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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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