2008 Plum Book - Government Policy and Supporting Positions Book with Civil Service Job Listings in the Obama Administration, plus Presidential Transition and Inaugural Coverage (CD-ROM)
Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | 52 minutes ago
THE COUNTRY’S IN THE VERY BEST OF HANDS: “The Obama Administration’s nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration, Erroll Southers, was censured by the FBI for asking law enforcement personnel to conduct a background check on his ex-wife’s boyfriend.”
Strange Bedfellows (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dr. Rajiv Shah, recently a top manager at the Gates Foundation, is nominated as chief of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Leftnews.org (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Edward Herman and David Peterson analyze Juan Cole’s analysis of U.S. foreign policy under the Obama administration.
Below The Beltway (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
After one-year the record of the Obama Administration overseas isn’t that much different from his predecessor: Similar Posts:More Name-Changing Fun From The Obama Administration One Reason To Like The Obama/Biden Administration The Bush/Obama Administration Fox News Ratings Up Since Obama Administration Picked A Fight Obama’s...
Open Left (Free subscription) | 33 minutes ago
... federal contracts. The provision, inserted in the Senate version of the bill at the request of the Obama administration, would weaken a ban on federal contracts for inverted companies... Before the ban began in 2002, four of the 100 largest federal contractors were inverted, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. In 2001, those four companies received $2.7 billion...
Start Thinking Right (Free subscription) | yesterday
This is rather surprising – and that’s coming from a guy who is convinced that the Obama administration is a ship full of fools moronically leading us into every iceberg in their path. Behind Schedule Nearly 200 top positions in the administration remain vacant a full year after President Obama was elected. USA Today reports the backlog [...]
The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lobbyists have been petitioning the Obama White House to rescind or loosen a policy that bans lobbyists from executive agencies' advisory boards. The message yesterday from Norm Eisen, special counsel to the president for ethics and government reform and the...
The Lonely Conservative (Free subscription) | yesterday
What did they know and when did they know it? Those are the questions Rep. Pete Hoekstra is asking the Obama administration, who have been less than forthcoming. CNS News reports: Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.), the ranking Republican on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said Monday that the Obama administration has been withholding “critical information”...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
According to the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP), with an estimated net worth of 26.6 million U.S. dollars, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Schapiro is the richest top official in the Obama administration, while President Obama himself ranked 6th in the list with 3.7 million U.S. dollars. In the Obama administration, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
Phayul Latest News (Free subscription) | yesterday
The International Campaign for Tibet has urged the US President Barack Obama to offer a third party assistance to the Chinese government and His Holiness th
Valleywag (Free subscription) | yesterday
When the new ABC sci-fi series "V" premiered last Monday, everyone wondered its titular Visitors were an allegorical critique of the Obama administration. Tonight's episode proved without a doubt...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Congressman Steve King seldom minces his words in critiquing the Obama administration. In the latest chapter, the Kiron Republican said today Obama’s closest advisers, including Rahm Emanuel and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett are part of Chicago’s “gangster government,” and linked Jarrett to former radical William Ayers “and other nefarious characters.”...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
SINGAPORE - The Obama administration will nominate a young former executive with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to run America's top foreign assistance program, ending months of speculation and complaints about who would take the vacant post, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Rootless Cosmopolitan (Free subscription) | yesterday
It's hardly surprising that President Barack Obama chose to schedule a White House visit by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the dead of night on Monday, because right now Obama has little to show for his 10-month effort to revive a Middle East peace process. The Israeli leader's refusal to abide by Washington's demand for a complete freeze of settlement construction in...
rediff News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dr Rajiv Shah, the senior-most Indian American in the Barack Obama administration, has been nominated as the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development -- the country's top foreign assistance programme.In nominating Shah, Obama said, "The mission of USAID is to advance America's interests by strengthening our relationships abroad. Rajiv brings...
