WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — The top U.S. military officer traveled to India and Pakistan on Tuesday as part of Washington's diplomatic efforts to ease tensions over last week's deadly attacks by militants in Mumbai, officials said. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who will stay on under Barack Obama, said on Tuesday he supported the president-elect's Iraq policy but declined to back his proposed timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces. ... > full story
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — The White House said on Tuesday that it was sticking with its position that ailing automakers must prove their viability before receiving government aid, as the industry's top three companies presented plans to Congress. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Pennsylvania Gov Ed Rendell said on Monday he backs his state agriculture secretary to head the U.S. Agriculture Department, with duties from school lunches to farm subsidies and the national forests. ... > full story
CHICAGO, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama takes another step toward tackling the ailing U.S. economy on Wednesday as part of an aggressive effort to demonstrate that his administration will face the global financial crisis head-on. ... > full story
HOUSTON, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — Barbara Bush, mother of President George W. Bush, underwent surgery late on Tuesday to treat a perforated ulcer, a family spokesman said on Wednesday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. government will need a variety of programs to deal with troubled credit markets and is open to feedback from the incoming Obama administration in developing them, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Wednesday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that Congress could put together an economic stimulus package of several hundred billion dollars that should also contain tax cuts. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama may consider delaying a campaign promise - to roll back tax cuts on high-income Americans - as part of his economic recovery strategy, two aides said on Sunday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — Timothy Geithner, the president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, is expected to be tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to be the next secretary of the U.S. Treasury, NBC News and the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. ... > full story
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Obama may delay high-income tax-cut repeal: aide Nov. 23, 2008 (Boston Globe) — President-elect Barack Obama may consider delaying an election promise - to roll back tax cuts on high-income Americans - as part of his economic ...
Lyons: Must Obama 'discipline' Democrats? Nov. 23, 2008 (Milford Daily News, Massachusetts) — One of the Republican right's most successful inventions has been liberal media bias. Even as the "mainstream" press has trended rightward, the ...
Marxist to Broun, but leftists say that's not right Nov. 23, 2008 (Athens Banner Herald, Georgia) — U.S. Rep. Paul Broun may believe Barack Obama is a Marxist, but left-wingers in Athens don't claim the president-elect as one of their own.. ...
New Obama Ad: McCain 'Can't Send An E-Mail' Nov. 22, 2008 (Information Week) — After more than a week of getting pounded by Sarah Palin supporters, Barack Obama's forces are hitting back in a new campaign ad, playing on John ...
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