WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Ill., is climbing aboard the Obama express, agreeing to serve as transportation secretary, unnamed Democratic officials said Wednesday.
CHICAGO, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A spokesman for President-elect Barack Obama Monday said a review of transition team actions indicates no inappropriate dealings with Illinois' governor.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has added two more high-level staffers with ties to his hometown of Chicago.
CHICAGO, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will use the advisory setup he relied on during his campaign to draw on outside expert advice on key issues, aides said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Barack Obama's transition team has been doing well in developing friendly, bipartisan relationships before he takes office in January, Republicans say.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama announced key staff appointments Tuesday, including Clinton administration alumnus Gregory Craig as White House counsel.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Gregory Craig, who directed Bill Clinton's impeachment defense, has been chosen as White House counsel by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, sources say.
CHICAGO, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and his Republican opponent Sen. John McCain meet Monday for the first time since Nov. 4, Obama's transition Web site said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Ronald Klain, who served as chief of staff to former Vice President Al Gore, has agreed to hold the same post for Joe Biden.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Rep. Rahm Emmanuel, D-Ill., who will be Barack Obama's White House chief of staff, says the president-elect will "move with deliberate haste" on the economy.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A former White House social secretary says President-elect Barack Obama's two daughters can expect to be pampered for the next four years.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The White House computer network has been penetrated several times by Chinese hackers who viewed e-mails between officials, a senior U.S. official says.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The man who is to be U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff inspired the character of Josh Lyman on TV's "The West Wing," Us Weekly said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., Thursday said he wanted to be President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff so he could "help deliver the change America needs."
CHICAGO, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- David Axelrod, Barack Obama's top campaign strategist, has accepted the position of senior adviser in the Obama White House, Democratic sources said Thursday.
