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A day after learning she'll be among 50 "ordinary Americans" on a pre-inauguration train ride with Barack Obama and Joe Biden, Patricia Stiles of Parker was figuring out what to say to them. "I'm hoping that I'll have the right words," she told The Associated...
President-elect Barack Obama will hold a meeting with the nation's governors Tuesday in Philadelphia, and Gov. Mitch Daniels plans to attend. Daniels will take part in the private discussion Tuesday morning, during which Obama and Vice President-elect...
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Dipping into their close circle of Chicago friends to find the new White House social secretary, President-elect Barack Obama and wife Michelle named business executive Desiree Rogers to the job Monday. Rogers, 49, is a former Illinois Lottery director,...
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Waxman could come down to the votes of members too young to remember Dingell’s glory days — votes Waxman has been courting with a series of well-timed campaign contributions. Dingell outraised Waxman by a sizable margin over the past two years, and he’s...
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On Saturday, the Obama transition team announced that Valerie Jarrett will serve as Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison, Phil Schiliro will be Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs,...
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Presidential Pooch Pick Offers Peek Into Policy: Caroline Baum Commentary by Caroline Baum Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- A man is judged by the company he keeps, and no more so than when he's the newly elected president of the United States. America is waiting...
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It was all right there in front of Steve Kroft's face on 60 Minutes tonight, but he just smiled, from the tank. The Associated Press will say whatever the hell " emotive " thing about politicians it feels like , and in this case the wire service noticed...
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Near the beginning of Jon Meacham's scholarly examination of the Andrew Jackson presidency, the author describes the inaugural celebration Jackson held in the White House. Guests climbed through windows, broke furniture and spilled "orange punch by the...
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Martino, bishop of the diocese of Scranton, Pa., the city lifelong Catholic Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) claims as his hometown and the place that inspired his values, has condemned the vice president-elect for his pro-abortion position. “I cannot have a...
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Official confirmation of this came on election night and during the president-elect's first press conference Friday. "Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House," president-elect...
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