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Mrs. Bush, Rice: Bush presidency not a failure (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 01:55 PM CST AP - The two most influential women in President George W. Bush's White House — first lady Laura Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice — are strongly defending the president's legacy against critics who are calling his administration one of the worst in history.

After 30 years, John Warner exits Senate at peace (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 03:59 PM CST AP - After five terms in the Senate, service in two wars and in his third marriage at age 81, John W. Warner still retains the unbent posture and bearing of the Marine he once was.

Obama adviser: Slowing economy won't halt tax cuts (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 03:19 PM CST AP - A top adviser to President-elect Barack Obama said Sunday that the country's slowing economy won't keep the new administration from fulfilling its plans for a middle-class tax cut.

Rice: Obama election encourages people worldwide (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 04:02 PM CST AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the country is not "race-blind" and "we shouldn't deceive ourselves that we're race-blind," but said the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president was a key moment in history.

Aides play defense on Sunday shows (Politico) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 12:04 PM CST Politico - Incoming White House aides pushed the new administration’s plans for a large stimulus package, while playing defense on the corruption case of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on the Sunday talk shows this morning.

First lady says shoe-throwing an assault (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 08:13 AM CST AP - First lady Laura Bush says President Bush laughed it off, but that it was an "assault" when an Iraqi reporter threw his shoes at the president during a news conference in Baghdad.

UK's Brown defiant on economy, sees new U.S. alliance (Reuters) Posted: 29 Dec 2008 02:43 AM CST Reuters - Britain's Gordon Brown will use his New Year address to call for a "coalition for change" with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama in a speech intended as a rallying call to Britons.

Obama economic plan to cost between 675 and 775 bln: aides (AFP) Posted: 29 Dec 2008 02:28 AM CST AFP - US President-elect Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan may cost between 675 billion and 775 billion dollars and will favor long-term infrastructure and job creation projects, top Obama aides said.

USA (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST The Christian Science Monitor - The slowing economy won't keep the new administration from fulfilling it's plans for a middle-class tax cut in a stimulus package, David Axelrod, a top adviser to President-elect Obama, said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Protecting Obama When the Lights Go Out (Time.com) Posted: 29 Dec 2008 01:40 AM CST Time.com - A very public vacation day for the President-elect becomes a security problem when the lights go out in Honolulu and practically all of Oahu

Summers: Obama stimulus aimed at long term too (Reuters) Posted: 29 Dec 2008 12:30 AM CST Reuters - Spending government money solely to stimulate consumer spending would be a short-sighted mistake, one of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's top economic advisers said on Sunday.

Blagojevich lawyer to submit Obama report to panel (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 11:26 PM CST AP - The lead attorney for Gov. Rod Blagojevich said he plans to submit President-elect Barack Obama's internal report on contacts with the scandal-plagued governor to the Illinois House committee weighing impeachment.

Oldest man in the US dies in Sacramento at 112 (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 10:48 PM CST AP - George Francis, the nation's oldest man, who lived through both world wars, man's first walk on the moon and the election of the first black president, has died. He was 112.

Obama, daughters cause stir on Hawaii outing (Reuters) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 10:20 PM CST Reuters - Barack Obama, trying to enjoy the last semblance of normal life before he becomes U.S. president on January 20, caused a commotion when he took his daughters to a shopping mall in Hawaii on Friday.

Obama 'committed' to Middle East peace: aide (AFP) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 10:06 PM CST AFP - Barack Obama is "committed" to achieving peace in the Middle East, a top aide to the US president-elect said Sunday, after one of the bloodiest days in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Surging Sales of 'Obama-bilia' Spread Cheer Among Souvenir Vendors (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 09:28 PM CST CQPolitics.com - Abner Richet, a social work student at the University of Washington in Seattle, had been on his first visit to the nation's capital for only a few hours before he started shopping for souvenirs marking the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.

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