| Obama taps Clinton, Gates for US 'new dawn' abroad (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 02:44 AM CST  AP - Barack Obama promised "a new dawn of American leadership" in a troubled world, announcing a strong-willed national security team headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who fought him long and bitterly for the presidency, and Robert Gates, the man who has been running two wars for George W. Bush.
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| Obama from change agent to pragmatist (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 05:25 PM CST  AP - The selection of experienced centrists Hillary Rodham Clinton, Robert Gates and James L. Jones to head President-elect Barack Obama's national security team points to the possibility that on Iraq, the incoming commander-in-chief may take a more measured path to ending American military involvement than he described during the presidential campaign.
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| Clinton's India ties may complicate Obama policy (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 05:30 PM CST  AP - The close ties with India that Secretary of State-nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton forged during her years as a U.S. senator and presidential candidate could complicate diplomatic perceptions of her ability to serve as a neutral broker between India and its nuclear neighbor, Pakistan.
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| Palin urges Ga. voters to back Chambliss in runoff (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 08:08 PM CST  AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin urged Georgia voters to back Sen. Saxby Chambliss in Tuesday's runoff in an election eve appeal that underscored her popularity within the Republican Party and the GOP's efforts to stave off erosion of its shrinking Senate numbers.
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| Rangel takes on the New York Times (Politico) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 03:29 AM CST Politico - He may fear “death by a thousand cuts” — a stream of damning newspaper stories, private grumblings from Democratic colleagues, a pending ethics investigation — but insiders say House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel has no intention of giving up his powerful post. |
| Hillary Clinton joins Obama's team of rivals (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 03:01 PM CST  AP - The woman who wanted to be president stepped up to a podium too tall, turned the microphones down and began by addressing the man who defeated her: "Mr. President-elect."
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| Rice says she won't give Clinton too much advice (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 03:22 PM CST  AP - Happily contemplating another woman as the top U.S. diplomat, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she will offer advice, privately, and then get out of the way.
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| Obama expresses sympathy over Mumbai attack (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 03:29 PM CST  AP - President-elect Barack Obama expressed sympathy for the victims of the terror attacks in Mumbai but declined to say whether the Indian government would be justified in pursuing terrorists in next-door Pakistan.
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| Obama pick gives Arizona a GOP governor (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 03:19 PM CST  AP - President-elect Barack Obama's announcement Monday that Gov. Janet Napolitano is his choice to head the Department of Homeland Security means a Republican will move into the governor's office.
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| Ariz. governor picked for Homeland Security post (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2008 03:20 PM CST  AP - Ariz. Gov. Janet Napolitano will be the third secretary of the Homeland Security Department if confirmed by the Senate.
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| Obama Readies Shifts From Bush's National Security Policies (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 04:20 AM CST CQPolitics.com - During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama spoke about using diplomacy, nation-building and other non-military approaches to promote U.S. interests abroad. According to this world view, advancing living standards abroad could enhance security at home. |
| Drama and Hillary go hand in hand (Politico) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 03:35 AM CST Politico - Is this the end of Hillary? |
| Governors look to Obama for relief (Politico) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 03:25 AM CST Politico - PHILADELPHIA – Barack Obama’s first formal visit as president-elect with the nation’s governors Tuesday is likely to be shorter on congratulations than it is on pleas for money. |
| Panel warns biological attack likely by 2013 (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 02:47 AM CST  AP - The United States can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study being briefed Tuesday to Vice President-elect Joe Biden. It suggests the Obama administration bolster efforts to counter and prepare for germ warfare by terrorists.
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| Governors to press Obama for help with shortfalls (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 02:40 AM CST  AP - The nation's governors are meeting with President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday to press their case for at least $40 billion to help pay for health care for the poor and disabled and even more for infrastructure projects like road and bridge repair.
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| Obama AG pick defended Guantanamo policy (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 02:30 AM CST  AP - President-elect Barack Obama's choice to become the next attorney general, Eric Holder, once defended the Bush administration's arguments for holding detainees at Guantanamo Bay, a position that runs counter to his more recent comments and to a signature policy of the incoming administration.
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| Defense secretary says nuclear gaffes unacceptable (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 02:06 AM CST  AP - Hours after being named President-elect Barack Obama's choice to remain as defense secretary, Robert Gates visited Minot Air Force Base and said lapses in nuclear weapons procedures last year were unacceptable.
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| Former US president Clinton silent on wife's nomination (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 01:37 AM CST  AFP - Former US president Bill Clinton remained tight-lipped on Tuesday about the nomination of his wife Hillary as secretary of state by president-elect Barack Obama.
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| Court ruling brings down Thai government (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 04:17 AM CST  AP - A court dissolved Thailand's top three ruling parties for electoral fraud Tuesday and temporarily banned the prime minister from politics, bringing down a government that has faced months of strident protests seeking its ouster.
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| Georgia votes in key Senate run-off election (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2008 12:25 AM CST  Reuters - The U.S. state of Georgia votes in a run-off election for U.S. Senate on Tuesday that will help decide whether Democrats gain a big enough majority in the chamber to ram through legislation virtually at will.
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