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Obama Names Law Professor to Federal Reserve Board

Dec. 18, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama this morning named Daniel K. Tarullo to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the first step in an unusual opportunity Obama has to remake the Federal Reserve at a time the institution is undergoing dramatic change.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush understands that Barack Obama must assemble a team and develop strategies before taking office, a Bush spokesman said Friday.

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CHICAGO, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Daniel Tarullo, an economic adviser to Barack Obama, is the U.S. president-elect's nominee to be a Federal Reserve governor.
Obama says inauguration honors all views

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CHICAGO, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- An inauguration should honor all viewpoints, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama said in explaining his choice of an evangelical pastor to give the invocation.
Obama names regulatory, monetary overseers

Obama names regulatory, monetary overseers

CHICAGO, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama revealed three more members of his economic team Thursday, announcing his choices for financial market and monetary regulators.

High court to decide on hearing Obama case

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court is to consider Friday whether to hear a lawsuit challenging President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship, court officials said.
Obama taps Volcker for economic recovery

Obama taps Volcker for economic recovery

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.
Obama creating new economic panel

Obama creating new economic panel

CHICAGO, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama named Paul Volcker and Austan Goolsbee to a new President's Economic Advisory Board.

Obama relatives feel spotlight in Kenya

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.

Obama pitches Chicago for 2016 Olympics

CHICAGO, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama pitched his home city of Chicago to Olympics organizers Friday with a videotaped presentation delivered in Istanbul, Turkey.

Obama announces G20 representatives

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Rep. Jim Leach and former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will represent President-elect Barack Obama at this week's financial summit.

Obama-signed items flood Internet

CHICAGO, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Items bearing the signature of Barack Obama or purported to have been signed by the first black U.S. president-elect have flooded the market, observers say.
Barack Obama: U.S. president-elect

Barack Obama: U.S. president-elect

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Barack Obama, with projected wins in West Coast states, became the first African-American president-elect of the United States Tuesday.

Service employees union backs Obama

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- The Service Employees International Union, one of the largest U.S. labor unions, Friday endorsed Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., for president of the United States.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler