...although Obama's meeting with Gore earlier this week may have been to get his blessing on these appointments . President-elect Barack Obama has picked a Nobel laureate, a former Environmental Protection Agency administrator, and officials from New Jersey and Los Angeles to run his energy ...

The press pool was allowed in for a photo-op following the hour-long meeting between Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Al Gore earlier today. Here's the official, remarkably uninformative statement they got from Obama: The purpose of this meeting today was to listen and learn from Vice ...

The press pool was allowed in for a photo-op following the hour-long meeting between Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Al Gore earlier today. Here's the official, remarkably uninformative statement they got from Obama: The purpose of this meeting today was to listen and learn from Vice ...

As I mentioned in the morning open thread, the big news yesterday should have been the meeting between Obama and Al Gore. For eight years, we've lived under the Bush regime, which for years has denied the existence of global warming. That crowd mocked Al Gore. Now, we have a president who agrees ...

A president who’s taking climate change seriously : President-elect Barack Obama met with former vice president Al Gore in Chicago on Tuesday to discuss climate change, declaring after the meeting, “The time for denial is over.” The meeting, also attended by Vice ...

Another day, another big meeting about a serious global crisis for President-elect Barack Obama, who joined forces on Tuesday in Chicago with former Vice President Al Gore and Obama’s own veep, Joe Biden, to put their heads together about Gore’s signature cause—climate ...

ABC NEWS' SUNLEN MILLER REPORTS: In addition to briefly addressing the Gov. Blagojevich news today, President-elect Obama spoke during a quick press availability about his meeting with former Vice President Al Gore. Vice President-elect Biden was also in the meeting...

The news of the arrest of Illinois Governor Rob Blagojevich for corruption and rank stupidity stole the thunder from a meeting today on global warming and energy policy between President-elect Barack Obama and former Vice President Al Gore: Mr. Obama, seated between Vice President-elect ...

President-elect Barack Obama said Tuesday afternoon that he has had no dealings with Governor Blagojevich over his replacement in the Senate. From the pool report of his meeting with Al Gore: At 1:55 p.m., the pool was brought into a sparse corner office of the transition headquarters in ...

President-elect Barack Obama said Tuesday afternoon that he has had no dealings with Governor Blagojevich over his replacement in the Senate. From the pool report of his meeting with Al Gore: At 1:55 p.m., the pool was brought into a sparse corner office of the transition headquarters in ...

There's no planning for breaking news. But with many liberals peeved at Obama for allegedly short shrifting their priorities, it's a bummer for the transition that Obama's global warming meeting with Gore is being overwhelmed by Blagomania. -- Michael Crowley

The president-elect makes a brief statement on the Illinois Governor's arrest after meeting with former VP Al Gore in Chicago Tuesday. "I had no contact with the governor or his office so I was not aware of what was happening. As I said it's a sad day for Illinois. Beyond that I don't ...

President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden are meeting with Al Gore this morning in Chicago. On the agenda? Energy, climate change, and job creation -- and how those three things go together. Photos and videos to come.

From this morning's pool report: President-elect Obama was scheduled to travel this morning to the Chicago FBI briefing before his mid-day meeting with former Vice President Al Gore. But it has been announced that he will instead be going straight to his transition office. No word on whether ...

Former Vice President Al Gore planned to visit with President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday, but those briefed on the meeting insisted the topic would be the planet rather than Gore's formal return to Washington. Gore sought the presidency in 2000 but lost ...

Good morning. Al Gore is meeting with Obama and Biden today. I know we've all thought many times how different the world would be if Gore assumed the presidency back in 2000 -- as the voters intended. The world would be a different place in so many ways. One thing is sure: We wouldn't have the ...

( Obama yesterday .) A draft auto bailout leaks , complete with Car Czar. Condi Rice and Hillary Clinton are dining tonight. Obama is meeting Gore tomorrow to discuss climate change. Boehner says the answer to the GOP's disarray should be ethics, and Cao. Seth Gitell says Daniel ...

Former VP Al Gore will meet with Pres.-elect Barack Obama tomorrow in Chicago, sources close to Gore confirm for On Call. Dem sources say the purpose of the meeting is to discuss energy and climate matters and to talk about how policies in these areas can stimulate the economy and help ...

Al Gore will visit President-elect Obama in Chicago tomorrow to discuss energy and climate change issues, a meeting scheduled at Mr. Gore's request, the New York Times reports. "Mr. Obama is expected in coming days to name his Cabinet choices to head the Energy and Interior Departments and the ...