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Obama names his economic team

Nov. 24, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama named key members of his administration's economic team Monday, including New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner as his Treasury Secretary nominee and former Harvard President Lawrence Summers as the director of the National Economic Council.
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Liberal backlash forming against Obama

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.

Obama pledges huge works program

CHICAGO, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Saturday pledged to create millions of jobs by investing in road, bridge, sewer and other public utility projects.

Obama team, Treasury meet on bailout

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury Department officials have talked with the Obama transition team about tapping $350 billion in unused financial bailout funds, sources say.

Obama laments loss of Richardson's beard

CHICAGO, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A beard-free Bill Richardson was with Barack Obama when the U.S. president-elect named the New Mexico governor his nominee for commerce secretary Wednesday.
Obama adds former rival Richardson to team

Obama adds former rival Richardson to team

CHICAGO, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday tapped New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson for Commerce secretary, saying his background is suited for the job.

So far, so good for Obama, poll indicates

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.

Defense deputy won't stay on

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England said Tuesday he will not serve in the Obama administration.
Obama, Biden, Palin meet at conference

Obama, Biden, Palin meet at conference

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Former vice presidential foes Sarah Palin and Joe Biden met in Philadelphia Tuesday where Biden and President-elect Barack Obama discussed the economic crisis.

Biden calls team 'most talented' ever

CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- National security team nominees are prepared to meet today's challenges and tomorrow's emerging threats, U.S. Vice President-elect Joe Biden said Monday.
Obama announces security team nominees

Obama announces security team nominees

CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Monday designated Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state and said he asked Robert Gates to continue as defense secretary.

Obama team pushes Congress

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Political observers say U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is swiftly uniting congressional Democrats while reaching out to their Republican counterparts.

Obama hands out turkeys in Chicago

CHICAGO, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama and his family spent Wednesday morning handing out turkeys and Thanksgiving Day fixings to poor families in Chicago.

Personality Spotlight: Austan Goolsbee

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Austan Goolsbee, part of a new breed at the University of Chicago's famed economics school, hopes to bring a fresh way of looking at the economy to Washington.
Balanced budget not Obama's first priority

Balanced budget not Obama's first priority

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Balancing the federal budget during Barack Obama's first term would be a mistake, an economic adviser to the president-elect said.

Obama: I'm the one with vision of future

CHICAGO, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday bristled at suggestions he's filling his administration with old Washington hands.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch