Democratic Leaders Pick Budget Director
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 12/30/2008 — Douglas W. Elmendorf, an economist with experience throughout the federal government, has been selected fill the vacancy left at the top of the Congressional Budget Office.

CBO Chief Likely Pick as Budget Director
time.com 11/19/2008 — Congressional Budget Office chief Peter Orszag is the front-runner to be President-elect Barack Obama's budget director, Capitol Hill Democrats say

Obama To Name Peter Orszag As Budget Director
lostintransition.nationaljournal.com 11/18/2008 — By ALEXIS SIMENDINGER (Credit: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to tap Congressional Budget Office Director Peter Orszag , once a veteran economic adviser in the Clinton White House, to become his ...

Former Bush Budget Director Praises Obama's Pick for Job
blogs.abcnews.com 11/26/2008 — Former Rep. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, who served for several years as director of the Office of Management and Budget for President George W. Bush, today enthusiastically praised President-elect Obama's pick for the job, Peter Orszag, the current director ...

Obama names new budget director, calls for spending review
cbc.ca 11/25/2008 — Barack Obama has named Peter Orszag as his pick for White House budget director, where he will oversee a belt-tightening push the U.S. president-elect says is a "necessity."

I Don't Mean to Alarm Anyone, But...
minx.cc 2/13/2009 — The depressing editorial which accompanied that graphic is here. What can we do now? Smoke 'em if you got 'em. I'll try and come up with something more constructive later....

Union budget 2009, India budget 2009, Indian budget, budget 2009 10, Interim budget
shorl.com 2/16/2009 — # Budgetary support increased for Ministries of Rural Development, Road Transport & Highway, Power, Railways, Industrial Policy & Promotion and IT. # Will return to FRBM targets when economy is on track # 15 point programme for welfare of minorities set up.

Obama’s Man on the Budget: Just 40 and Going Like 60
nytimes.com 3/28/2009 — Like any budget director, Peter R. Orszag is a “supernerd.” But his political connections and policy ambitions suggest he is driven by more than his epic caffeine consumption.

The Sounds
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 12/25/2008 — Today Pandora told me I might like “Ego” by The Sounds. And I did! Apparently this came out in 2006, but it was the first I’d heard of it. Here’s a video: My half-formed ability to make aesthetic judgments is ...

Congressional Budget Office - Division Information
cbo.gov 11/17/2008 — Office of the Director Telephone: (202) 226-2700 Fax: (202) 225-7509 Director ( Short Bio (pdf) Long Bio (pdf) Photo Blog ) The Director of CBO oversees the agency's work in providing objective, nonpartisan, and timely analyses of economic and ...

Pentagon official says 9/11 suspect was tortured (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/14/2009
AP - A Pentagon official acknowledged in an interview published Wednesday that the United States tortured Mohammed al-Qahtani, a Saudi man who allegedly had hoped to become the "20th hijacker" in the Sept. 11 attacks.

Bin Laden message: Stop 'aggression' against Gaza — CNN Political Ticker 1/14/2009
(CNN) — Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has apparently released a new audio message calling for a jihad, or holy war, against Israel for its Gaza campaign. The message is "an invitation" from bin Laden to take part in "jihad to stop the ...

Rights group urges U.S. to counter "spoiler" states — Reuters: Politics 1/14/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and other traditional human rights champions must retake leadership of a global agenda that has been hijacked by "spoiler" states like China, Egypt and Russia, a rights group said on Wednesday.

Report: Would-be 9/11 Hijacker Was Tortured — TIME.com Top Politics Stories 1/14/2009
A Pentagon official acknowledged that the United States tortured Mohammed al-Qahtani, a Saudi man who allegedly had hoped to become the "20th hijacker" in the Sept. 11 attacks.

Obama Officials Ask Senate G.O.P. to Back Release of Bailout Money — NYT > Politics 1/15/2009
Several lawmakers said they still wanted better assurances that the second $350 billion would be more carefully supervised. >