time.com - 1/27/2009
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Is the loophole for the Pentagon's new No. 2 business as usual, a nod to reality -- or both?
skepticians.com - 2/3/2009
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skepticians.com —
Wasting no time, President Obama began quickly overturned
standing Bush executive orders in an effort to end
nearly a decade of, what President Obama called on the campaign trail, “Bush cronyism.” Among his first moves were orders to freeze senior ...
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Is Lobbyist Bill Lynn "Uniquely Qualified" For The Pentagon?
Swampland —
... Today TIME's national security correspondent Mark Thompson takes a look at the question on Time.com and comes to a pretty unambiguous conclusion: ...
Lobbyists "Won't Find A Job in My White House"...Really?
Open Left - Front Page —
... the revolving door, and - of course - it's absurd and insulting. I'm sorry, but there are 300 million people in America, and it's simply not credible to claim that the only person qualified for a top government job is a person who lobbied the government for a corporation looking for a handout. The whole idea that qualifying experience means being a paid corporate shill is insulting. Referring to the recent appointment of a Raytheon lobbyist to a top Pentagon post, here's what Time magazine's Mark Thompson wrote:
The idea that Lynn is "uniquely qualified" - ...
"You Can't Have Carve-Outs for Lobbyists You Like," Except for Goldman Sachs and Raytheon Lobbyists
Open Left - Front Page —
... understand that distinction. This is one of those cases where we've had to sacrifice the help of a lot of very valuable people."
It seems like Axelrod is expressing genuine "pain" - but it's bullshit and, as I said, intelligence-insulting. Why? Because while the administration says "you can't have carve-outs for lobbyists you like," the White House has already created those very carve-outs - specifically, for corporate lobbyists it likes. I'm talking about Raytheon lobbyist William Lynn, now in the Pentagon. And I'm talking about Goldman Sachs ...
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washingtonindependent.com 1/22/2009 — As mentioned earlier , Bill Lynn, President Obama’s deputy defense secretary-desginate, is coming back to the Pentagon from defense-contractor giant Raytheon, where he was a top lobbyist. But wait! Didn’t Obama just yesterday put out an executive ...
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washingtontimes.com 1/28/2009 — By: polka5943 Well, I was glad to hear on Fox last night that the ACLU was investigating the Muslim public funded school in Michigan. Other than that, I fear the ACLU as it seems to always side with the Commies in tearing down this country. Jaeger's ...
Another lobbyist goes to work in the Obama administration
sistertoldjah.com 1/27/2009 — ABC News has the details.
Don Surber nails Obama’s duplicity on lobbyists: It’s “change you can deceive in.”
Even staunch liberal Matt Yglesias is not amused .
Hey, liberals, don’t say you weren’t ...
Obama's defense pick (lobbyist) divests
swamppolitics.com 1/24/2009 — by Mark Silva
William Lynn, President Barack Obama's pick for deputy Defense secretary and a former Raytheon lobbyist, says he will sell his stock in the military contractor to free him from conflicts in the new administration.
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Obama begins reversing Bush climate policies —
Reuters: Politics 1/27/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama began reversing the climate policies of the Bush administration on Monday, clearing the way for new rules to force automakers to produce more fuel-efficient and less polluting cars.
Gates faces Congress on Obama's war plans —
msnbc.com: Politics 1/27/2009
Congress is eager to hear from Defense Secretary Robert Gates how the Obama administration plans to salvage the war in Afghanistan and hold a relative peace in Iraq — all the while reducing the stress on a force stretched thin by years of combat.
Congress: Geithner's confirmed —
First Read 1/27/2009
"The Senate confirmed Timothy Geithner as President Barack Obama's Treasury secretary by a 60-34 vote, paving the way for the new administration to usher in its financial-rescue plan,” the Wall Street Journal writes. “With Mr. Geithner now ...
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