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One Cabinet pick approved, two narrowly advance
WASHINGTON — President Obama's nominee to lead the Energy Department won unanimous confirmation by the Senate on Thursday while two other Cabinet choices narrowly advanced out of committee, amid complaints from Democrats over Republican delaying...
Tags: Government Health Care, Jeff Merkley, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lamar Alexander
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Pritzker reveals finances, board resignation plans
Tribune reportersChicago billionaire Penny Pritzker intends to resign from corporate boards, including that of Hyatt Hotels Corp., and reported that she received nearly $54 million in consulting fees last year from an off-shore Bahamian trust, the U.S. Commerce...Tags: Elections, Realty, Politics, Warren Buffett, Fiserv Incorporated
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Bowen honored at Statehouse ceremony
Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS -- Gov. Mike Pence bowed his head in silence Wednesday during a solemn Statehouse memorial for former Gov. Otis "Doc" Bowen as an honor guard posted in the domed Rotunda kept watch over the late governor's official state portrait and bronze...Tags: Human Interest, AIDS, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Government
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Ten years after Iraq war began, Iran reaps the gains
BAGHDAD — Ten years after the U.S.-led invasion to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, the geopolitical winner of the war appears to be their common enemy: Iran. American military forces are long gone, and Iraqi officials say Washington's...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iraq War (2003-2011), Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Wars and Interventions, Bashar Assad
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Obama and his Cabinet are not qualified to run the government
Any manager working in private business has, most likely more than once, made cost reductions. When doing so, they try to achieve the savings with the smallest impact on the central business of the company. Listening to members of President Obama's...Tags: Barack Obama
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The challenges at the Interior Dept.
U.S. secretaries of the Interior have seldom been renowned for being … well, renowned. Typically affable former members of Congress who reliably see things according to the president's point of view, they are nearly always Western conservationists,...
Tags: Lobbying, Barack Obama, Sally Jewell, Conservation, Recreational Equipment Inc.
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Senator vows to delay Obama's nominees over Libya
WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading Republican senator said Sunday he would hold up Senate confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominees to head the Pentagon and the CIA until the White House provided more answers about the Sept. 11 attack against a U....
Tags: Elections, Leon Panetta, Benghazi, Barack Obama, Lindsey O. Graham
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Chan Lowe: Obama's cabinet picks
Presidential staffing is where symbolism and pragmatism collide. It’s also where the dual nature of the presidency—as head of state and head of government—becomes most problematic for the occupant. On the one hand, as chief...
Tags: Barack Obama, Government, Politics, Heads of State
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In picking Lew, Obama turns a page at Treasury
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jack Lew, President Barack Obama's nominee for treasury secretary, is a premier federal budget expert who would take the helm of the government's main agency for economic and fiscal policy just as the administration girds itself...Tags: Elections, U.S. Department of State, Timothy Geithner, Politics, Jeff Sessions
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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: Eric Holder, U.S. Department of State, Civil Rights, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Politics
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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: Elections, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Laws
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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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of State, Barack Obama, Wars and Interventions, Janet Napolitano
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Feb 14, 2013
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Feb 11, 2013
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Jan 17, 2013
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Jan 10, 2013
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Dec 19, 2012
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Nov 14, 2012
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