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Antiwar groups fear Barack Obama may create hawkish Cabinet

Newcastle :: WA :: USA | about 6 hours ago | Political News

Posted by vishnughimire

Activists note that most of the candidates for top security posts voted for the 2002 resolution authorizing President Bush to invade Iraq or otherwise supported launching the war. By Paul Richter November 20, 2008 Reporting from Washington -- Antiwar groups...

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Who's in the running for Obama administration jobs

Newcastle :: WA :: USA | about 16 hours ago | Political News

Posted by vishnughimire

It's Washington's favorite parlor game during a presidential transition: trying to figure out who'll land a top spot in the new administration. President-elect Barack Obama is weighing an array of Washington insiders and outsiders, including some Republicans, for Cabinet and...

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Reports: Napolitano is Obama's pick for Homeland Security

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 4 hours ago | Political News

Posted by pranay

WASHINGTON — Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security, multiple news agencies reported late Wednesday. If appointed, the Democrat in her second term would head the sprawling federal agency, which is...

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Senate cancels vote on doomed auto bailout

Camas :: WA :: USA | about 16 hours ago | Political News

Posted by vishnughimire

WASHINGTON – The Senate's top Democrat has called off a planned vote this week on a $25 billion auto industry bailout. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that he wanted to figure out some way to help Detroit's struggling Big...

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Obama's first gamble: Clinton at State

Newcastle :: WA :: USA | about 16 hours ago | Political News

Posted by vishnughimire

What is Barack Obama thinking? We’ve heard all the rational arguments: Hillary Rodham Clinton has more star power than Richard Holbrooke , more discipline than Bill Richardson , fewer bad jokes than John F. Kerry . She’s tough and competent....

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Problems of developing country

Islamabad :: Pakistan | about 1 hour ago | Political News

Posted by alamkhancom

Ours is a developing country.We are lagging behind in every field of life.For example our education sector,health and economic sectors are deteriorating.Most of our population is uneducated.and most of the population has no access to clean water.Most of our people...

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BREAKING NEWS!!!--Tom Daschle to become Health Sec, by Biodun Iginla, ...

Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 18 hours ago | Political News

Posted by BiodunIginla

by Biodun Iginla, BBC News, Paris _____________________________________________________- Wednesday, November 19, 2008 -- 12:34 PM ET/5:34 PM GMT/UTC/ZULU ----- A senior aide to President-elect Barack Obama said that former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle would be Mr. Obama's nominee for...

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Sex party set to heat up Australian politics

Sydney :: Australia | 25 minutes ago | Political News

Posted by thapaprajwal

SYDNEY (AFP) – Australia is about to get a new entry into national politics -- a party devoted to sex. The brains behind the Australian Sex Party, which will be launched in Melbourne on Thursday, believe that politics has become...

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President-elect promised change, picking insiders

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 4 hours ago | Political News

Posted by LewisStanley

President-elect Barack Obama promised the voters change but has started his Cabinet selection process by naming several Washington insiders to top posts. Obama is enlisting former Senate leader Tom Daschle as his health secretary . Hillary Rodham Clinton , a...

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Clinton fans, foes weigh in on secretary of state post

New York City :: NY :: USA | about 6 hours ago | Political News

Posted by vishnughimire

BY ELIZABETH MOORE | November 20, 2008 elizabeth.moore@newsday.com Barack Obama will soon be the new leader of the free world, but Topic A this week has become the will-she-or-won't-she speculation about Hillary Rodham Clinton and the secretary of state's job....

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