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Obama Cabinet shuffle taking shape
WASHINGTON (AP) — The composition of President Barack Obama's second term Cabinet became clearer Wednesday, with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis resigning and three other members of the president's team deciding to stay on amid concerns about...
Tags: Ken Salazar, Government, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, John Kerry
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White House task force to tackle gun violence
WASHINGTON -- Announcing his first steps in response to the Newtown, Conn., school massacre, President Obama on Wednesday charged a task force with drawing up a list of proposals to reduce gun violence across the nation and urged Congress to hold votes on...Tags: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Barack Obama, Interior Policy
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McManus: Reshuffling Obama's Cabinet
"Second terms are hard work," a veteran of the Bill Clinton White House told me Tuesday. "It's a good idea to get some fresh blood in there." But so far, President Obama seems more inclined to simply shuffle the chairs as he reshapes his Cabinet for...
Tags: United Nations, Barack Obama, John Brennan, Janet Napolitano, Central Intelligence Agency
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Feds arrest Gov. Blagojevich to stop ... A political 'crime spree'
Tribune staff reportersThe predawn rousting of Gov. Rod Blagojevich from his Ravenswood Manor home Tuesday marked a stunning climax to a tale of alleged public corruption unmatched in Illinois' storied history of elected scoundrels and thrust the state into an unprecedented...Tags: Robert Grant, Loyola University Chicago, Government, Colleges and Universities, Chicago
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Jury hears he's a crook or victim
Chicago Tribune reportersThe first jury to hear evidence that then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich allegedly tried to sell a U.S. Senate seat and generally abused his office with shakedowns for political and personal profit said it was confused by a sprawling case and unsure when the...Tags: Tony Rezko, Barack Obama, Trials, Rod Blagojevich, Government
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'Amazing Race' recap: I got GPS, OK? [Updated]
Show TrackerOK, so maybe it wasn’t on the level of Frances Perkins (first woman on the U.S. Cabinet) or Sandra Day O’Connor (first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court) or Sally Ride (first American woman in space). But in the corrupt...... -
NYC's Mayor Michael Bloomberg Hit With "Third Term-itis": Poll
![New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is suffering so-called "third term-itis," with only 40 percent of voters approving of his job as good or excellent, a poll found on Thursday, down nearly 30 percent from 2008.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-04/60567752-01032430-187105.jpg "New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is suffering so-called "third term-itis,\" with only 40 percent of voters approving of his job as good or excellent, a poll found on Thursday, down nearly 30 percent from 2008.")
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is suffering so-called "third term-itis," with only 40 percent of voters approving of his job as good or excellent, a poll found on Thursday, down nearly 30 percent from 2008.
The NY1-Marist Poll also showed that...Tags: Politics, Colleges and Universities, Quinnipiac University, Michael Bloomberg, New York City
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Address by President Nelson Mandela before a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress
[Congressional Record: October 6, 1994] From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] ADDRESS BY NELSON MANDELA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, BEFORE A JOINT MEETING OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS Mr. MANDELA....Tags: Government, Judges, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, Entertainment
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Wiretaps detail Blagojevich's wish list
Tribune reportersThe first day of testimony closed with prosecutors playing what could be described as Rod Blagojevich’s “I have a dream” wiretap, though the sentiments expressed by the then-governor on Nov. 5, 2008, were considerably less noble than...Tags: Tony Rezko, Government, Illinois, Entertainment, Police Investigations
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The Wolfowitz non-story
RUTH WEDGWOOD is professor of international law and diplomacy at Johns Hopkins University's School for Advanced International Studies.ON TAKING office, World Bank President Paul D. Wolfowitz set two priorities for the world's premier development institution. He asked for a focus on Africa's persistent poverty, and he targeted corruption that diverts aid dollars from the poor....Tags: Economic Organization, Condoleezza Rice, International Economic Institution, Johns Hopkins University, Washington (U.S. state)
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Obama's well-stocked Cabinet
Now that Barack Obama has filled all of the seats at (and near) his Cabinet table, one thing is clear: The candidate who campaigned on a platform of change attaches equal importance to competence.
Seldom has a presidential Cabinet included so many...Tags: Ken Salazar, Robert Gates, American International Group, Federal Reserve, Agricultural Research and Technology
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Obama reportedly picking LaHood for transportation chief
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — Peoria Republican Rep. Ray LaHood has been chosen as Barack Obama's transportation secretary, placing him in a key role in an administration that has signaled plans for an ambitious public works program, according to Democratic and...Tags: Robert Gates, Barack Obama, Travel, Management Change, U.S. Presidential Transition (2009)
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