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(AP) AP - President-elect Barack Obama is forming a White House leadership team that combines experienced Washington insiders who can help build a bridge with Congress and trusted associates who share his Chicago roots. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Obama Staff Combines DC With Chicago Obama mixes Washington insiders with Chicago operatives in White House staff Home > Rss Directory > General > ABC News |
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Obama turns 47, staff loses present - CNN Political Ticker AFPObama turns 47, staff loses presentCNN Political Ticker - 33 minutes agoBOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -–Barack Obama turned 47 on Monday but it’s just another four-state day on the campaign trail for the Illinois senator with a morning speech in Michigan followed b Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Obama's Speech Sen. Barack Obama will give his acceptance speech tonight at Invesco Field -- previously known as Mile High Stadium -- on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech." Aboard a campaign plane to Denver yesterday, Obama's chief strategist told Politico that Obam Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama photo spurs firestorm with Clinton - Newsday eFluxMediaObama photo spurs firestorm with ClintonNewsday - 10 hours agoWASHINGTON - Barack Obama is accusing Hillary Rodham Clinton 's staff of leaking to The Drudge Report a photo showing Obama in Somali tribal garb - saying the image reinforces false perceptions th Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Obama's Monday Tomorrow, President-elect Obama will hold a national security meeting in Chicago. Attendees will include: Vice President-elect Biden, Secretary of State designee Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Attorney General designee Eric Holder, Secretary of Homeland Security designee Janet Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama Ready to Pick Science Adviser "Strong indications are that President-elect Barack Obama has picked physicist John Holdren to be the president's science adviser," according to Science. "Holdren had been planning to attend a staff meeting this morning with colleagues at the Belfer Center for Science and Internationa Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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'Tough' Emanuel to lead Obama staff U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel will bring a "tough-minded" and "pragmatic" approach to the White House when he becomes President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, according to people who know the Chicago, native. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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Obama Will Detail Staff Contacts with Blagojevich President-elect Obama stated at a press conference that he's "absolutely certain" that no one on his staff was involved in Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's pay-for-play scheme for filling Obama's old Senate seat. Most importantly, Obama said that his staff is compiling of its own contacts with the go Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama Sought Distance from Blagojevich Early On The Washington Post highlights that long before federal prosecutors charged Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich with bribery this week, President-elect Obama "had worked to distance himself from his home-state governor. The two men have not talked for more than a year, colleagues said, save for a requi Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Is Emanuel the Obama Advisor on Tape? President-elect Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, "refused to take questions from reporters this morning about whether he was the 'Obama advisor' named in the criminal complaint against Gov. Rod Blagojevich," the Chicago Sun Times reports.Blagojevch "was caught on tape saying that he Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama Will Delay List of Blagojevich Contacts The Obama transition team will delay releasing a review of all staff contacts with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich due to a request from the U.S. Attorney's office "in order not to impede their investigation of the governor." A statement says the review "affirmed the public statements o Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Analysis: Obama revels in contrasts with McCain - The Associated Press Washington PostAnalysis: Obama revels in contrasts with McCainThe Associated Press - 1 hour agoCHICAGO (AP) - Barack Obama has found something that eluded him during the primary season - contrast. And, he's basking in it.Barack Obama doesn't rule out Hillary Clinto Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Blagojevich Ponders Obama Replacement Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) said he's "not interested" in appointing himself to fill President-elect Obama's Senate seat, "but did not expressly rule it out either," the Chicago Tribune reports. Blagojevich said that "senior staff members will begin analyzing the records of peop Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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With school starting Monday, Obama girls head to Washington - Detroit Free Press ABC NewsWith school starting Monday, Obama girls head to WashingtonDetroit Free Press - 4 hours agoBy Stacy St. Clair • Chicago Tribune • January 2, 2009 CHICAGO - Malia and Sasha Obama will get an early jump on their reign as America’s First Tweens this weekend Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Clinton Pushes Obama's Ties to Rezko For the second day in a row, Sen. Hillary Clinton "has prodded chief rival Sen. Barack Obama about his relationship with a former career political patron and friend, Tony Rezko, who is facing a Feb. 25 federal criminal trial in Chicago on public corruption and fraud charges involving state of Illino Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama Takes Over DNC "In a major shakeup at the Democratic National Committee -- and a departure from tradition -- large parts of the committee's operations are relocating to Chicago to be fully integrated with the Obama campaign," according to Politico."The DNC's political department, housed in Washington, Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Emanuel Considered for Obama's Chief of Staff Sen. Barack Obama's campaign has approached Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) "about possibly serving as White House chief of staff," the AP reports."The Democrats who described the Obama campaign's approach to Emanuel spoke on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to be quot Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Verizon staff did not listen to Obama voicemails CHICAGO (Reuters) - The contents of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's voicemail messages and emails were not breached by the Verizon employees who gained unauthorized access to his cell phone account, an Obama aide said on Thursday. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Reuter |
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Obama aide spoke to Ill. gov's office on Senate seat
(Reuters) Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama's choice for White House chief of staff spoke to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's office about who the governor should appoint to replace Obama in the U.S. Senate, the Chicago Tribune reported on Saturday. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |