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Dem sources: Clinton to help wife get State job

The former president has offered several concessions to help his spouse become secretary of state, including releasing the names of several major donors Read More...

Posted Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:20 AM from msnbc.com: Politics | 0 Comments

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Al-Qaida No. 2 says Obama betrays race

Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri has criticized President-elect Barack Obama, calling him a demeaning racial term implying that Obama is a black American Read More...

Posted Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:49 AM from msnbc.com: Politics | 0 Comments

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Clinton said to be unsure about Cabinet job

An adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton said the senator was agonizing over the decision about whether to become Barack Obama's secretary of state. Read More...

Posted Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:01 AM from msnbc.com: Politics | 0 Comments

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Vote Count Going Against Alaska's Stevens

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate, is falling behind Democrat Mark Begich in his re-election bid as Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 6:24 PM from NPR Topics: Politics & Society | 0 Comments

Newsweek: Why picking Hillary for State wouldn't hurt

As secretary of state, Hillary would take over a huge, prestigious organization. But it would, for the most part, be a gilded cage. And to the extent that Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 6:13 PM from msnbc.com: Politics | 0 Comments

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Lessons of the Lieberman saga

The Democrats kept Sen. Joe Lieberman in the fold because politics is a game of addition and the magic number is 60: the number of senators needed to defeat Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 5:43 PM from msnbc.com: Politics | 0 Comments

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Sources: Holder Tapped For Attorney General

President-elect Barack Obama has decided to nominate Eric Holder as attorney general, according to a source close to the Obama-Biden transition team. If Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 5:02 PM from NPR Topics: Politics & Society | 0 Comments

Holder Is Obama's Pick For Attorney General

Washington attorney Eric Holder has been chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to be the next attorney general. Holder, a former U.S. attorney who served Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 4:45 PM from NPR Topics: Politics & Society | 0 Comments

Walter: Obama budgeting political capital

Party gains take a back seat for now, but bipartisan opportunities for the president-elect are not obvious Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 4:15 PM from msnbc.com: Politics | 0 Comments

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'Outliers' Puts Self-Made Success To The Test

Why do Asian kids outperform American kids in math? How did Bill Gates become a billionaire computer entrepreneur? Malcolm Gladwell takes on these questions Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 4:00 PM from NPR Topics: Politics & Society | 0 Comments

Lieberman To Keep Key Senate Committee Post

Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his job as chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee. Democrats decided against replacing the independent from Connecticut, Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 4:00 PM from NPR Topics: Politics & Society | 0 Comments

Obama girls look at D.C. private schools

Malia and Sasha Obama are in Washington with their mother checking out prospective new schools. Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 3:34 PM from msnbc.com: Politics | 0 Comments

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Obama team counting Senate votes on Holder as AG

President-elect Barack Obama's aides have been privately talking to senators about whether Washington attorney Eric Holder would be confirmed as the next Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 3:31 PM from msnbc.com: Politics | 0 Comments

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Stevens: One eye on Alaska, a second on the Senate

Convicted Sen. Ted Stevens clung Tuesday to the hope that a climactic vote count in Alaska would buttress his argument to remain in Congress and fellow Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 2:52 PM from msnbc.com: Politics | 0 Comments

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Cold realities await Gov. Sarah Palin in Alaska

Gov. Sarah Palin, heralded by some conservatives as the future of the Republican Party, faces many challenges as she returns from the campaign trail. Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 2:43 PM from msnbc.com: Politics | 0 Comments

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