Michelle Obama: All Dolled Up (PHOTOS)
What will Michelle wear to the inauguration? Since we still don’t know the answer, here’s a look back at formal wear she has donned in the past.
Cheney: "Can’t Claim Perfection" on No-Torture Policy
Responding to accusations from a top Pentagon official that at least one Guantanamo detainee was tortured during interrogation, Vice President Dick Cheney acknowledged there may have been a “problem” with the way military personnel interrogated individual prisoners. “I can’t claim perfection,” he said on “News Hour with Jim Lehrer,” while reiterating once again the United States does not approve of or engage in torture as a matter of policy.
Republicans won’t block Geithner on taxes: Grassley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee said on Thursday he was not aware of any Republicans who planned to vote against Timothy Geithner to head the Treasury department over his failure to pay payroll taxes.
Levey to head U.S. Treasury temporarily: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Department official Stuart Levey has agreed to act as treasury secretary pending confirmation of Timothy Geithner, a transition official said on Thursday.
Michael Shaw: Reading The Pictures: The "44" Official Portrait
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Julian E. Zelizer: Zelizer’s Book Corner: Frank Lambert’s Religion in American Politics
When Reverend Rick Warren handles the invocation at Barack Obama’s inauguration next week, the day after we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, many Democrats will be disappointed and hurt, even with the recent announcement that the progressive minister Sharon Watkins will give the sermon at the national prayer service on the day following the inauguration. When Obama selected Warren, an outspoken social conservative — who supported the campaign against gay marriage in California and has made numerous disparaging comments about homosexuals and women — to give the invocation at the inauguration, many of Obama’s supporters were furious
Geoffrey Dunn: Better Angels: The Inauguration of Barack Obama
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Shuja Nawaz: A Grand Opportunity for a Global President
Charles Dickens called Washington a “city of magnificent intentions.” When Barack Obama takes over on January 20th as the 44th President of the United States, he will need to translate his own lofty ideas into realities. What makes the challenge bigger for him is that he may also be carrying another title: the first globally-elected President of the United States
Emma Ruby-Sachs: 1996 Obama Questionnaire Reveals a Move Away From Equality
The junior senator from Illinois broke into the national scene after a speech given at the Democratic National Convention in 2004. But for those living in Illinois, and especially for those living in Chicago, he was a man with a political history
Emma Ruby-Sachs: 1996 Obama Questionnaire Reveals a Move Away From Equality
The junior senator from Illinois broke into the national scene after a speech given at the Democratic National Convention in 2004. But for those living in Illinois, and especially for those living in Chicago, he was a man with a political history.
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