Obama To Maintain Practice Of Naming Donors To Ambassador Posts
President-elect Barack Obama will uphold at least one of Washington’s old ways: the appointment of campaign donors to plum ambassadorships.
Burris Admits He Reached Out To Blago Confidant Named In Criminal Complaint
Inches away from securing a seat in the United States Senate, Roland Burris suffered what could be a serious setback on Thursday. Appearing before an Illinois House impeachment committee, Burris acknowledged that he had reached out to a close friend and former chief of staff to embattled Gov.
Burris: White Says He Should’ve Signed Senate Appointment (VIDEO)
“Roland Burris — the senator-designate from Illinois — said upon landing at Midway Airport Wednesday that Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White told him that if he had to do it all over again, he just would have signed Burris’ Senate appointment,” the Sun-Times’ Abdon Pallasch reports . But White’s spokesman said the secretary of state was not having second thoughts about declining to sign Gov
Obama Gets His Party In Line Over Burris
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats beat a hasty retreat Wednesday from their rejection of Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama’s successor, yielding to pressure from Obama himself and from senators irked that the standoff was draining attention and putting them in a bad light.
Burris Says He Had Only One Conversation With Blagojevich
SPRINGFIELD– In a formal affidavit, Roland Burris says he had only one limited conversation with Governor Rod Blagojevich before accepting his appointment as a U.S. senator
Carl Jeffers: Governor Blagojevich: Sly Fox Knows How to Use the Race Card
The controversy over the seating of a new United States Senator to replace Barack Obama to represent the State of Illinois has reinforced some old core issues in America from Tip O’Neil’s “all politics is local” to the adage that “race is always a factor.” But one thing is clear, not only is the embattled current Governor of Illinois, Rob Blagojevich, determined not to go down without a fight, but if he is going down, he is showing some street smarts mixed with political brilliance that we seldom see at any level - and what’s more, if he does go down he may also cause some lasting intended damage in his wake. A few days ago, the Governor announced that he would appoint Roland Burris to fill the Obama Senate seat
Rep. Danny Davis Turned Down Blagojevich Senate Appointment
WASHINGTON — Rep. Danny K.
Eric Shinseki : Veterans Affairs Secretary
Barack Obama will name General Eric Shinseki as his Secretary Of Veterans Affairs. Obama will make the announcement tomorrow, on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
Eric Shinseki : Veterans Affairs Secretary
Barack Obama will name General Eric Shinseki as his Secretary Of Veterans Affairs. Obama will make the announcement tomorrow, on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
Eric Shinseki : Veterans Affairs Secretary
Barack Obama will name General Eric Shinseki as his Secretary Of Veterans Affairs. Obama will make the announcement tomorrow, on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor
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