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Obama: 'trust' oil execs, but 'verify'
The SwampPresident Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar address the media following a meeting with Cabinet members and administration officials. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) By Christi Parsons and Jim Tankersley Angrily condemning "finger pointing" by oil...Tags: Corruption, Environmental Pollution, Politics, Land Resources, Corporate Crime
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Beyonce to sing at White House dinner
The SwampIt's her Destiny to perform at tonight's dinner: Beyonce at the Grammy Awards in January. (LA Times/Jay Clendenin) by Katherine Skiba And the prize goes to: Beyonce. The Grammy award-winning superstar will perform Wednesday night on the South Lawn......Tags: Phoenix (music group), Bakersfield, Richmond (Contra Costa, California), Peter Orszag, Timothy M. Kaine
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U.S. tax breaks favor oil industry
The SwampResidents of Grand Isle, La. express their frustration with BP Monday. (EPA/Bevil Knapp) by Kim Geiger and Tom Hamburger It was close to 2 a.m. when Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and others on a House-Senate conference committee saw......Tags: Death, Gulf of Mexico, Justice System, University of California, State Budgets
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Michelle Obama heads to Nevada
The Swampby Lisa Mascaro Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will get a little help in his re-election bid next week as he welcomes First Lady Michelle Obama to Nevada to tout healthy living initiatives in Reno and Las Vegas. Michelle Obama......Tags: Ceremonies, Society, U.S. Presidential Election Early Voting (2008), Harry Reid, Inauguration of President Barack Obama (2009)
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Adm. Allen: At the center of the spill
The SwampCoast Guard Adm. Thad Allen addresses the media Tuesday in New Orleans. (AP/Cheryl Gerber) by Jim Tankersley Response Day 37 began at 6 a.m. with a weather report, then an accounting of boats, burns and recon flights. Inside a......Tags: Death, News Agency, Environmental Cleanup, Super Bowl, Miami Dolphins
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Ten for Tuesday: Caroline says yes
Spin CycleObama leads after electoral votes were cast in state Capitols yesterday, and his election as President will become official when the votes are tallied in Congress on Jan. 6. Caroline Kennedy has thrown down for the Senate seat, and......Tags: National Government, Alcoholic Beverages, Upper House, Budgets and Budgeting, Carol Browner
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Salazar: Interior Secretary
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.), a Western Latino with deep grounding in water and land issues, is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to lead the Interior Department. Two senior Democrats said Obama will name Salazar to the post, rounding....Tags: National Government, New Mexico, Barack Obama, Environmental Pollution, Colorado
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Cabinet: Obama nominates Vilsack, Salazar
Spin CycleIn his latest Cabinet announcements today, Obama, as expected, nominated former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack to Agriculture, and Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar to the Interior Department. Release announcing the selections is after the jump.......Tags: National Government, Regional Authority, Agriculture, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics
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Love abounds at Interior hearing
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley For all the fire they can spit on C-SPAN, ranting about procedure or policy, the truth is that most United States senators are exceedingly polite to one another in public. Friendly, often. Every once in a while......Tags: National Government, Interior Policy, Global Change, Wildlife, Environmental Pollution
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White House tribal adviser coming soon
The Swampby Mark Silva The Obama White House plans to add a policy adviser on native American tribal concerns within the next few weeks, First Lady Michelle Obama said today. The president "will soon appoint a policy adviser to his senior......Tags: National Government, Family, Politics, Oklahoma, Colorado
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Sarah Palin's oil problem: Scaling back
The Swampby Mark Silva Oil's not well in Alaska. And that could mean a chill, baby, chill, for Gov. Sarah Palin. The wire dispatch from Anchorage this morning notes that the governor's two years in office "have been called a time......Tags: Regional Authority, Commodity Markets, Alaska, State Budgets, Budgets and Budgeting
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Stimulus: Job created, in Washington
The Swampby Mark Silva With the passage of the $787-billion economic stimulus, President Barack Obama has maintained that 3.5 million jobs can be created or saved. Here's one: The Interior Department plans to hire a "stimulus czar'' to oversee spending of......Tags: Barack Obama, Ken Salazar
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