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Obama to name Geithner, Summers to economic posts (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2008 12:19 AM CST AP - President-elect Barack Obama will announce the leaders of his economic team Monday, naming Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary and Lawrence Summers to direct the National Economic Council, transition officials said.

Obama names longtime spokesman Gibbs press chief (AP) Posted: 22 Nov 2008 09:12 PM CST AP - President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday named longtime spokesman Robert Gibbs as White House press secretary and reached outside his inner circle for the post of White House communications director.

Obama taps passionate defender for press secretary (AP) Posted: 22 Nov 2008 11:38 PM CST AP - Two of the top qualities Robert Gibbs brings to the job of White House press secretary aren't found on his resume: He won't flinch at telling it like it is to the next president or telling it like he thinks it ought to be to the media.

Investor fear remains deep despite 1-day rally (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2008 12:20 AM CST AP - Since the Nov. 4 election, investors have been abandoning stocks in a kind of slow-motion crash that experts say underlines just how anxious they are about what is likely to be a long and deep recession.

5 on the outs in Cabinet shuffle (Politico) Posted: 22 Nov 2008 06:28 PM CST Politico - One Democratic operative suggests keeping track of Barack Obama’s Cabinet selections with a March Madness-type tournament chart. While no official announcements have been made, a controlled series of leaks have given a good sense of who's still in contention, and which big names have been bounced from the bracket.

Chicago, Clinton camps feed Obama's incoming team (AP) Posted: 22 Nov 2008 05:45 PM CST AP - Two main quarries are supplying the building blocks for President-elect Barack Obama's new administration.

Obama plan aims for 2.5 million new jobs by 2011 (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2008 12:24 AM CST AP - President-elect Barack Obama, who is set to announce his economic team, promoted an economic plan Saturday he said would create or save 2.5 million jobs by spending billions of dollars to rebuild roads and bridges and modernize schools while developing alternative energy sources and more efficient cars.

Oprah, Leno, Letterman: What's Palin to do next? (AP) Posted: 22 Nov 2008 09:07 AM CST AP - Sarah Palin is juggling offers to write books, appear in films and sit on dozens of interview couches at a rate astonishing for most Hollywood stars, let alone a first-term governor.

Obama tells Karzai Afghan security will be priority (Reuters) Posted: 23 Nov 2008 02:06 AM CST Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama told Afghan President Hamid Karzai he would make it a priority to fight terrorism and bring security to Afghanistan and the region, the Afghan presidential palace said Sunday.

Venezuelans vote in local election test for Chavez (Reuters) Posted: 23 Nov 2008 12:10 AM CST Reuters - Venezuelans vote Sunday in state elections where President Hugo Chavez aims to consolidate his grip on the OPEC nation to re-energize his drive toward socialism a year after he suffered a referendum defeat.

Will Obama mum-in-law make it a family affair in the White House? (AFP) Posted: 22 Nov 2008 11:26 PM CST AFP - When US president-elect Barack Obama moves into the White House in January, word is that mother-in-law Marian Robinson will be moving in, too.

Obama taps Geithner, Summers for top economic jobs (Reuters) Posted: 22 Nov 2008 10:45 PM CST Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has chosen seasoned policymakers Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers as his two top economic lieutenants to direct the fight to rescue the economy and stem the worst financial crisis in more than 70 years.

Richardson at Commerce, Summers as economic adviser (Politico) Posted: 22 Nov 2008 10:24 PM CST Politico - Democratic sources report two major decisions by President-elect Obama: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) will be named secretary of Commerce, subject to final vetting. And Lawrence Summers, Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, will be White House economic adviser.

(AP) Posted: 22 Nov 2008 09:12 PM CST AP - Sources say President-elect Barack Obama on Monday will name New York Fed Chairman Timothy Geithner treasury secretary, Lawrence Summers director of National Economic Council.

Obama weighs names for top posts (AP) Posted: 22 Nov 2008 08:37 PM CST AP - President-elect Barack Obama is weighing an array of Washington insiders and outsiders, including some Republicans, for Cabinet and other top positions, according to Democratic and transition officials. They include:

Obama sees long haul ahead, China offers help (Reuters) Posted: 22 Nov 2008 06:09 PM CST Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama said on Saturday he was crafting a two-year plan to fight an economic crisis of "historic proportions" and Chinese leader Hu Jintao said his country was ready to play a big role in the global effort.

Obama names Robert Gibbs as press secretary (Reuters) Posted: 22 Nov 2008 05:30 PM CST Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama announced on Saturday that close aide Robert Gibbs would be White House press secretary and Ellen Moran of women's organization Emily's List would be director of communications.

Geithner's peers praise his perspective (Politico) Posted: 22 Nov 2008 05:20 PM CST Politico - Timothy Geithner, the New York Fed chief poised to be Barack Obama’s Treasury secretary, would bring to the table a keen sense of pragmatism and coolness under pressure – and an increasingly important international perspective, say those who know him and his work well.

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