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If you liked Obama because you were sure he would appoint a liberal foreign policy team, sorry: you were wrong. The president-elect will introduce his choices today. Hillary Clinton, a hawk on foreign affairs issues, will be secretary of state. General James L. Jones, former commander of NATO, will be Obama’s national security adviser. Defense secretary Robert Gates, who was appointed by Bush-Cheney, will keep his office under Obama-Biden.
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Janet Napolitano is Obama’s Pick for Homeland Security Secretary. Here’s what I know: Janet Napolitano was born November 29, 1957. Janet Napolitano is the current governor of Arizona. Janet Napolitano is a member of the Democratic Party. Janet Napolitano has served two terms as governor. Janet Napolitano was the first governor to call for the National Guard at the border at federal expense. Janet Napolitano is Arizona’s third female governor, and the first woman to win re-election. Jane
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President-Elect Barack Obama is already on the move as a part of history. While many await his next step, others are re-tracing how he got there. Starting with Hawaii. Or as the state’s tourism bureau calls it “Barack Obama’s Hawaii”.
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Millions of people are expected to go to Washington to celebrate Barack Obama’s inauguration on January 20, but with a troubled economy and pocketbook issues on the mind, the president-elect must be careful to set the right tone.
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Adam Curtis’ ‘The Trap’, documentary about the mathematical models of our economic systems; and Jamail and Chomsky on Obama Below you will find the three part documentary “The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom” by Adam Curtis, “a British television documentary maker who has during the course of his television career worked as a writer, producer, director and narrator”, well known for other documentaries including “The Century of the Self” and “The Power of Nightmares”. To complement
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Local Palm Springs artist TAG pays homage President-Elect Obama to the popular Obama campaign poster created by Shepard Fairey. TAG applies paint to her lips and kisses the canvas in a very personal and intimate work of art. Each kiss symbolizing her hope for Obama and the next generation.
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In the interview for Wednesday’s Barbara Walters Special on ABC with Barack and Michelle Obama, Walters asked few questions that put the Obamas on the defensive, in contrast with her January 2001 interview, aired on 20/20, with then-President-elect Bush in which she challenged him on a number of fronts.
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Despite the lack of post-season success, there’s still plenty of reasons to be thankful for Cubs baseball. Political astuteness isn’t one of them, however. Oddly enough, as White Sox fan and President-elect Barack Obama prepares to name his cabinet, here’s five candidates from the Cubs I’m thankful he’s not considering for his “Team of Rivals.”
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