2008年11月29日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Samantha Power re-joins Obama (Politico)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 03:43 PM CST

Politico - Samantha Power, the foreign-policy scholar who was banished from the Obama campaign for referring to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as a "monster" during the Democratic primaries, is working on President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team studying State Department personnel, operations and policy.

A president named Obama changes the name game (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2008 02:58 AM CST

*(* FILE ** In this Nov. 26, 2008 file photo, President-elect Barack Obama listens to a reporter's question during a news conference in Chicago.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - Zenas Ackah has heard it all his life: What kind of name is that? You must not be from here. You must be foreign. Actually, no. Born in the United States, the 22-year-old college senior with the Greek first name and the Ghanian last name grew up in Philadelphia.


Obama offers condolences to India PM (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2008 02:10 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama pauses as he speaks with the media at a food bank in Chicago, November 26, 2008. (John Gress/Reuters)Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama called Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday to express his sympathy for the deaths in the attack by Islamist gunmen on Mumbai, a government spokesman said.


Iowa cafe swamped with orders for 'Obama cookie' (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 07:40 PM CST

A plate of chocolate-chunk cookies sit out on the counter at Baby Boomers Cafe in Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008. The chocolate-chunk cookies were popular with the family of President-elect Barack Obama,  including daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, during the campaign season. (AP Photo/Kevin Sanders)AP - Want an example of the change Barack Obama is bringing to the country? Check out cookie sales at Baby Boomers Cafe in Des Moines.


Terrorists will not defeat India's 'great democracy': Obama (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 06:03 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama, seen here on November 26, 2008, expressed sorrow for the victims of the attacks on Mumbai on Friday and said the militants who staged the assault would not defeat India's AFP - President-elect Barack Obama on Friday expressed sorrow for the victims of the attacks on Mumbai and said the militants who staged the assault would not defeat India's "great democracy" or the global coalition arrayed against them.


Can Obama's team of egos co-exist? (Politico)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 05:42 PM CST

Politico - Barack Obama’s picks for cabinet and other senior posts are many things: centrists, veterans, rivals. Most of all, though, they’re big: Big names, big intellects, and big egos.

Obama: Attacks will not defeat India's democracy (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 05:09 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama, seen here on November 26, 2008, expressed sorrow for the victims of the attacks on Mumbai on Friday and said the militants who staged the assault would not defeat India's AP - President-elect Barack Obama's statement Friday night in reaction to the shootings in India:


Purchasing Obama memorabilia? Buyer beware (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 04:41 PM CST

Barack Obama election items are displayed for sale by a street vendor on 125th Street in the Harlem section of New York City in this November 4, 2008 file photo. (Mike Segar/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Americans are snapping up mementos to commemorate President-elect Barack Obama's election -- from plates and coins to sneakers -- but experts are skeptical they will ever become valuable collectibles.


Obama attends funeral for friend's family member (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 04:13 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama, right, and his wife Michelle Obama, left, arrive at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church to attend a funeral service, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President-elect Barack Obama on Friday attended a funeral for a friend's relative.


Obama adviser once critical of Clinton is back (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 03:58 PM CST

President-elect Barack Obama, seen here on November 26, 2008, expressed sorrow for the victims of the attacks on Mumbai on Friday and said the militants who staged the assault would not defeat India's AP - An adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign who was forced to resign earlier this year after calling Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton a "monster" is now working on the transition team for the agency Clinton is expected to lead.


Wade claims to have given info on five lawmakers to DOJ (Politico)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:21 PM CST

Politico - Mitchell Wade, the former defense contractor who pleaded guilty to paying $1.8 million in bribes to imprisoned former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.), gave information on five more members of Congress to the Justice Department, according to his lawyer.

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