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The Race Is On for Prime Ambassadorships (2)
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Ladies and gentlemen! Start your lobbying engines -- it may already be too late -- for that cushy ambassadorship you've always dreamed of. The incoming Obama administration has helpfully notified all politically appointed ambassadors that they must vacate their posts as of Jan. 20, the day Presid...Shared by Mathew A. Koeneker (45) Mike Fruchter (260)Contribute comment -
Cheney Refuses to Set Timetable for Withdrawal from White House (1)
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Washington, D.C. - Vice President Dick Cheney said he will refuse any attempt to impose "unwise, politically-motivated timelines" for the Bush administration's withdrawal from the White House. President Bush's term officially ends January 20, 2009, when Barack Obama will be sworn in as the nation's next president. However, Cheney said today, only "the situation on the ground" should determine the appropriate time for the administration to withdraw. "It is as foolhardy as it is premature ...Shared by Dani (28)Contribute comment -
Top Officers Hopeful That Obama Will Bring More Realistic View Than Bush (1)
onAdm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, went unarmed into his first meeting with the new commander in chief -- no aides, no PowerPoint presentation, no briefing books. Summoned nine days ago to President-elect Barack Obama's Chicago transition office, Mullen showed up with...Shared by Steve (2)Contribute comment
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At the Last Minute, a Raft of Rules (1)
onIn a burst of activity meant to leave a lasting stamp on the federal government, the Bush White House in the past month has approved 61 new regulations on environmental, security, social and commercial matters that by its own estimate will have an economic impact exceeding $1.9 billion annually.Shared by Patty Hankins (18)Contribute comment
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Weisberg: For Presidents, Loyalty Has a Price (1)
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Bush made personal allegiance a threshold test. The result was a surfeit of reliable hacks and outright incompetents.Shared by Shawn (0)Contribute comment -
Defeated Congressman Leaves Military-Academy Applications Unprocessed (1)
onThe presidential transfer of power may be going swimmingly, but things are not so smooth in Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District. That's where Rep. Phil English, a Republican who has represented the Erie area since 1994, lost his reelection bid to Democratic challenger Kathy Dahlkemper. And he seems to be taking it hard.Shared by Thomas (2)Contribute comment
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Citizenship 2.0 on the Internet (1)
onCan the Obama campaign's success with social networking technologies become a tool for good governance?Shared by Zaf (1)Contribute comment
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Unhappy People Watch More TV Than Happy People, U-Md. Researcher Finds (1)
onHappy people spend more free hours socializing, reading and participating in religious activities, while unhappy people watch 30 percent more television, according to new research on American life.Shared by Janyne (2)Contribute comment
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GAO Report Says Labor Department Misled Congress on Cost of Outsourcing Jobs (1)
onThe Labor Department gave Congress inaccurate and unreliable numbers that understated the expense of contracting out its employees' work to private firms, according to a Government Accountability Office report released yesterday.Shared by Flint (18)Contribute comment
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Media Notes: An Interview With Outgoing White House Press Secretary Dana Perino (1)
onThe network stars were gone, the seats half empty and the questioning low-key as Dana Perino held a White House briefing last week, her biggest announcement that the administration would try to ease air traffic for the holidays.Shared by Fang (14)Contribute comment
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How do you raise 'normal' kids in the White House? (1)
onHow do you raise kids in the White House and 'keep them normal,' too?Shared by norti (16)Contribute comment
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Some in the Arab World Worry that Clinton Would Be More Hawk Than Dove (1)
onThere is possibly no person President-elect Barack Obama considered for secretary of state who is more reliably pro-Israel than Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), the woman to whom he appears likely to give the job sometime after Thanksgiving.Shared by Donald Jenkins (20)Contribute comment
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After Wall Street Rescue, Bush Changes Course on Federal Intervention (1)
onAfter pledging more than $1 trillion to rescue financial markets, President Bush has fought against a series of proposals for additional bailouts by Democrats and emphasized the benefits of free markets.Shared by Gerard Barberi (21)Contribute comment
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SAP Unveils Data Migration Service (1)
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SAP and Business Objects tout an all-in-one migration service that's purpose-built for SAP environments.Shared by Ross (2)Contribute comment -
Naming National Security Team Will Be a Priority for Obama (1)
onIf President-elect Barack Obama follows the pattern of most of his modern predecessors, one of the first documents to bear his signature after he takes office will be a directive laying out his administration's national security structure. Bill Clinton signed one his first day in office; George W....Shared by Bill (34)Contribute comment
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PETA Releases Mama Kills (1)
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Mama Kills is an unauthorized flash-based web game that asks the player to cut off a chicken’s head, pluck its feathers and pull out its giblets. It’s a parody of Taito’s casual DS game Cooking Mamma and was launched by animal rights advocate PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). The organisation has condemned Taito’s game for overusing a large number of animals in its cooking minigames.read moreShared by Patrick Harms (0)Contribute comment - پرواز ... (1)
- Bill Clinton's Global Reach Would Have Pluses and Minuses for a Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (1)
