being launched over what could become one of the thorniest issues his administration will face next year. Read more
Hoping for help from Obama
California | Local |
November 16, 2008
If you’ve been elected to something somewhere in California, you’re probably writing a wish list for President-elect Barack Obama. Read more
Obama’s Main Street
Travel |
November 16, 2008
Hyde Park, which is on Chicago’s South Side, is a well-established, diverse neighborhood where majestic houses share the tree-lined streets with scores of brownstone apartment buildings. Read more
SPEAKING HER MIND, HEART
National |
November 16, 2008
People are often surprised by Michelle Obama’s skill as a public speaker. Read more
