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Will Clinton be Obama's frenemy of State?

Washington :: DC :: USA | 15 minutes ago

Posted by pranay

WASHINGTON - Cordell Hull was a veteran lawmaker with a worldwide reputation when Franklin Roosevelt chose him for secretary of state in 1933, in part to win support from Hull's army of Democratic admirers. But the dignified Tennessean was never close...

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Obama intensifies focus as economy worsens

Washington :: DC :: USA | 32 minutes ago

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WASHINGTON - With the economy in free fall, President-elect Barack Obama is stepping up efforts to let Americans know what he has planned to stabilize the nation's financial system and calm the markets. He announced a plan this weekend to save or create...

Tags: Barack, Obama, financial, system, economic, National, council, crisis

China to work alongside Obama, World to fight Financial Crisis

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 14 hours ago

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NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -  In Lima, Chinese President Hu said the Asian powerhouse would work alongside the international community to strengthen cooperation and protect international markets. China has been a major driver of the world...

Tags: Barack, Obama, Financial, Crisis, Economic, Depression, China, President Hu

Obama sends strong signals from the sidelines

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 14 hours ago

That announcement was the latest indication that the president-elect has decided to use the transition period to influence events at a time of crisis, when the current administration appears powerless to stop a slide. "There's no question that Bush is...

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Obama, Bush urge vastly different approaches to ease economic crisis

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 15 hours ago

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WASHINGTON -- The incoming and outgoing presidents Saturday urged solutions to the country's economic crisis that seemed to be worlds apart. President-elect Barack Obama, reversing his post-election practice of not announcing major policy initiatives...

Tags: Barack, Obama, President, elect, economic crisis, approach, different, finance, Congress, George, Bush, stock

Georgia marks 5th anniversary of Rose Revolution

Lima :: Peru | about 17 hours ago

The United Opposition coalition of parties and movements has accused Saakashvili of mishandling the war. It also accuses the government of stifling free speech and betraying the values of the 2003 revolution. "There can be no democracy without freedom...

Tags: georgia, russia, saakashvili, Georgians, russian troops, Georgian Roses, Russian, barack, war, obama

Obama taps passionate defender for press secretary

Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 19 hours ago

Two of the top qualities Robert Gibbs brings to the job of White House press secretary are ones not found on his resume: He won't flinch at telling it like it is to the next president or telling it like he thinks it ought to be to the media.

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Grijalva: No word on Interior Cabinet post

Tucson :: AZ :: USA | about 20 hours ago

Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., reportedly a candidate to become U.S. Interior secretary, says he hasn't yet been contacted about the job. A spokeswoman for Grijalva, named by several national publications as being on U.S. President-elect Barack Obama 's...

Tags: obama, president, washington, barack, Interior Cabinet, Raul Grijalva, Raul M. Grijalva, Barack Obama, Brack Obama

Clinton pick raises eyebrows

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 20 hours ago

There is possibly no person President-elect Barack Obama considered for secretary of state who is more reliably pro-Israel than Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. During the Democratic primaries, the New York senator said the United States could “obliterate”...

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Obama parody money gets Greeley mayor in trouble

Greeley :: CO :: USA | about 21 hours ago

The $3 bill was intended as a satire of president-elect Barack Obama, but instead became another blemish for a mayor who recently snatched a 15-year-old boy off a moving motorscooter. Greeley Mayor Ed Clark, a former police officer who also is the head...

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