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Nassau County Deputy moved by Obama speech
Spin CycleOne Nassau County official was moved to tears watching President Obama???s speech to the nation. Patrick Duggan, the deputy county executive for economic development, was talking Wednesday morning to a group of housing advocates at the Melville Marriott...Tags: National Government, Government, Barack Obama
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Obama: Deals overseas
Spin Cycle"We'll eliminate the no bid contracts" that waste resources in Iraq gets more of a partisan cheer, as does calling for an end to tax breaks that shift jobs overseas. (But he seems to be a dove on CAFTA and......Tags: Treaties, Politics
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Michelle Obama's box mates tonight
The Swampby Frank James The White House earlier today released the names of those who will be in the First Lady's Box during President Barack Obama's speech tonight before a joint session of Congress, his first. Among the guests: a banker,......Tags: Vehicles, North Carolina, Corporate Officers, Montpelier, Technology
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Gary Locke: Commerce Sec'y nominee
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama today nominated Gary Locke, former governor of Washington, to serve as secretary of commerce. The former two-term Democratic governor who left office in 2005, the nation's first Chinese-American governor when he took...Tags: National Government, Hillary Clinton, Executive Branch, Yale University, Global Expansion
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Obama's agenda upended by economy?
The Swampby Frank James The optimistic economic assumptions in President Barack Obama's budget overview now seem like a cruel joke after yesterday's GDP report that the economy contracted by 6.2 percent in 2008's fourth-quarter. The Obama Administration's growth...Tags: National Government, Budgets and Budgeting, Government, Government Debt, Republican Party
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Obama: Stock 'gyrations' wrong indicator
The Swampby Mark Silva As the stock market floated at low points unseen in over a decade, President Barack Obama suggested today that stocks are starting to look like "potentially a good deal... if you have a long-term perspective on it.''......Tags: National Government, United Kingdom, Stock Broking, Government, Barack Obama
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Greenspan: Don't blame me for this mess
The SwampAlan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve chairman, at a October 2008 congressional hearing. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) by Frank James Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has gotten a lot of blame for the current economic crisis which grew......Tags: Federal Reserve, Mortgages, Money and Monetary Policy, The New York Times, Economy, Business and Finance
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Smith's Rocky road: Sen. Dems punt on drug laws
Spin CycleState Senate Democrats appear to have punted on reforming the Rockefeller Drug Laws. After a contentious closed-door meeting, the senators have decided to fold the issue into a budget bill to be considered next week. Democrats have a one-seat......Tags: St. Albans, National Government, Upper House, Democratic Party, Government
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Joe Biden, unions: 'Comfort zone, man'
The Swampby Mark Silva Vice President Joe Biden has gone around the block several times, and labor unions have been there with him. Today, they came around together again, at the AFL-CIO's annual executive council meeting in Miami Beach. "I tell......Tags: Unions, National Government, Football, Government, Career and Workplace
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Nassau's Kessel faces critics on the circuit
Spin CycleNow in his second big power-authority job, Nassau???s Richard Kessel, right, finds himself drawing political static. Last month the New York Power Authority, which Kessel chairs, agreed to cede hundreds of millions of dollars to help fill the state???s......Tags: Long Island Power Authority, Richard Kessel, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Government, Executive Branch
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Theme for Tuesday: Tricks of the trade
Spin CycleYou could have guessed the Patersons weren't going to just ditch Bill Cunningham. He prominently reappears on the state payroll at $170G after his "resignation" -- now in the role advising on stimulus funds. Adolfo Carrion, former Bronx boro president.......Tags: White House, National Government, Greg Smith, Government, Barack Obama
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Labor: Job loss not 'abstract,' only sec'y
The Swampby Mark Silva "Labor, for $787 billion, Alex.'' ...The Senate has confirmed President Barack Obama's appointment of a former California congresswoman as Secretary of Labor.... "Who is Hilda Solis?'' (Bingo, or maybe Daily Double: $1.574 trillion -- not...Tags: National Government, Layoffs and Downsizing, Insurance, Government, California
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