WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Leon Panetta, President-elect Barack Obama's CIA director nominee, knows both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, having worked in the White House and U.S. Congress.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday said taming entitlement programs will be part of the process in trimming the nation's budget deficit.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday selected former Treasury official Nancy Killefer as the nation's first chief performance officer.
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.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Tom Daschle, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's choice to lead the nation's health agency, will be Obama's point person for healthcare reform.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has added two more high-level staffers with ties to his hometown of Chicago.
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.
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. 25 (UPI) -- Peter Orszag, announced Tuesday as President-elect Barack Obama's choice to head the Office of Management and Budget, has a dazzling resume.
CHICAGO, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama promised Tuesday to go through the federal budget line-by-line to determine how better to spend tax dollars.
CHICAGO, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Tuesday picked Peter Orszag to head the Office of Management and Budget, saying the economic crisis requires "ingenuity."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Bill Clinton reportedly will let the Obama White House vet his future overseas speeches so his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., can be secretary of state.
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. 15 (UPI) -- Valerie Jarrett, a longtime confidante of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, has been named to a top White House post, officials said Saturday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama urged President George Bush Monday to support financial aid for carmakers, sources said after the two met at the White House.
