Presidential Election of 2008

After Sharp Words on C.I.A., Obama Faces a Delicate Task

The president-elect must take charge of the agency in what is proving to be one of the more treacherous patches of the transition.

Posted Dec 02 2008, 11:02 PM by NYT > Home Page

Filed under: Presidential Election of 2008, Obama, Barack, Al Qaeda, Central Intelligence Agency, Torture, Detainees, Brennan, John O

Pardon Is Back in Focus for the Justice Nominee

Eric H. Holder Jr., Barack Obama’s choice to be attorney general, was more deeply involved in the 2001 pardon of Marc Rich than his supporters acknowledge.

Posted Dec 01 2008, 10:18 PM by NYT > Home Page

Filed under: Presidential Election of 2008, Obama, Barack, Justice Department, Clinton, Bill, Amnesties, Commutations and Pardons, Holder, Eric H Jr, Rich, Marc

The TV Watch: A Concession Wrapped in an Acceptance

For some viewers, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s speech was the moment when she finally conceded the election for real.

Posted Dec 01 2008, 09:50 PM by NYT > Home Page

Filed under: Presidential Election of 2008, Obama, Barack, Clinton, Hillary Rodham

Nominee Would Lead ID Program She Opposed

As governor of Arizona, Janet Napolitano, Barack Obama’s choice for homeland security secretary, opposed the Real ID drivers’ license program.

Posted Dec 01 2008, 09:29 PM by NYT > Home Page

Filed under: Presidential Election of 2008, Obama, Barack, States (US), Homeland Security Department, Arizona, Identification Devices, Drivers Licenses, Napolitano, Janet

With Appointments, Obama Moves On From the Campaign

Barack Obama formally introduced his national security team, led by Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state nominee.

Posted Dec 01 2008, 09:29 PM by NYT > Home Page

Filed under: Appointments and Executive Changes, Presidential Election of 2008, Obama, Barack, Clinton, Hillary Rodham

National Security Pick: From a Marine to a Mediator

Barack Obama’s choice of James L. Jones, a retired general, for national security adviser elevates another foreign policy moderate to the White House.

Posted Nov 28 2008, 10:06 PM by NYT > Home Page

Filed under: United States Politics and Government, Presidential Election of 2008, Obama, Barack, United States International Relations, National Security Council, Jones, James L

Obama Plans to Retain Gates at Defense Department

President-elect Barack Obama will keep Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates as a show of continuity in a time of war, Democrats close to the transition said.

Posted Nov 26 2008, 04:58 AM by NYT > Home Page

Filed under: Appointments and Executive Changes, Presidential Election of 2008, Obama, Barack, Defense Department, Gates, Robert M

From Home and Away, Advice for a First Lady

Many women in the U.S. and abroad remain deeply divided over whether Michelle Obama will become a pioneer or a dispiriting symbol of the limitations of modern working motherhood.

Posted Nov 24 2008, 12:10 AM by NYT > NYTimes.com Home

Filed under: Families and Family Life, Women, Presidential Election of 2008, Obama, Michelle, First Ladies, Blair, Cherie, Sarkozy, Carla

Political Memo: Rubinomics Recalculated

Barack Obama’s choices for economic advisers are past protégés of former Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin, but they are setting aside some old orthodoxies.

Posted Nov 23 2008, 10:00 PM by NYT > Business

Filed under: United States Economy, United States Politics and Government, Appointments and Executive Changes, Presidential Election of 2008, Obama, Barack, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Geithner, Timothy F, Rubin, Robert E, Summers, Lawrence H, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Orszag, Peter R

An Old Hometown Mentor, and Still at Obama’s Side

In a ranking of people who helped Barack and Michelle Obama get where they are today, close to the top would be Valerie Jarrett, who is heading to the White House.

Posted Nov 23 2008, 09:58 PM by NYT > NYTimes.com Home

Filed under: Friendship, Presidential Election of 2008, Obama, Barack, Chicago (Ill), Obama, Michelle, Mentors, Jarrett, Valerie

Advertising: Riding Obama’s Coattails, Making a Buck Along the Way

Merchandise commemorating, celebrating and — in some instances — practically canonizing Mr. Obama is being sold by companies large and small.

Posted Nov 23 2008, 05:47 PM by NYT > Business

Filed under: Advertising and Marketing, Presidential Election of 2008, Obama, Barack, Memorabilia

Studies Say Private Medicare Plans Have Added Costs, for Little Gain

The studies were issued as President-elect Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats take aim at the plans and consider cutting the payments they receive.

Posted Nov 23 2008, 02:26 PM by NYT > Business

Filed under: Medicine and Health, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Presidential Election of 2008, Medicare

‘Amtrak Joe’ No More

Despite serving in the Senate for 36 years, Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has never lived in Washington.

Posted Nov 23 2008, 09:41 AM by NYT > NYTimes.com Home

Filed under: Housing, Presidential Election of 2008, Vice Presidents and Vice Presidency (US), Biden, Joseph R Jr

Obama’s Pick of Daschle May Test Conflict-of-Interest Pledge

At issue is Tom Daschle’s work since leaving the Senate as a board member of the Mayo Clinic and a highly paid adviser to health care clients.

Posted Nov 20 2008, 12:08 AM by NYT > Health

Filed under: Ethics, United States Politics and Government, Appointments and Executive Changes, Presidential Election of 2008, Obama, Barack, Health and Human Services Department, Daschle, Tom, Lobbying and Lobbyists, Mayo Clinic, Conflicts of Interest

Many Dealings of Bill Clinton Under Review

Bill Clinton may have to make concessions to avoid ethical conflicts if his wife joins the Obama administration.

Posted Nov 18 2008, 04:12 AM by NYT > NYTimes.com Home

Filed under: Appointments and Executive Changes, Presidential Election of 2008, Obama, Barack, Clinton, Hillary Rodham, State Department, Clinton, Bill, Conflicts of Interest, Clinton Global Initiative, Clinton, William Jefferson, Presidential Foundation, Clinton, William Jefferson, Presidential Library

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