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Nancy Killefer: Chief Performance Officer
The Latest on Air America — ... : The CPO will be charged with restoring fiscal order and reforming government. Killefer is a senior director for McKinsey & Company, a management consulting firm. She was an assistant secretary of the treasury in the Clinton administration. The announcement comes a day after Obama told reporters that the deficit will probably hit $1 trillion this year and that "potentially we've got trillion-dollar deficits for years to come." The president-elect said he would need to "invest an extraordinary amount of money" to get the economy back on track. He intends to push ...

Obama to Close Gitmo — Where To Put the “High Value” Detainees?
Firedoglake — ... "It is more difficult than I think a lot of people realize and we are going to get it done, but part of the challenge that you have is that you have a bunch of folks that have been detained, many of whom who may be very dangerous who have not been put on trial or have not gone through some adjudication," Obama said on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday when asked whether he would close the prison in his first 100 days. ...

The Ghost of Reagan Wept
BlondeSense — ... them to this country, and they instilled in me an immigrant's wonder at the greatness of America. As a child, I remember going to the grocery store with my dad. Growing up in India, he had seen extreme poverty. And as we walked through the aisles, looking at the endless variety on the shelves, he would tell me: "Bobby, Americans can do anything." I still believe that to this day: Americans can do anything. When we pull together, there is no challenge we can't overcome. As the president made clear this evening, we are now in a time of challenge. Many of you listening tonight ...

BEGALA: APRIL 15TH SHOULD BE ‘PATRIOT’S DAY’
Right Wing Nut House — ... and the Republicans cut taxes on the idle rich and put the screws to the working stiffs. Bush’s tax policies were a godsend to the Paris Hilton class, but they sent the country on the road to bankruptcy and helped ruin the economy. But now that we the people have decided to set things right, now that we’ve hired Obama to fix the mess conservatives created, now they’re protesting? What kind of government do we get when so many kowtow to the authority of the state and achieve rapture through the simple, utilitarian act of obeying the law? Government is not a living entity to ...

Why Obama Should Release Photos
Commondreams.org Views — ... images that stoked anti-American sentiment worldwide. In fact, Obama said the photos in this case are not "particularly sensational, especially when compared to the painful images that we remember from Abu Ghraib." Fair enough, why not then comply with the appeals court decision, and release the images? There is a danger that Obama 's new decision to oppose release of the photos could have the opposite of its intended effect by spreading rumors and conspiracy theories about what the photos reveal -- causing more harm than good. In the age of the new media, transparency is a ...

Obama Picks Sotomayor As Supreme Court Nominee
The Latest on Air America — ... , which has one female justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Obama also had been under pressure to nominate a Hispanic justice to the court. Obama's nomination will have to be confirmed by the Senate Judiciary Committee and the full Senate. The nominee is not expected to have difficulty being confirmed in the Democratic-controlled Senate in time for the new court session in October.

Dubya Defends Interrogation During Speech, States It Saved Lives
Pirate's Cove — It’s easy for folks on the Left, including President Neophyte, to criticize President Bush 43 for waterboarding and using fraternity row hazing tactics to attempt to get vital information out of stone cold terrorists, but, they forget - usually willingly - what it was like in the few years from the aftermath of 9/11. Dubya has always been the kind of person who rarely attacks back and/or defends his policies, which, in politics, is not always a good thing, and he even soft peddles his answers in Michigan. But, the point is made Former President George W. Bush on Thursday repeated Dick ...

Dubya Defends Interrogation During Speech, States It Saved Lives
Stop The ACLU — Dubya Defends Interrogation During Speech, States It Saved Lives Posted on May 29, 2009 It’s easy for folks on the Left, including President Neophyte, to criticize President Bush 43 for waterboarding and using fraternity row hazing tactics to attempt to get vital information out of stone cold terrorists, but, they forget - usually willingly - what it was like in the few years from the aftermath of 9/11. Dubya has always been the kind of person who rarely attacks back and/or defends his policies, which, in politics, is not always a good thing, and he even soft peddles his answers in Michigan. But, the point is made ...

Dubya Defends Interrogation During Speech, States It Saved Lives
Right Wing News — It's easy for folks on the Left, including President Neophyte, to criticize President Bush 43 for waterboarding and using fraternity row hazing tactics to attempt to get vital information out of stone cold terrorists, but, they forget - usually willingly - what it was like in the few years from the aftermath of 9/11. Dubya has always been the kind of person who rarely attacks back and/or defends his policies, which, in politics, is not always a good thing, and he even soft peddles his answers in Michigan. But, the point is made ...

No More Mister Nice Blog — ... While Frank attempted to respond to all questions, he gave up when one woman compared health care proposals favored by Frank and President Obama to policies of ...

Where Are the Young Voices on Health Care?
Commondreams.org Views — ... and gender. Or what about the fact that the president's reform proposal would mean that a young person can be covered up until the age of 26 by a parent's plan, rather than the current limit of 19 for those who don't attend college? This is what young people should have been told. But it isn't too late. As 2008 showed, young people, like all other constituencies, speak when spoken to. As the debate slogs into what is sure to be the most consequential stage of the battle, President Obama has a prime opportunity to speak directly to those who should have been the base of ...

Colin Powell on African-American Fathers, Volunteering
Booker Rising — ... How did you become involved in President Obama's Renew America Together initiative, and what is your role? The president-elect was aware of the work that Alma and I had done together on America's Promise. As part of the transition effort, he intended to make this an important part of his administration, and he wanted to get started earlier. The White House asked if I would work with transition officials to launch his first initiative, which was called Renew America Together. I launched that for him on the 9th of January, 11 days ...