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Managing Economic Team Will Be a Challenge for Obama

Barack Obama's appointment yesterday of former Federal Reserve chairman Paul A. Volcker to the growing team advising him on the nation's deepening financial crisis only heightens a central leadership challenge the president-elect will face: how to manage a stable packed with big brains and bigger...

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-26-2008
Bush's Shifting Ideology

President Bush's decision to shore up the financial markets with massive government intervention is the latest sign of a broad ideological transformation of his presidency.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 09-19-2008
Rice: U.S. to Give $1 Billion to 'Help Georgia Sustain Itself'

The Bush administration announced a $1 billion aid package to Georgia yesterday, making the former Soviet republic one of the highest per capita recipients of U.S. economic assistance.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 09-03-2008
Bush Officials Condoned Regional Iraqi Oil Deal

Bush administration officials told Hunt Oil last summer that they did not object to its efforts to reach an oil deal with the Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq, even while the State Department was publicly expressing concern that such contracts could undermine a national Iraqi petroleu...

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 07-02-2008
A Reporter's View From The War Zone

Three years into the Iraq war, Richard Engel was holding down the fort as NBC's Baghdad bureau chief when a top producer in New York, M.L. Flynn, told him there was "tremendous pressure" in the newsroom to lighten up his coverage.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 06-09-2008
Marriott Weighs Risk, Opportunity Of a Hotel in Baghdad Green Zone

A Marriott International official said yesterday that the company was evaluating whether to open a hotel in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, responding to a request from U.S. government officials who are eager to help revive Iraq with foreign investment and economic activity.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 05-07-2008
U.S. Scrambles to Address International Food Crisis

The Bush administration and Congress have been caught flat-footed by rapidly escalating global food prices and are scrambling to respond to a crisis that they increasingly view as a threat to U.S. national security, according to government officials, congressional staffers and human rights experts.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 04-25-2008
IOC Pressured on Human Rights

BEIJING, April 3 -- After nearly seven years of careful preparations, it came down to one final, marathon session in Beijing on Thursday. It was the third and final day of talks between Chinese officials and the International Olympic Committee's operations team, the last big inspection ahead of the...

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 04-03-2008
Staff Alleges Abuses by Top Iraq Auditor

Federal investigators called at least nine current and former employees of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction before a grand jury in Richmond on March 18, and the FBI has summoned others for questioning this week, marking a new phase in the probe of allegations ag...

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 03-29-2008

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