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Obama to name new White House chief of staff
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will name Denis McDonough as the new White House chief of staff and announce other changes to his staff Friday afternoon, a White House official said. McDonough is deputy national security advisor and a trusted advisor to...
Tags: White House, Washington, DC, Corporate Officers, Barack Obama, Elections
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Obama picks foreign policy aide as chief of staff
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama announced Friday that his new chief of staff is longtime trusted aide Denis McDonough, whom the president described as a close friend unafraid to deliver straight talk. McDonough has been a longtime foreign...
Tags: International Military Interventions, Iraq, Peter M. Rouse, Politics, Joe Biden
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10 things you might not know about signatures
Jack Lew, nominated for treasury secretary, uses a series of loops as his signature. Which is fine for him personally, but may appear odd on U.S. currency. President Barack Obama said Lew "assures me that he is going to work to make at least one letter...
Tags: William Shakespeare, John Hancock, Barack Obama, Nelson Algren, Mark Twain
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The scandal of loyalty
WASHINGTON -- President Obama hasn't even begun his second term, yet already he has been ensnared by scandal. Republicans have uncovered a shocking level of wrongdoing in the Oval Office, and I'm afraid what they say is true: The president is brazenly...
Tags: Eric Holder, The Wall Street Journal, Wolf Blitzer, Politics, Central Intelligence Agency
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The lowdown on Lew
WASHINGTON -- In selecting Jacob Lew, the White House chief of staff, to replace Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary, President Obama has sent some not-so-subtle messages: the Treasury's autonomy will be curbed; the president doesn't much fear...
Tags: Finance, The Wall Street Journal, John Boehner, Financial Markets, Politics
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Lew's penmanship undeserving the dollar bill
My only comment on President Barack Obama's pick for Treasury Secretary is that Jack Lew should try to improve his penmanship ("Treasury pick seen as right for budget fights," Jan. 10). His signature looks like a stretched out slinky toy. I'm not sure I...Tags: Barack Obama
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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: Finance, Politics, Freddie Mac, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of State
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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, Politics, Civil Rights, Abusive Behavior, Jennifer Granholm
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Treasury Secretary Geithner reportedly wants to leave by month's end
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, the last remaining member of President Obama's original economic team, has made it clear he did not intend to stay in the high-pressure job for more than four years. And now, with Obama set to be...
Tags: Eric Holder, Politics, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Google+
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Widget lets you see how Treasury nominee Lew would sign your name
WASHINGTON -- The unusual signature of penmanship-challenged Treasury Secretary nominee Jacob J. Lew is drawing as much attention as any of his views on fiscal policy. And now anyone can see how the man whose John Hancock soon could grace our greenbacks...
Tags: Timothy Geithner, White House, Barack Obama, Politics, Elections
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Pro-Israel groups take wait-and-see approach to Hagel nomination
WASHINGTON – Two influential pro-Israel organizations that have been skeptical about President Obama’s nomination of Chuck Hagel to be Defense secretary said Monday they are not opposing confirmation of the former Republican senator, following...Tags: White House, Barack Obama, Politics, Elections, Lobbying
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AmEx, Xerox CEOs reportedly considered for Obama Cabinet posts
WASHINGTON -- President Obama, who has faced criticism that he has been hostile to big business, reportedly is considering two major corporate chief executives for positions in his second-term Cabinet. American Express Co. Chief Executive Kenneth...
Tags: John Bryson, Bloomberg L.P., Rebecca Blank, Edison International, Politics
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