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A respectfully respectful greeting in Japan
President Obama shook hands with Japan's Emperor Akihito while bowing -- a redundant greeting that apparently qualifies as a breach of protocol.
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GAO finds fault with stimulus jobs data but touts transparency
Government auditors raised doubts Thursday about the number of jobs created or saved by the economic stimulus program, but they also said that mistakes reported in recent weeks signal the benefits of government transparency.
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Voices of Power: Melanne Verveer
MS. ROMANO: Welcome Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues. Thanks for joining us today.
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Voices of Power: Melanne Verveer, ambassador for women's issues
Melanne Verveer and Hillary Rodham Clinton go back 40 years, political soul mates connected by like-minded activism and causes -- from George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign to women's rights.
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George Mcgovern
GAO calls for futher guidance on reporting jobs created or saved by stimulus funds
A government audit set for release Thursday urges the Obama administration to provide further guidance on how recipients of economic stimulus dollars should report jobs created with the funding.
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In the Loop: C Street house no longer fully tax-exempt
The famous rowhouse on C Street SE where disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford sought counseling after his affair -- as did Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) after his affair -- has begun paying D.C. real estate taxes, according to city officials. ...
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Fine Print: Settling a CIA-DNI turf war
For those of you who believe the only thing the CIA leadership has to do is provide all-source intelligence analyses to President Obama and his top policymakers, think again. Besides two wars raging and the U.S. clandestine and covert operations ...
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USPS posts $3.8 billion loss as volume plummets
The U.S. Postal Service posted a $3.8 billion net loss during the fiscal year that ended in September, despite $6 billion in cost-cutting moves. Total mail volume fell more steeply than ever -- by 25.6 billion pieces, or almost 13 percent, more than ...
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DOE's Chalk: Managing Billions of Dollars in Clean Energy Stimulus Funding
At the Department of Energy (DOE), Steven Chalk has experienced the economic crisis as an opportunity, a chance to push energy efficiency.
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In the Loop: Commerce Secretary Locke critical of visa process
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke is off to Asia this week, stopping in Singapore to join Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for some regional meetings and then head off with her and President Obama to Beijing. That should give her plenty of time ...
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
Already under fire, long-term-care insurer sends bad data to workers
The already beleaguered long-term-care program for federal employees has mailed out more than 70,000 forms with mistakes about potential premiums, and as a result, it is pushing back the selection deadline for those workers to March 15, 2010.
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No monkey business around Ms. Goodall
Don't forget! Today's the day to see famous primate expert Jane Goodall, speaking at 3 p.m. at the Interior Department's headquarters auditorium.
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Voices of Power: AARP's John Rother
MS. ROMANO: Okay. Welcome, John Rother, Director of Policy for AARP, the world's largest organization for people over 50. Thanks for joining us today.
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Voices of Power: On the front lines of health-care reform
It's fair to say John Rother has been under the gun these days.
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TSA nominee questioned over FBI censure
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) questioned President Obama's nominee to lead the nation's airport security agency Tuesday about a censure he received from the FBI in 1988.
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Just what we need: A FEMA for Afghanistan
Now that the U.S. military presence in Iraq looks to be winding down, the office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), set up to oversee the $50 billion reconstruction effort, is also due to be phasing out. But that doesn't ...
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Fine Print: Increasingly sophisticated weapons featured in Defense Dept's special projects
America's genius for innovation continues to be directed toward increasingly sophisticated weaponry.
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NIST's Gebbie: Creating a Climate for Cutting-Edge Research
Katharine Gebbie has built a world-class physics laboratory, fostering creativity and risk-taking that has led to cutting-edge scientific discoveries.
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Game developer's newest 'Call of Duty' helps veterans find jobs
A video game company is donating $1 million on Tuesday to set up a foundation to help veterans find employment, organizers announced.
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At U.S. airports, TSA officers covertly monitor travelers' behavior
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. -- You might not see them, but they're studying you.
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SBA bailouts draw little attention despite high expected default rate
A federal bailout of AIG last year attracted angry protesters who for weeks gathered outside the insurance giant's headquarters in New York and stalked company executives at their homes.
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Obesity, poor education big obstacles to military recruiting
It's tough enough selling military service to teenagers who might not be so keen on getting their heads shaved or buy the whole "we do more by 9 a.m." line. And the fact that enlisting today could very well mean a visit to the front lines doesn't ...
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In the Loop: Join your fellow NSA fans on Facebook
Even the super-secret National Security Agency, where you're practically strip-searched to get in, recruits on Facebook. "Welcome to the NSA Careers Page!" it says. "Please post any questions you may have and our recruiters will be happy to help."
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Shinseki cites plight, plan to help homeless veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs laid out Tuesday an ambitious five-year goal of curbing the number of homeless veterans, pledging $3.2 billion to an issue that is more rapidly affecting those who served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars than by any ...
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Supreme Court to hear NLRB case
The Supreme Court said Monday that it will decide whether two people can do the work of five when it comes to resolving labor-management disputes in the workplace.
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Fine Print: Cheney had his own reading of 'classified'
Then-Vice President Richard B. Cheney gave a surprisingly honest description of how top administration officials treat classified information when he was questioned more than five years ago by Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special counsel investigating ...
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Drew Altman with Voices of Power
LOIS ROMANO: Welcome Drew Altman, President and CEO of Kaiser Family Foundation, a leading voice and think-tank on health care issues. Thanks for joining us.
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USAID's Greene: Helping save lives with low-cost tools
Millions of women and children in developing countries die of preventable diseases each year.
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Federal faces: Dinah Cohen
Best known for : Providing specialized computers, software and other electronic devices to more than 81,000 federal employees and wounded military service members with hearing, visual, dexterity, cognitive and communications disabilities to help make ...
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Federal Faces: Richard Greene
Best known for: Helping USAID address global health issues in developing countries. Among the concerns: malaria, avian influenza, tropical diseases, and maternal and child health programs.
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Voices of Power: Drew Altman, Kaiser Family Foundation
Drew Altman landed at the Kaiser Family Foundation in 1990 with a huge mandate: Rebuild the sleepy grant-making organization, shake up its staff, and revitalize its mission. Two decades later, the chief executive and president has positioned the ...
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In the Loop: Afghanistan's sudden population drop
P resident Obama is still working hard trying to figure out the next steps in the very difficult war in Afghanistan. Gen. Stanley McChrystal , the top commander in the field, is pressing for an additional 40,000 troops. Obama's top advisers are split. ...
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Afghanistan
Barack Obama
In the Loop
Loop Fans may remember back to March 18, 1999, when the U.S. Agency for International Development turned its lobby in the Ronald Reagan Building into a shrine to then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton , putting up 12 large photos of her world travels ...
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
Stimulus dollars going to accused contractors
President Obama and members of Congress told federal agencies earlier this year to avoid awarding funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to contractors with troubled histories of work for the federal government.
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Postal Service turns to selling greeting cards to improve sales
Facing declining mail volume, workforce cuts through employee buyouts and the possible closure of hundreds of post offices, the U.S. Postal Service has a new "get well" remedy: greeting cards.
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In the Loop: Fed conference spares no luxury
Remember the uproar a few months back after AIG and other federal bailout recipients were holding conferences and meetings at luxury resorts? The national outrage caused many TARP recipients to cut such travel, or at least opt for less-opulent ...
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Fine Print: Pakistani drive may be lesson for Afghanistan
Pakistan's military offensive in Waziristan, and the negotiations that preceded it, may be a paradigm for the U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan as well as for the fight against al-Qaeda and other extreme Islamist groups in the Afghan-Pakistani ...
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Federal Faces: Dinah Cohen
Job title: Director, Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP), U.S. Department of Defense, TRICARE Management Activity
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Cohen: Helping wounded veterans re-enter the workforce
It's not easy for a wounded veteran returning from Afghanistan or Iraq to secure a civilian job but Dinah Cohen and her team at the Defense department's Computer Electronic Accomodation Program (CAP) are working with medical experts to change that.
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In the Loop: Democrats get more Cuban American contributions
P resident Obama heads off to Florida on Monday to meet service members at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville and then proceeds to a heavy-duty fundraiser for House and Senate candidates at the Fontainebleau, a historic hotel in Miami Beach. Those ...
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Benefits changes finally in sight for federal employees
Long-sought changes to the pay and benefits structure for current and former federal employees await President Obama's signature.
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Attorney General to Forms Diverse Advisory Panel
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is preparing to announce as early as Monday a slate of appointees to a prestigious panel that advises Justice Department leaders on approaches to combat gang violence, civil rights abuses and financial crimes, ...
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In the Loop: Obama didn't quite end ambassadorial cronyism
Just after the election in November, we wrote that an Obama administration was likely to eschew "the traditional sale of most ambassadorships, so aptly carried on during the Bush administration." The chatter was that the new team would pick political ...
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Barack Obama
Gettysburg park supervisor says he is being reassigned
The superintendent of Gettysburg National Military Park, John A. Latschar, said Thursday that he is being reassigned to an unspecified desk job in the National Parks Service after public disclosure that he viewed more than 3,400 "sexually-explicit" ...
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Voices of Power Transcript: Chris Lu
Ms. Romano: Welcome, Christopher Lu, Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary at the White House.
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