cnn.com - 11/24/2008
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President-elect Barack Obama announces his financial team at a news conference Monday.
seattletimes.nwsource.com - 11/30/2008
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seattletimes.nwsource.com —
Gov. Christine Gregoire's office is considering vast cuts
in state spending that Democratic leaders once would have...
considered unthinkable, including more than $1 billion in funding for public schools.
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Gregoire looking at massive state budget cuts
washingtonmonthly.com - 11/25/2008
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washingtonmonthly.com —
OBAMA'S BUDGET TEAM.... Yesterday, the president-elect introduced his
economic team. This afternoon, Barack Obama returned to the...
podium to announce his budget team: Peter Orszag as the director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Robert Nabors as the...
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Obama's budget team
taylormarsh.com - 11/25/2008
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taylormarsh.com —
BY TAYLOR MARSH --updated-- Press conference was brief,
with Obama doing another one on the economy tomorrow....
It’s clear Obama is taking a page from the smart pol’s playbook. ...
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Obama and the Budget
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Obama introduces his economic team
Political Animal —
OBAMA INTRODUCES HIS ECONOMIC TEAM.... For all the talk we've heard in recent weeks about possible cabinet selections, today was the first and most meaningful announcement to date about the president-elect's team. President-elect Barack Obama said Monday that the country is facing an "economic crisis of historic proportions," and unveiled the team he has chosen to help get the economy back on track. Obama said he sought leaders who share his fundamental belief that "we cannot have a thriving Wall Street without a thriving Main Street." [...] Details of the plan are still ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
TPMDC —
... Barack Obama reportedly will name Peter Orszag as director of the Office of Management and Budget at today's press conference. Orszag currently serves as director of the Congressional Budget Office, and his appointment to the OMB has been expected since last week. ...
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CNN Political Ticker 11/24/2008
Obama officially named his economic team Monday (from left: Geithner, Romer and Summers).
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) – President-elect Barack Obama named key members of his administration's economic team Monday, including New York Federal ...
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