Nov 19
Bloomberg - Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama repeatedly is turning to the Clinton administration for his Cabinet and staff, the latest example coming yesterday when Eric Holder emerged as the leading candidate for attorney general.
Nov 19

In this March 3, 1997 file photo, the then-U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Eric Holder, is seen shown in his Washington office. Holder is President-elect Barack Obama's top choice to be the next attorney general and aides have gone so far as to ask senators whether he would be confirmed, an Obama official and people close to the matter said Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/J.Scott Applewhite, File)AP - The first black man elected U.S. president is poised to name Washington lawyer Eric Holder as the nation's first black attorney general — a historic appointment but one with some potential political problems over a 2001 pardon.


Nov 19
Reuters - Former Clinton administration aides Daniel Tarullo, Susan Rice and James Steinberg were named on Wednesday by President-elect Barack Obama to advise him on policy matters as he prepares for his move to the White House.
Nov 19

Kenyans in Kisumu, Western Kenya, Wednesday Nov. 5, 2008, celebrate the victory of president-elect Barack Obama in the American presidential election. Two weeks after Africans danced for joy to see a black man elected president of the United States, a Kenyan newspaper columnist delivered a crisp warning to this complex and troubled continent: 'Obama is not the Great Black Hope.' (AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale)AP - Two weeks after Africans danced for joy to see a black man elected president of the United States, a Kenyan newspaper columnist delivered a crisp warning to this complex and troubled continent: "Obama is not the Great Black Hope."


Nov 19

AFP - Al-Qaeda number two Ayman Zawahiri ridiculed US president-elect Barack Obama as a "house negro" and warned him against sending more troops to Afghanistan, in an Internet audio message released on Wednesday.


Nov 19

US president-elect Barack Obama (L) and New York Senator Hillary Clinton address supporters during a rally at Amway Arena in Orlando, Florida, in October 2008. Signs that Barack Obama may make once bitter foe Hillary Clinton his secretary of state are provoking a flurry of questions over the president-elect's motivation and vision for foreign policy.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)AP - Associates of Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband say the former first lady is weighing whether to leave the Senate and become secretary of state, believing the job is hers if she wants it.


Nov 19
Reuters - Northrop Grumman Corp Chief Executive Ron Sugar on Wednesday said U.S. defense spending would likely remain steady for the next few years, but significant changes might occur in fiscal 2011 and 2012, depending on the priorities of the Obama administration.
Nov 19
Bloomberg - Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama repeatedly is turning to the Clinton administration for his Cabinet and staff, the latest example coming yesterday when Eric Holder emerged as the leading candidate for attorney general.
Nov 19

President-elect Barack Obama has picked former Democratic Senate majority leader Tom Daschle, pictured in 2004, as his future health and human services secretary, a Democratic official said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - President-elect Barack Obama has picked former Democratic Senate majority leader Tom Daschle as his future health and human services secretary, a Democratic official said Wednesday.


Nov 19

Tom Daschle speaks on NBC's 'Meet the Press' in 2004 during a taping at the NBC studios in Washington, DC. Barack Obama's transition team dropped broad hints Wednesday about who will fill a raft of top posts in his administration, naming teams of aides to develop policies in key areas. Former Senate majority leader Tom Daschle was named to head a healthcare working group.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - Barack Obama's transition team dropped broad hints Wednesday about who will fill a raft of top posts in his administration, naming teams of aides to develop policies in key areas.


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