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Dramatic action (Update: Photos)
"The time has come to build a 21st century economy in which hard work and responsibility are once again rewarded," President-elect Obama said in a speech this morning, making the case for urgent action on an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan. The plan will save or create 3 million jobs by doub …
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Sen. Daschle calls for “paradigm shift” during confirmation hearing
Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Tom Daschle appeared before a Senate confirmation hearing this morning and called for bold changes in the way Americans and their government think about health care. I think we need to change the paradigm in this country on health, Secretary-designate Da …
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Dramatic action
The time has come to build a 21st century economy in which hard work and responsibility are once again rewarded, President-elect Obama said in a speech this morning, making the case for urgent action on an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan. The plan will save or create 3 million jobs by doubli …
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Presidents past, present, and future
President-elect Barack Obama met at the White House today with President George W. Bush and former Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. See pictures from the meeting below.
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“New and more efficient ways of getting the job done”
President-elect Obama today announced the creation of a new White House position, Chief Performance Officer, and his intention to nominate Nancy Killefer to fill the post. During the campaign, I said that we must scour this budget, line-by-line, eliminating what we don’t need, or what doesn&rs …
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No earmarks
President-elect Barack Obama said today in a meeting with members of his budget team that he will ban earmarks from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that will soon go before Congress. The President-elect also said he expects his administration to inherit a budget deficit of up to $1 trilli …
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“We have to do things in a new way” (Update: video)
President-elect Barack Obama held a meeting with his top economic advisors today at the Presidential transition team office in Washington D.C. Not only do we need to act boldly, swiftly and with sufficient magnitude to make a difference, but we also have to do things in a new way, President-elect Ob …
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“We have to do things in a new way”
President-elect Barack Obama held a meeting with his top economic advisors today at the Presidential transition team office in Washington D.C. Not only do we need to act boldly, swiftly and with sufficient magnitude to make a difference, but we also have to do things in a new way, President-elect Ob …
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Sitting down with Speaker Pelosi
President-elect Barack Obama met with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca.) today at her office in the Capitol to discuss the scope and timing of the economic recovery package. On their way out of the meeting, they came across a morning tour of the Capitol, and the President-elect shook hands wi …
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Keeping college affordable
Claiborne Pell, a Rhode Island senator whose achievements brought about lasting change both at home and abroad, died on January 1st, 2009, at the age of 90. In a statement, Vice President-elect Joe Biden honored Sen. Pells many accomplishments, noting that, few Senators have done more to expand oppo …
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Meeting with Congressional leaders
President-elect Barack Obama will meet this morning with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Capitol Hill. Later this afternoon, Vice President-elect Joe Biden will join a meeting with Democratic and Republican congressional leadership, including Senate Majority Leade …
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The Obama family gets ready for the first day of school
Earlier this morning, President-elect Barack Obama and Mrs. Michelle Obama helped their two daughters, Malia (10) and Sasha (7), get ready for their first day of school.
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American Recovery and Reinvestment
In this weeks weekly address, President-elect Barack Obama lays out the challenges that face us in the new year, and his plan for taking them on. We need an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan that not only creates jobs in the short-term but spurs economic growth and competitiveness in the long- …
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New challenges, new opportunities
As a new year begins, many Americans are reflecting on 2008 while looking ahead to the challenges and opportunities well face in 2009. The past year brought change to our country. Millions of Americans participated in our political process for the first time. Folks came together to work for common g …
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HHS Secretary-designate Daschle hears from Indiana on health care
Note: If you held a Health Care Community Discussion and have not reported back yet, please do so here!On December 5th, incoming HHS Secretary Tom Daschle spoke at the Colorado Health Care Summit in Denver and announced that the Transition would host Health Care Community Discussions across the coun …
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Open for Questions: Round two
During this brief transition period, weve rolled out important new tools to let users interact with our team in a transparent and meaningful way. Our first run of Open for Questions was one such feature, with nearly 1,000,000 votes cast on questions from the Change.gov community. In this round, you …
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Happy Holidays!
For many people, this holiday season comes at a time of great hardship, but also of great hope: that we can come together as a nation and serve one another. Whether you’re celebrating at home, traveling to visit relatives or stationed overseas, tell us your stories about reaching out to friend …
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A season of giving, a sense of common purpose
In this weeks weekly address, President-elect Barack Obama calls on Americans to honor our service men and women and to think of those Americans being hurt by our sluggish economy. This season of giving should also be a time to renew a sense of common purpose and shared citizenship, he says. Now mor …
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Biden meets with top economic advisors
Vice President-elect Joe Biden made the case for a bold economic recovery package in a meeting in Washington this morning with the Obama-Biden administrations top economic advisors. Economists rarely agree, but on this score theres overwhelming agreement that we need a robust and sustained economic …
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Vice President-elect Biden to lead briefing on economic recovery package
Vice President-elect Biden is in Washington today to be briefed by Larry Summers, Director of the National Economic Council, and other White House economic advisors on new economic developments and the upcoming economic recovery package. The meeting starts at 10:45 eastern.
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