Articles filed under Barack Obama
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Biden: Report to clear Obama aides in Blagojevich probeDec 22, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Vice President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday that a report due to be released imminently will show "no inappropriate contact" between President-elect Barack...
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Obama's choice of evangelical pastor draws ireDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday defended his choice of a popular evangelical minister to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, rejecting cri...
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Obama names three more to economic teamDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday named three veteran regulators to round out his economic team and vowed to revamp regulatory rules to prevent a repeat of the fi...
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Obama to name LaHood transportation headDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Ray LaHood has said he wanted to write his memoirs now that he is retiring from the U.S. House of Representatives after 14 years. But it looks like the Peoria legislator...
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Obama looking at $850 billion jolt to the economyDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Eager to jolt a worsening economy back to life, President-elect Barack Obama's aides are assembling a two-year stimulus package that could cost $850 billi...
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Obama team advised to spend over $600B on economyDec 16, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- After consulting with economists from across the political spectrum, President-elect Barack Obama's advisers are contemplating an economic recovery plan th...
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Obama adds to CabinetDec 16, 2008 10:00 pm - On a pre-holiday push to fill his Cabinet, President-elect Barack Obama announced Wednesday his choices of former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack to be agriculture secretary and C...
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It's official: Obama chooses Arne Duncan for Education SecretaryDec 15, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama announced Arne Duncan, the head of the Chicago school system, as education secretary Tuesday and said failing to improve classroom instructi...
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Justices again decline Obama challengeDec 14, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has turned down another challenge to Barack Obama's eligibility to serve as president because of his citizenship. The appeal by Cort Wrot...
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Obama denies any involvement in scheme to sell Senate seatDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama said this morning his office had "no involvement in any deal making" related to Gov. Rod Blagojevich's alleged attempts to trade his vacant ...