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President-elect Barack Obama announces Office of Management and Budget Director and Deputy Director | Change.gov: The Obama-Bide view story
7 votes- Submitted by katharinec
- 6 days ago
- (http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/...)
- Became popular 6 days ago
President-elect Barack Obama announced additional members of his economic team today, nominating Peter Orszag as Office of Management and Budget Director and Rob Nabors as Office of Management and Budget Deputy Director.
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change.gov set free (Lessig Blog) view story
6 votes- Submitted by katharinec
- about 4 hours ago
- (http://lessig.org/blog/2008/12/ch...)
- Became popular about 4 hours ago
Consistent with the values of any "open government," and with his strong leadership on "free debates" from the very start, the Obama team has modified the copyright notice on change.gov to embrace the freest CC license.
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Will Obama Roll Back Bush Anti-Terror Tactics? view story
6 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.time.com/time/magazine...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
Barack Obama is already under pressure to roll back the harsher facets of the Bush Administration's war on terrorism. Why some liberals may be disappointed
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Obama's Choice for U.N. Is Advocate of Strong Action Against Mass Killings view story
6 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01...)
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President-elect Barack Obama has chosen his foreign policy adviser, Susan E. Rice, to be ambassador to the United Nations, picking an advocate of dramatic action against genocide.
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Big Day, Big Crowds, Big Price Tag view story
6 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
The inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama will put an unusual strain on local resources in Washington.
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Thousands make inaugural plans despite lack of tickets - USATODAY.com view story
6 votes- Submitted by katharinec
- 3 days ago
- (http://www.usatoday.com/news/wash...)
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Ticket demand far exceeds the 240,000 available, and most of the 29,000 D.C. hotel rooms are booked.
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A Command of the Law view story
6 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 3 days ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/27...)
- Became popular 3 days ago
I am thankful that the next commander in chief is a constitutional law expert, since what defines the United States is that it is a nation of laws.
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Obama Family's Thanksgiving Food Drive Visit (slideshow & video) view story
6 votes- Submitted by s_lockyer
- 4 days ago
- (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/200...)
- Became popular 4 days ago
President-elect Barack Obama and his wife took their daughters to work at a food bank on the day before Thanksgiving, saying they wanted to show the girls the meaning of the holiday, especially when so many people are struggling.
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All quiet on the social front: Obama's online social networking vanishes view story
6 votes- Submitted by s_lockyer
- 4 days ago
- (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/w...)
- Became popular 4 days ago
Obama Twittered his heart out; he was LinkedIn; it was Eventful. And then election day rolled around, and the flame began to Flickr.
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Guantanamo Justice After Seven Years view story
6 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 5 days ago
- (http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forumy...)
- Became popular 5 days ago
US federal courts begin to demonstrate their capacity and willingness to render justice to Guantanamo detainees whose legal process has been too long delayed, the Obama administration should steer clear of setting up special national security courts with


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