WASHINGTON -- As President Obama tries to turn around a summer of setbacks, he finds himself still playing without most of his own team. Seven months ...
AP | DEVLIN BARRETT and NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — An aide to President Barack Obama is on leave from his White House job after the FBI raided his old District of Columbia government...
Huffington Post/AP | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics
Few governors know the pitfalls of soaring health costs better than Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, which helps explain why President Barack Obama is re...
David Sirota | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics
Obama's national security team includes not a single opponent of the Iraq War. It is chock full of Bush administration political appointees who are -- somehow -- being held over.
Politico | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics
Democratic foreign policy hands say that a senior Marine general's public frustration with Obama's top aides is a symptom of a national security trans...
Stanton Peele | Posted 03.07.2009 | Comedy
New Vetting Standards: 6. Must not display prominently in their offices the slogan, "Only the little people pay taxes."
AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Tammy Duckworth, the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs director, was nominated by President Barack Obama on Tuesday to serve ...
Stuart Whatley | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics
Chris Hill has been named as the next ambassador to Iraq and will oversee a crucial moment for the nascent democracy, following provincial elections t...
Washington Times | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics
President Obama's choice to run the Justice Department has assured senior Republican senators that he won't prosecute CIA officers or political appoin...
AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Eric Holder's confirmation as the first African-American attorney general was assured Tuesday when Sen. Arlen Specter, the top Repu...
AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The man nominated to be the Pentagon's second-in-command could make at least a half-million dollars next month with vested stock he...
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
I wish Obama had not named William Lynn the Deputy Secretary of Defense. It was a wrong decision. Though however wrong it was, it's a quality appointment that aids America.
Think Progress | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
Yesterday, the Senate confirmed former New York Federal Reserve president Timothy Geithner as the new Treasury Secretary with a vote of 60 to 34. Geit...
Los Angeles Times | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
Harvard Law School professor Cass R. Sunstein, a widely admired intellectual and friend of President Obama, has spent years delving into the obscure i...
Wall Street Journal | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics
The Obama administration has appointed an infectious disease and disaster preparedness expert as acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Contr...
Washington Times | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics
President-elect Barack Obama's choice for CIA director, Leon Panetta, served as White House chief of staff during the time the Clinton administration ...
AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama labeled the tax problems of his choice for Treasury chief an embarrassment Wednesday, but said Timothy...
Mother Jones | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics
Only a few of Obama's cabinet nominations have received any criticism during this transition period; most have been fuss-free. But Lisa Jackson, commi...
Washington Post | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics
The former Republican congressman chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to direct billions in federal highway spending has been an unapologetic advoc...
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William Bradley | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics
Feinstein's call for the appointment of a CIA director who can be linked to the practices Obama has made clear must end demonstrates how out of touch she is on intelligence.
Frank Naif | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics
John Brennan has been a valuable asset to the Obama team and will continue to be a loyal servant in his new role. He will provide valuable insight into Bush's intelligence policy formulation, such as it was.
Think Progress | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics
How would progressives respond if President Bush nominated as "regulatory czar" a person who: - Once called for changing the Clean Air Act to require...
Bloomberg | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics
President-elect Barack Obama will uphold at least one of Washington's old ways: the appointment of campaign donors to plum ambassadorships. "There pr...
Frank Naif | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
The CIA's spokesman came down out of his tree to let us know the CIA is not happy that everyone thinks it's an agency that could use some fixing by the likes of Leon Panetta.
nytimes.com | PETER BAKER | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics