Rajiv Shah To Be Named USAID Administrator
POLITICO reported yesterday that the 36-year-old USDA chief scientist and undersecretary for research, education and economics, a medical doctor who p...
POLITICO reported yesterday that the 36-year-old USDA chief scientist and undersecretary for research, education and economics, a medical doctor who p...
LA Times | Peter Nicholas | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
Months ago, when President Obama made healthcare his top domestic priority and picked the White House team to make it happen, he selected individuals ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics
Since the presidential race ended, there has been no shortage of individuals -- with varying connections to Barack Obama's campaign -- who have been b...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics
The transition of power between an outgoing and incoming president is not just a broad process with obvious political implications. It is also a massi...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics
The Barack Obama Inaugural Committee is releasing an official inauguration poster playing off past themes and marking the history of January 20th in a...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics
Following a series of meetings with lawmakers on Monday, President-elect Barack Obama has seemingly bolstered even further his chance of passing a mas...
Washington City Paper | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics
Portis/Zorn isn't the only rivalry to heat up around here lately: For Sidwell Friends/Maret, it's on. On Saturday, Maret's basketball boys were leadi...
AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama has not signaled what he will do to fix the country's failing schools, but his choice of education sec...
Carlos Watson | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics
They may live in cities other than Washington, speak languages other than English, make money via means other than approval-mongering -- but these six may just become key players in the new Obama administration.
Sanjiv Gupta | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
We have elected the next president. Now we desperately need him to name someone whose sole purpose is to defend our interests. When will Obama appoint a Secretary of the People?
David Sirota | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
Lots of folks are expressing concern over Barack Obama's appointments, and in my new newspaper column I offer three separate thoughts on the worries: ...
Washington Independent | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
While liberal critics sound increasingly uneasy with President-elect Barack Obama's nominations of centrist, Clinton-era Democrats to Cabinet position...
New York Times | David Sanger | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics
President-elect Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination with the enthusiastic support of the left wing of his party, fueled by his vehement opposit...
NY Times | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics
Whatever happened to Mr. No-Drama-Obama? After running a campaign known for its almost military-like cool and discipline, the president-elect is now ...
Al Giordano | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics
If Obama and Biden are seeking a pro-active and self-motivated secretary of state in harmony with their own visions, one that will command immediate respect, Kerry is looking better for the position every day.
Washington Post | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics
You'd think everyone on the Obama team would be celebrating today. But you'd be wrong. There is major agita among some key elements of President-elec...
The Huffington Post | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama has named his entire transition team -- formally organized as the Obama-Biden Transition Project, a 501(c)(4) organization. The work of t...
Mike Bonifer | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics
A Hail mary is not the play the Republicans are running. This is not a last-second desperation play. There's a lot of time left in the game. This is deception by design: It's the Fumblerooski.
TNR | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics
Earlier this summer, when the Obama campaign announced that Jason Furman was joining its staff as director of economic policy, the storyline seemed to...
politico.com | Laura Rozen | Posted 11.10.2009 | World