WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter has agreed to U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates' request that he remain at his post into the new administration.
CHICAGO, Idaho, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama crossed party lines Thursday, choosing Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Ill., to be his Transportation secretary-designate.
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.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- More than three-quarters of U.S. voters interviewed for a national poll say they approve of the way Barack Obama is handling his presidential transition.
MANAMA, Bahrain, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says potential U.S. foes would be mistaken to "test" the country's new president for signs of weakness.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama should disclose communications his campaign had with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the Republican National Committee said.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Tuesday said he was unaware Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was allegedly trying to sell Obama's vacated Senate seat.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Some of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's liberal supporters say they're disappointed with the political pedigrees of his Cabinet choices.
PRINCETON, N.J., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Americans approve of President-elect Barack Obama's including Sen. Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates in his cabinet, a Gallup poll indicates.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he agrees with President-elect Barack Obama's "responsible drawdown" of U.S. troops in Iraq.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England said Tuesday he will not serve in the Obama administration.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama has decided to keep Robert Gates as U.S. defense secretary, sources close to the transition team said.
NYANGMA-KOGELO, Kenya, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Kenyan relatives of U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama are new celebrities in their country, but say the spotlight isn't always welcome.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Most of the top candidates to serve in U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet supported the war in Iraq in some way, activists say.
TALLINN, Estonia, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was mum Wednesday about whether he has spoken with President-elect Barack Obama's transition team about his future.
