charlotteobserver.com - 12/28/2008
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The Cabinet includes the vice president and the heads of 15 executive departments. Cabinet officers are nominated by the president and then presented to the United States Senate.
cato-at-liberty.org - 12/24/2008
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cato-at-liberty.org —
Obama’s Not-So-Centrist Cabinet Posted by David Boaz Journalists
continue to insist that President-elect Obama has named a
largely centrist Cabinet. But they’re clinging to a storyline that might have been true two weeks ago but no longer is. Obama’s ...
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Obama’s Not-So-Centrist Cabinet (Cato @ Liberty)
openleft.com - 12/22/2008
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openleft.com —
In the 110th Congress, there were 236 Democrats
in the U.S. House, 49 in the Senate, and
two "Independents" who caucused with Democrats. Of those 287 congresscritters, 74 were members of the New Democratic Coalition , which is affiliated with the DLC. ...
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Obama's Cabinet To The Right Of Democrats in Congress
blogs.princeton.edu - 12/22/2008
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blogs.princeton.edu —
That Obama is set to nominate so many
former legislators to his Cabinet and senior White House staff
provides a rare opportunity for comparing the ideological make-up of the new administration to that of Congress. With the nomination of Hilda...
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An Interactive Guide to Obama’s Cabinet
Firedoglake —
... The Charlotte Observer has compiled an interactive guide to President-Elect Obama's cabinet nominees. The 15 executive departments are listed in order presidential line of succession. Click here to check it out. ...
Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos —
... of a method of communication originally developed for the French military to enable soldiers to communicate silently and without light at night. Spirit, the first of the two Mars Rovers to land on the Red Planet in 2004 for an expected three-month tour, just had its five-year anniversary on Mars and is still going strong. Spirit's twin, Opportunity, will match Spirit's feat on January 25th if all goes well. McClatchy has a cool graphic displaying all of Obama's cabinet nominees, along with notes on their backgrounds. ...
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