washingtonpost.com - 11/8/2008
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ft.com - 11/15/2008
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ft.com —
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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... On Thursday after his election, President-Elect Obama met with Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell and top CIA analyst Mike Morrell to receive his first intelligence briefing. Though CIA chief Mike Hayden (does every senior intelligence official go by "Mike?") has issued one of those "keep on working, nothing to see here during this presidential transition" memos to the CIA workforce, ...
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