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Top Obama Aide: Cabinet Will Be Virtually Complete By Christmas
(tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com)
Obama transition chief John Podesta says in an interview this morning with Bloomberg Television that the Obama team is on track to have the top echelons of the Obama administration largely in place... More
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Obama moves quickly to fill Cabinet positions (www.google.com)
President-elect Barack Obama has moved with unusual speed to select officials for his administration, and senior Democratic officials say he intends to name Timothy Geithner as his treasury secretary... More
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FDA overhaul overdue (www.washingtontimes.com)
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee just released the newest version of the "Plum Book." Taking its name from both the color of its cover and the fact it lists the... More
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Verbatim '. . . he wants a broad, diverse cabinet [whose] . . . first criteria is excellence. . . .' (www.philly.com)
John Podesta, head of the Obama transition team, appeared last week on "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace." Excerpts from their discussion follow.
Submitted about 1 year ago by SpencerKent | 0 Comments |
The Obama Team's Online Transition (www.cbsnews.com)
When it comes to the use of technology, President Obama will have a hard act to follow - candidate Obama. As has been widely pointed out, the Obama campaign was masterful in the way it used the... More
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Obama's 'Change' Administration Leans on Clinton Officials for Transition (elections.foxnews.com)
President-elect Barack Obama, long criticized during the campaign for his light Washington resume, is surrounding himself with a cushion of Clinton-era officials during the transition period leading... More
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Obama Transition Team Urged to Focus on Foreign Aid
(us.oneworld.net)
The international aid community kept up the pressure on President-elect Barack Obama this week, sending a letter to his Transition Team suggesting measures that should be taken to make foreign... More
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Barack Obama to appoint Republicans to key cabinet roles (www.telegraph.co.uk)
The head of his transition team said the President-elect wanted to make genuine efforts to reach out across the parties. John Podesta, a former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, said... More
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The Age of Podesta
(prospect.org)
Michael Crowley's profile of John Podesta calls him "The Shadow President." I'm not sure I'd go that far. But as the architect of Obama's transition operation, Podesta is probably one of the four or... More
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Obama unleashes transition teams (www.hamptonroadspub.com)
I remember that John F. Kennedy commissioned a team to plan for the transition, months before the election, telling the team leader that on the second Wednesday in November he would either use it to... More
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