| Louisiana delivers GOP 2 seats in Congress (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 02:11 AM CST  AP - In a year when national Republican fortunes took a turn for the worse, Louisiana delivered the GOP two seats in Congress in elections delayed by Hurricane Gustav.
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| AP IMPACT: Donors, lobbyists help Obama get ready (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 12:00 AM CST  AP - Faced with hiring a new administration, President-elect Barack Obama is learning how hard it is to keep his promise to avoid aides who have been entangled with the capital's lobbying scene.
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| Blackwater guards: Mercenaries or decorated vets? (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 08:18 PM CST  AP - Defense attorneys on Saturday lambasted U.S. indictments against decorated war veterans for deadly 2007 shootings as Iraqis welcomed the charges against five Blackwater guards in a case that fueled anti-Americanism and roiled diplomacy with Baghdad.
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| Rumsfeld nemesis Shinseki to be named VA secretary (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 01:52 AM CST  AP - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki to be the next Veterans Affairs secretary, turning to a former Army chief of staff once vilified by the Bush administration for questioning its Iraq war strategy.
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| Analysis: Obama defense agenda resembles Gates' (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 02:07 PM CST  AP - For a Democrat whose opposition to the Iraq war was a campaign centerpiece, President-elect Barack Obama is remarkably in sync with Defense Secretary Robert Gates on many core defense and national security issues even Iraq.
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| Obama banking on large-scale public works project (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 08:08 PM CST  AP - President-elect Barack Obama said Saturday that he wants to revive the economy and create jobs by upgrading roads, schools and energy efficiency in a public-works program whose scale has been unseen since construction of the interstate highway system in the 1950s.
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| With time short, Congress tries to seal auto deal (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 12:04 AM CST  AP - Racing to seal a deal with the White House, Democratic congressional leaders dispatched aides Saturday to draft an emergency $15 billion aid package to pull Detroit's Big Three automakers from the brink of collapse.
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| Caroline is latest Kennedy to eye NY Senate seat (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 01:18 PM CST  AP - Caroline Kennedy daughter of a slain president, niece of senators, and zealous guardian of her own privacy is interested in the Senate seat once held by her uncle, her cousin says.
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| Round 2 for trial of Safavian in Abramoff case (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 04:25 AM CST  AP - It's time for Round Two in the Justice Department's prosecution of David Safavian, the only person convicted by a jury of corruption charges in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal and the only one whose conviction has been overturned on appeal.
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| Obama to nominate Rumsfeld critic as head of Veterans Affairs (AFP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 02:51 AM CST  AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama will announce Sunday the nomination of retired army general Eric Shinseki -- who warned Donald Rumsfeld that a large force was needed to invade Iraq -- as head of the Department of Veteran Affairs.
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| McCain warns against worsening of India-Pakistan ties (AFP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 02:31 AM CST  AFP - Former US presidential candidate John McCain has said the devastating attacks in Mumbai must not be allowed to hinder the peace process between India and Pakistan.
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| Indicted Louisiana Rep. Jefferson Upset in 2008's Last House Election Day (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 12:07 AM CST CQPolitics.com - The 2008 election year, overwhelmingly favorable to the Democratic Party, came to an improbable end Saturday as indicted nine-term Democratic Rep. William J. Jefferson lost his seat in Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District to Republican Anh "Joseph" Cao, a little-known lawyer. With all precincts reporting, Cao led Jefferson by 50 percent to 47 percent. |
| All eyes on Ghana presidential vote Sunday (AFP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 02:41 AM CST  AFP - Ghanaians went to the polls Sunday to choose the man who will succeed president John Kufuor, who is stepping down after two four-year terms, and vote for candidates to 230 parliamentary seats.
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| America's latest 'must-have' -- an Obama trinket (AFP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 11:17 PM CST  AFP - Americans who can't get quite enough of Barack Obama can share a quiet moment with the popular president-elect each day as they sip their morning brew in a Barack Obama coffee mug.
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| Brief bios of La. congressional candidates (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 11:05 PM CST AP - Brief profiles of the major party candidates in Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District. Republican Anh "Joseph" Cao defeated indicted Democratic U.S. Rep. William Jefferson on Saturday, denying him a 10th term. Cao will be the first Vietnamese-American in Congress. |
| Obama could bring change to US-Cuba ties (AFP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 10:42 PM CST  AFP - After decades of tense ties, President-elect Barack Obama has an opening to bring change to relations between uneasy neighbors Cuba and the United States.
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| Obama picks Shinseki for veterans affairs (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 07:39 PM CST  Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has selected retired Gen. Eric Shinseki, who clashed with the Bush administration over the number of troops needed in Iraq, to be the next secretary of veterans affairs.
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| Name by name, Obama's Cabinet taking shape (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 06:24 PM CST  AP - Day by day, name by name, President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet is taking shape, and other top jobs are being filled.
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| Obama picks Shinseki for veterans affairs: sources (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 05:43 PM CST Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama has selected retired Gen. Eric Shinseki to be the next secretary of veterans affairs, Democratic sources said on Saturday. |
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