Admiral said to be named intelligence chief
SFGate (USA) - 6-1-2009
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Blagojevich's Senate pick heads to Washington- SFGate (USA)
Minnesota board OKs count with Franken winning- SFGate (USA) |
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Obama names Harvard law dean solicitor general
SFGate (USA) - 6-1-2009
Obama announced his choices for three other leading Justice Department jobs. Washington lawyers David Ogden and Tom Perrelli were named as deputy attorney general and associate attorney general. And he picked Indiana University School of Law Professor Dawn Johnsen to be assistant attorney general ... |
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Jeb Bush says won't run for Senate
Reuters (USA) - 6-1-2009
President George W. Bush, on Tuesday ruled out running for a Senate seat he had been considering contesting. Bush, who was a popular Republican governor, said in a statement he would not run in 2010 for the Florida Senate seat that is being vacated by Republican Sen. Mel Martinez. "While the ... |
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Colo.'s new senator relatively unknown to voters
SFGate (USA) - 6-1-2009
Ken Salazar, is a mystery to many voters — but not to President-elect Obama, who received a $4,600 political contribution from him. Bennet was Gov. Bill Ritter's surprise choice to replace Salazar, who was nominated by Obama to be interior secretary. Bennet, a Democrat, is relatively unknown ... |
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Commentary: Rick Warren foes aren't practicing tolerance
CNN (USA) - 6-1-2009
Jordan Lorence: Barack Obama has asked Rick Warren to give the invocation He says activists are seeking to ban Warren from speaking because of his views Lorence says Warren's view on marriage is the majority position in the U.S. He says Obama also believes marriage is between a man and a woman |
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House re-elects Nancy Pelosi as speaker
The Seattle Times (USA) - 6-1-2009
The woman who made history two years ago by becoming the first female speaker of the House has been re-elected to that post. House colleagues today chose Nancy Pelosi to continue as speaker.. Her fellow Democrats, with an expanded majority, elected her over Republican John Boehner (BAY'-nur) on ...
Burris Says He Only Had One Conversation With Gov.- cbs2chicago.com
Blagojevich appointee Roland Burris arrives for start of new Congress- NY Daily News (USA)
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Burris turned away at Senate door
CNN (USA) - 6-1-2009
Ex-Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris' credentials rejected Certificate missing signature of Illinois secretary of state, aide says Burris says he has the legal right to be U.S. senator Some say appointment tainted because of charges against Illinois governor |
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Athens police suspect extremists shot riot cop
SFGate (USA) - 6-1-2009
The two gunmen escaped after firing an AK-47 assault rifle and a semiautomatic pistol in the ambush in Exarchia, a university neighborhood where youth riots erupted a month ago after the shooting death of a 15-year-old activist by a police officer. The unrest by students and anarchists spread ... |
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Promise and perils of a new approach
The Seattle Times (USA) - 6-1-2009
Here are some questions and answers about the evolving stimulus plan.. Tax cuts can be implemented fairly quickly — in weeks or months. Government spending on repairing roads, bridges and other public-works projects typically takes longer to roll out. If timed right, though, such spending ... |
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Obama defends choice of Panetta to head CIA
Reuters (USA) - 6-1-2009
Dianne Feinstein and West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller, raised questions on Monday about Panetta's limited intelligence expertise after word leaked out that Panetta had been picked by Obama for CIA. "I have the utmost respect for Leon Panetta," Obama told reporters when asked about the criticism ...
Panetta pick as CIA chief under fire- CNN (USA) |
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