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ft.com - 11/15/2008
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A senior official in the outgoing administration on
Thursday said Barack Obama was confronting the strongest “protectionist...
pressures” in 75 years and urged him to clarify his commitment to free trade. “The incoming president will face more political ...
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FT.com / In depth - Obama urged to back free trade policies
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The Early Word: The President-Elect Meets the Press
The Caucus —
... to Mr. Obama. The current president also invited his successor to meet with him early next week. And President-elect Obama received his most in-depth intelligence briefing yet on Thursday. The Transition On Thursday Representative Rahm Emanuel of Illinois agreed to leave his leadership position in the United States House of Representatives and join the new administration as White House chief of staff. The Times’s John M. Broder reports on ...
Intelligence -- the next phase
The Reaction —
... President-elect Barack Obama got his first in-depth regular intelligence briefing from DNI Mike McConnell, according to Joby Warrick at the Washington Post. Obama was asked about this at his first news conference yesterday, but he declined to discuss it in any depth. To quote the Friday article (Post's links): ...
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Looking back at the election —
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Obama was the declared the winner of North Carolina yesterday, which the AP called a “symbolic triumph.” “Obama's win in North Carolina was the first for a Democratic presidential candidate since Jimmy Carter won the state in 1976.”
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Obama will have to confront the nation's ailing economy.
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