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Obama gets to work on transition
(AFP) AFP - Barack Obama on Wednesday put the first building blocks in place for his administration even as rejoicing reverberated around the world after his election as the first black US president. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Obama Gets High Marks for Transition President-elect Obama's honeymoon is underway: 67% in a new ABC News poll approve of his work on the transition so far."Approval of Obama's handling of the transition is slightly better than Bill Clinton's 62% in mid-November 1992. Clinton improved from there, to 72% in mid-December an Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama Looks To Avoid Transition Stumbles - Voice of America BBC NewsObama Looks To Avoid Transition StumblesVoice of America - 46 minutes agoBy Jim Malone Monday's meeting at the White House between President George Bush and President-elect Barack Obama is the latest symbol of a presidential transition that appears to be moving Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Obama transition gets high marks - Kansas City Star Voice of AmericaObama transition gets high marksKansas City Star - 1 hour agoPresidential inaugurations are designed to convey a sense of vigor, change and hope for the future. But President-elect Barack Obama has provided much of that already by quickly filling key pos Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Bush, Obama begin steps toward White House switch - USA Today BBC NewsBush, Obama begin steps toward White House switchUSA Today - 6 hours agoBy Brendan Hoffman, Getty Images By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY President Bush, calling a smooth transition to a new administration a top priority, said Thursday he will meet with President- Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Obama Transition Team Adopts Ethics Rules - New York Times AFPObama Transition Team Adopts Ethics RulesNew York Times - 1 hour agoBy BRIAN KNOWLTON WASHINGTON -- A top adviser to President-elect Barack Obama said Tuesday that the transition team would raise about $7 million to cover its costs, supplementing $5 million in govern Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Obama to Meet With McCain President-elect Obama's transition office released this statement:"On Monday, President-elect Barack Obama and Senator John McCain will meet in Chicago at transition headquarters. It's well known that they share an important belief that Americans want and deserve a more effective and eff Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama could reverse Bush orders on drilling, stem cells
(AFP) AFP - Barack Obama is looking to reverse executive orders on oil drilling and stem cell research implemented by President George W. Bush, the president-elect's transition team said Sunday. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Obama stimulus plan aims to boost digital economy In pledging to "renew our information superhighway," President-elect Barack Obama has offered the broad outline of an economic stimulus plan likely to lead to major increases in IT spending -- especially for broadband deployment and technology for schools and health c Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Obama, Blair laud Bush's AIDS work in Africa - CNN AFPObama, Blair laud Bush's AIDS work in AfricaCNN - 4 hours agoWASHINGTON (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama doesn't often offer praise for President George W. Bush's foreign policy, but on Monday he offered the outgoing head of state accolades for battling AIDS in Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Five must-do cybersecurity steps for Obama As President-Elect Barack Obama looks for ways to deal with a shattered economy and an ongoing war on terrorism, security experts are urging him to pay attention to something that has a big impact on both: The nation's growing -- and fragile -- cyberinfrastructure. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Want to work for Obama? Get ready to spill all If you want to work for President-elect Barack Obama's administration, be prepared to spill almost everything there is to know about yourself. The Obama transition team is sending a seven-page, 63-item questionnaire to job candidates, with questions on everything from family members to gifts and loa Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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Obama Transition Seeks to Avoid Clinton Mistakes "The best-kept secret in Washington is that Barack Obama has the largest and most disciplined presidential transition team anyone can recall," the Financial Times reports. "Transition insiders, who are under strict orders from the Obama campaign not to talk to the media to avoid givi Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama 'to use executive orders' - BBC News BBC NewsObama 'to use executive orders'BBC News - 1 hour agoUS President-elect Barack Obama will seek to reverse Bush administration policies when he enters office on 20 January, his transition chief said.Transcript: John Podesta on 'FNS' FOXNewsObama could rev Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Obama to take new media to White House - The Miami Herald Voice of AmericaObama to take new media to White HouseThe Miami Herald - 38 minutes agoBy FRANK GREVE WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama will add a new media wrinkle Saturday to his weekly radio address: the first YouTube video version, to be posted on his trans Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Obama, McCain pledge to work together on reform - Reuters ReutersObama, McCain pledge to work together on reformReuters - 3 hours agoBy Jeff Mason and Caren Bohan CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama and vanquished rival John McCain met for the first time since the November 4 election on Monday, pledging to work to Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Google-enabled government starts with Obama's CTO President-elect Barack Obama's plan to build a Google -enabled government began modestly this week with its new Change.gov Web site , which includes the means to apply for a job in the new administration.One of Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Obama Gets Sky High Approval Rates A new CNN poll finds 79% of Americans approve of President-elect Obama's performance so far during transition, with just 18% disapproving.Obama's approval rating is 14 points higher than the approval rating for President-elect George Bush in 2001 and 17 points higher than President-ele Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama vows to work for Mideast breakthrough - The Associated Press Seattle Post IntelligencerObama vows to work for Mideast breakthroughThe Associated Press - 41 minutes agoAMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stepped into the thicket of Mideast politics Tuesday, declaring in Jordan that neither the Israe Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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What Did Obama Know? President-elect Obama's transition office has yet to comment on the news of the arrest of Gov. Rod Blogojevich, but there is some suspicion that the Obama team at least knew of the investigation.Transcripts of wiretap conversations suggest that the governor had conversations with Obama's Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |