President-elect Barack Obama has tapped former Bill Clinton Chief of Staff Leon Panetta as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
President-elect Barack Obama has selected Leon E. Panetta, the former congressman and White House chief of staff, to take over the Central Intelligence Agency, an organization that Mr. Obama criticized during the campaign for using [...]
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has withdrawn his name for nomination as President-elect Barack Obama’s Secretary of Commerce.
A federal grand jury is investigating how a California company that contributed to Richardson’s political activities won a New Mexico state contract worth more than $1 billion. Richardson said in a statement issued by the Obama transition office [...]
President-elect Barack Obama will name former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack to be the next Secretary of Agriculture. Vilsack, 58, is a strong proponent of farmers and ethanol, issues near and dear to the hearts of most Iowans.
Both environmentalists and food industry leaders reacted positively to the choice of Vilsack, a political centrist.
“We’re encouraged by it,” [...]
Colorado Senator Ken Salazar has accepted President-elect Barack Obama’s offer to lead the Department of the Interior. The selection of Salazar, Obama’s third Latino in his Administration, likely signals a change in controversial projects in the Western part of the United States.
Salazar won a US Senate seat in 2004, joining President-elect Barack Obama in the [...]
President-elect Barack Obama is set to announce Arne Duncan as his Secretary of Education. Duncan has been the ediucation Chied for the Chicago City school for the past seven years and is a close friend and basketball partner of Obama.
Since Mayor Richard Daley plucked Duncan from obscurity to head the country’s third-largest school district [...]
President-elect Barack Obama has announced his appointment for Housing and Urban Develeopment. Obama has tapped New York City Housing Commissoner Shaun Donovan for HUD Secretary. Donovan is a former Bill Clinton aide and is well know and has a strong reputation for directing programs that create more affordable housing opportunities.
Here is the Obama announcement of [...]
A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds strong support for President-elect Barack Obama, with 73% of Americans approving of his transition decisions.
“So far so good,” said Kathleen Broussard, a 25-year-old massage therapist from Dallas. She voted for Republican Sen. John McCain for president, but said that the day after the election she felt a [...]
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson will be named as Commerce Secretary for President-elect Barack Obama at a presser tomorrow.
Obama is expected to announce the appointment during a news conference scheduled for 1140 EST/1640 GMT on Wednesday in Chicago, his fifth since he began naming nominees for his Cabinet.
Richardson, along with Senator John Kerry, were in [...]
Announcing the National Security Team … Quotes from President-elect Obama
“We are fighting two wars and have new, dangerous challenges. ” “As we learned on 9/11, terror can not be contained to borders” “America stands with India at this dark time” “Time has come for new leadership” “We will renew old alliances and forge new [...]
Coming tomorrow at 10:40AM, President Elect Barack Obama will roll out his national defense/foreign policy team. Just as he did with his economic team, facing a mounting economic crisis, Obama’s announcement tomorrow comes after the tragic and stunning terrorist attacks in Mumbia, India.
But the announcement has more than just crisis situations in common, the roll [...]
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