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Obama's focus groups: 'Recover, Invest'
The Swampby Mark Silva If Barack Obama has his new economic pitch in focus, he may have some old-fashioned focus groups to thank. Lorraine Woellert and Hans Nichols at Bloomberg News report that the president-elect's top political aides are "transplanting their......Tags: Bill Clinton, National Government, The White House, Polls, Government
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Vice President-elect Biden visits Kuwait on trip to southwest Asia, aides say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President-elect Joe Biden met Thursday with leaders in Kuwait on his way to southwest Asia, according to aides. Biden and South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham met with the Middle East emirate's prime minister and...Tags: John Kerry, Trips and Vacations, Susan Collins, Jack Reed, Diplomacy
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Amtrak prepares for large crowds along tracks as Obama travels to inauguration by train
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Throngs of well-wishers are expected to line the tracks as President-elect Barack Obama travels by train from Philadelphia to Washington the weekend before his swearing-in as the 44th president, prompting heightened security...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Police, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), John O'Connor, National Government
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Amtrak prepares for crowds along Obama train route
The Associated PressThrongs of well-wishers are expected to line the tracks as President-elect Barack Obama travels by train from Philadelphia to Washington the weekend before his swearing-in as the 44th president, prompting heightened security along the rails. The 137-mile...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Police, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), John O'Connor, National Government
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Obama names Kaine as DNC chief, signals party mission will be pragmatic, progressive
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama named Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine the next Democratic National Committee chairman on Thursday, pledging that the party would reflect their shared "pragmatic, progressive philosophy." "It's a philosophy...Tags: Howard Dean, Executive Branch, Virginia, Local Elections, Regional Authority
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Support Builds for Hybrid, EV Battery Funding in U.S. Economic Stimulus Plan
Edmunds.comAll that lobbying last year about the need to develop U.S. battery production capacity for advanced vehicles may have paid off. ---------- A rack of lithium-ion batteries being tested at Argonne National Laboratory. ---------- The Detroit News is... -
Knot to worry - time to quit horseshoe-ing around?
baltimoresun.comIn dry bureaucratic language, the federal government has acknowledged what bird-watchers have been saying for some time - the globetrotting shorebirds known as red knots are in trouble because the mid-Atlantic horseshoe crabs on which they depend are also... -
Obama, Bush: Two presidents at a time
The Swampby James Oliphant and Christi Parsons Barack Obama insists America has only one president at a time. But for the next two weeks, this city shows all signs of hosting two - working a mile apart along Pennsylvania Avenue. On......Tags: Roland Burris, Upper House, Ohio, National Government, Republican Party
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
Those of us who dislike finger-wagging nanny-state-nagging liberalism relish the prospect of President Barack Obama sneaking a cigarette on the second floor of the White House while rereading Harry V. Jaffa's great work on Lincoln, "Crisis of the House...Tags: The White House, Family, David Petraeus, New York Times, Emanuel Leutze
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Rendell seeking Senate confirmation of five Cabinet nominees
Of The Associated PressGov. Ed Rendell has begun the new year with a push to get the state Senate to confirm five nominees to fill out his 25-member Cabinet. The Democratic governor asked lawmakers this week to endorse his picks to head the state departments of Aging,...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Executive Branch, Upper House, Diseases, Democratic Party
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Community Calendar - January 8, 2009
TODAY Allentown Chapter 5415 of AARP Meeting, noon-1 p.m., St. Timothy's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 140 S. Ott St., Allentown. Learn about Winter Driving. 610-437-4265. Macungie Area Cribbage Klub, 1 p.m., Clubhouse at the Fairways at Brookside...Tags: Limeport, Fires, Allentown, Macungie, Bethlehem Township (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
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Fast facts on Christopher Christie
With BC-NJ--Governor's Race-Christie The Associated PressP> NAME: Christopher Christie. AGE: 46. FAMILY: Lives in Mendham with his wife and four children. OCCUPATION: Lawyer. Former U.S. attorney for New Jersey from January 2002 until he...Tags: New Jersey, George Bush, Local Elections, Sharpe James
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