President Elect Barack Obama

Hillary Clinton's Disdain for Human Rights and International Law -- Change We Can Believe In?

Stephen Zunes | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

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For those hoping for a dramatic change in U.S. foreign policy under an Obama administration -- particularly regarding human rights, international law,...

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Economist: Obama "May Be A Nightmare" For Afghanistan's Karzai

The Economist | Posted 01.05.2009 | World

Read More: Karzai, Barack Obama, Clinton, Afghanistan, Vice President Elect Joe Biden, Joe Biden, President Elect Barack Obama, President Obama, Obama, Hamid Karzai, Hillary Clinton, President Elect Obama, World News

BARACK OBAMA has promised to make Afghanistan his foreign-policy priority. But on the streets of Kabul his electoral triumph has been greeted with jad...

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Be Part of the Presidential Green Team

Sloan Barnett | Posted 01.04.2009 | Green

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, White House, Green White House, Green News

So, consider this post our greening petition or call to action. Add your ideas here on how to optimize the health of the First Family, and consequently set the stage for healthier living across the country.

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Russia Initiates Overtures to Obama While Plotting Energy Extortion

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 01.04.2009 | Business

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Russia, Saudi Arabia, NOPEC Legislation, Oil, OPEC Meeting, Sergei Shmatat, King Abdullah, President Bush, Vladamir Putin, Energy, Business News

Russia's actions on OPEC have given the Obama administration an opportunity to show the American public and the world that the days of oil patch hegemony over Washington are at an end.

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President-Elect Barack Obama's Respect For Brain Power

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

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The formulation of policy can be contentious, the implementation cannot. Barack Obama understands the difference.

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The Faulty Presidential Control Obsession

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Thomas Friedman, Leadership, Political Control, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Politics News

If Obama were a different type of leader-in-the-making, he would choose nonthreatening novices to ensure his being in charge. But isn't that "decider" routine part of what we were trying to end?

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Progressives Angry Over Reports That Karl Rove Likes Things

Lee Stranahan | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

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Anger, outrage and confusion spread through the progressive political community as sources close to Karl Rove began leaking a list of things that Rove...

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Jumpstart the Economy -- Invest in State and Local Governments

Gerald McEntee | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Economic Stimulus, Medicaid, Governors, Economy, Unemployment Insurance, Barack Obama Governor's Meeting, Barack Obama Governor's Conference, Politics News

President-elect Barack Obama holds an unprecedented meeting tomorrow with the nation's governors to outline key steps that need to be taken to revive the nation's economy.

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Obama: Help Wanted for Stimulus in Urban Areas

Cheryle Jackson | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Energy, Small Business, Economic Stimulus Package, Urban Areas, Chicago, Green, Jobs, Business, Chicago South Side, Barack Obama, Infrastructure, Clinton, Jobless Rate, Chicago Urban League, President-Elect Barack Obama, Bronzville, Chicago News

Though Obama's plan feels right on the surface, for me it raises two questions: "Which Main Streets?" and "Who gets those jobs?"

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Podesta: Obama Cabinet Will Be Virtually Complete By Christmas

CNN Political Ticker | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama will have nearly named his entire Cabinet by Christmas, a top aide to the President-elect's transition team said. John Podesta, a former...

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Lieberman: Obama "Just About Perfect" In Cabinet Picks

AP | PAT EATON-ROBB | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

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HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman took another step Tuesday toward mending his relationship with Democrats, saying that Barack Ob...

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US Citizen Diplomats Arrive In Iran, Invited By Ahmadinejad

Linda Milazzo | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, War, George W. Bush, Medea Benjamin, United Nations, Iraq, Foreign Service, Peace, Iraq War, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Colonel Ann Wright, Jodie Evans, Peace and Social Justice Groups, Codepink, President of Iran, Citizen Diplomats, Iranians, Politics News

President-elect Obama, Iranians are wonderful people. They don't deserve harm.

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Team Obama: Transformation, Transparency & Trust

Christine Pelosi | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

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This team inspires trust due to their credentials, experience, and unity around Obama's core economic philosophy -- that America is built on a strong, vibrant, thriving middle class.

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What Centrist Huh? Beyond Obama's 2.5 Million Jobs

Beau Friedlander | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Change to Win, Jason A. Lefkowitz, Chuck Schumer, Yes We Can, Change, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Unemployment Rate, New Deal, Economy, President Elect Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Fdr, Unite Here, Barack Obama, 2.5 Million Jobs, Fdr New Deal, President Elect Obama, Politics News

Obama may well assume a fairly radical solution to the economic problems facing the nation, one that eclipses the craziest notions dreamt up by the progressive fringe.

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Richardson is the Innovator We Need in Commerce

Michelle Kraus | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

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Here we go again! All the media pundits seem to be missing the boat on the brilliance of the selection of Governor Bill Richardson as the next Secretary of Commerce.

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U.S. Secretary of State: A Cautionary Tale

Al Giordano | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Human Rights, Colombia, US Secretary of State, Obama's Cabinet, Mexico, Latin America, Latin America Policy, International, Politics News

In Latin America, as everywhere, the doctrine of Human Rights, begun in the Carter administration but left to atrophy by all administrations since, walks hand in hand with any pro-democracy agenda.

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Obama Appointments: Time for a Coal-Onoscopy

Jeff Biggers | Posted 12.22.2008 | Green

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If President-elect Obama is truly serious about affecting climate change... then we must end the appointment of coal and other extraction industry executives.

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He's the President, Stupid

Beau Friedlander | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Obama's peace train is on tracks that have led to the same place since Eisenhower first told America to beware the military-industrial complex.

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Neanderthals At Fox News Resurrect Elian Gonzalez In Latest Effort To Undermine Obama (Seriously)

Mark Nickolas | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

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Fox News ran a breaking story last night in which they claimed Attorney General-designate Eric Holder was even more involved in the Elian Gonzalez matter than previously believed.

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Our Thanksgiving of (Obama) Hope

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Love, Hope, Spirituality, Repentece, Thanksgiving, President-Elect Barack Obama, Obama Thanksgiving, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News

This Thanksgiving we have a new brilliant, exemplary father and husband for our President-elect because millions of Americans did not vote along traditional party lines.

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Pres-Elect Obama Names Eric Holder U.S. Attorney General

Erin Medlicott | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

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President-elect Barack Obama today named Eric Himpton Holder, Jr. as the next U.S. Attorney General. He has accepted the position, pending a Senate approval.

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President of Earthjustice on Being the Earth's Lawyer Under Obama

Eric Kuhn | Posted 12.19.2008 | Green

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We are eager to work with the new administration. With that being said, we also stand ready to act to hold the new administration accountable if it fails to enforce laws protecting the environment.

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Barack Obama Is 'the Model Kenyan'

Sean Jacobs | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

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When Barack Obama, then a new US Senator from Illinois, traveled to Kenya in 2006 (as part of a four-nation tour) to see his grandmother, he was quick...

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Mr. President-Elect: Judge Abner Mikva Is Right About Sen. Clinton as Secretary of State

Al Giordano | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

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There are many annoying aspects of the noise machine that is blaring that arrogant and cacophonous yet familiar mantra: "Clinton is inevitable." We heard it for all of 2007, and we're hearing it all over again.

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Playing Offense for the Employee Free Choice Act

Mary Beth Maxwell | Posted 12.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Politics News, Work, House, Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, President Elect Barack Obama, Labor, Chamber of Commerce, Middle Class, Election Results, Senate, Barack Obama, President Elect Obama, Economy, Home News

This week, American Rights at Work launched a substantial nationwide television ad campaign. It emphasizes the fact that far too often, CEOs won't wil...

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