huffingtonpost.com - 12/7/2008
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Barack Obama will be on Meet the Press Sunday. NBC has released an excerpt from the interview in which Obama announces that tomorrow, on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, he will name General Eric Shinseki as Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Shinseki gained fame for losing his job in the Bush ...
Brown: Maddow should get 'Meet' job
politico.com 12/1/2008 — Last week, the LA Times reported that NBC could finally make an announcement about "Meet the Press" on Dec. 7, five months after Tom Brokaw took the helm as interim host.
Daily Beast founder Tina Brown ponders what could be taking so ...
Rumsfeld nemesis Shinseki to be named VA secretary
americablog.com 12/7/2008 — You have to give the Obama people credit . They are quite adept at slipping the knife in slowly. Obama is appointing retired General Eric Shinseki to be our next secretary of Veterans Affairs. You might recall that Shinseki is the guy who basically ...
Rewarding Those Who Were Right
openleft.com 12/7/2008 — I can't say I know all that much about General Eric Shinseki , the former Army Chief of Staff. Like most Americans, about all I know about him is that, before the Iraq war, he argued that occupying Iraq would require an enormous American military ...
David Gregory to get Tim Russert's chair on 'Meet the Press'
latimesblogs.latimes.com 12/2/2008 —
So much for a female Sunday talk-show host, it seems. We'll just stick with the aging white guys.
Huffington Post has just reported that Andrea Mitchell, Gwen Ifill, Ted Koppel and Chuck Todd will not be replacing the late Tim Russert as host ...
Time To Switch to This Week or Face the Nation
balloon-juice.com 12/2/2008 — Depressing news :
David Gregory will take the reins as moderator of NBC ’s “Meet the Press,” the Huffington Post has learned. Gregory has been a leading contender for the permanent spot since Tom Brokaw stepped in as interim ...
Obama on Meet the Press this Sunday. —
Think Progress
In his first Sunday morning television interview since winning the election, President-elect Barack Obama will appear on NBC’s Meet the Press this weekend to discuss “ his plans for the country and his new administration.”
General Shinseki is back —
Angry Bear
Juan Cole comments on General Shinseki's appointment to oversee the care of our veterans. He also re-introduces us to the General's testimony in Congress and the Cheney/Wolfowitz responses to the call for several hundreds of thousands troops to police, maintain infrastructure, and keep thing ...
Eric Shinseki for Veterans Affairs —
PoliGazette
The appointment of retired general Eric Shinseki to head Veterans Affairs has drawn positive reactions from many fronts. Most notably, it has drawn praise from numerous veterans associations, including Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Vietnam Veterans of America and Veterans for Common ...
SUNDAY ROUNDUP —
News
President-elect Barack Obama earns praise from across the blogosphere for tapping retired Gen. Eric Shinseki as Veterans Affairs secretary. But blogger reaction to the possibility of Sen. Caroline Kennedy (D-N.Y.) is mixed.
Choosing Shinseki, the general who publicly contradicted the Bush ...
Photo of the Day —
The Stump
President-elect Barack Obama chats
with his staff and the NBC crew following speaking to host Tom Brokaw
during a taping of 'Meet the Press' at the NBC Tower on December 6,
2008 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama discussed his plans for the economy,
the war in Iraq, and his cabinet choices during ...
Obama on "Meet the Press." —
Althouse
I'll link to the transcript when it becomes available. And here are a few idle observations: 1. He keeps talking about changing light bulbs! This reminds me of the old tire-gauge solution to high gas prices. What will he do about the economy? First, replace a lot of government light bulbs . 2. ...
On Meet the Press, Obama warns of tough times ahead —
Ben Smith's Blog
JMart has the story on Obama's Meet the Press appearance, where he warned that the economic news is "going to get worse before it gets better," again indicated that he’s backing off of two key campaign pledges—repealing President George W. Bush’s tax cuts for the ...
Gregory to Host Meet the Press —
News
NBC News announced Sunday morning that White House correspondent David Gregory would be the new host of their flagship Sunday morning show "Meet the Press."
And show executive producer Betsy Fischer has extended her contract. Fischer was with Tim Russert when he died of a heart attack in June of ...
Obama Meets the Press on his No. 1 job —
The Swamp
by Mark Silva
President-elect Barack Obama, confronting the question of the beleagured economy and tense international challenges that he is facing, explained his approaches to both fronts in an interview aired by NBC's Meet the Press this morning.
The interview conducted by moderator ...
Meet the Press: David Gregory will host —
The Swamp
by Mark Silva
It's official: Tom Brokaw's tenure as interim moderator of NBC News' Meet the Press is ending and the David Gregory era is beginning.
Gregory, a tenacious questioner of presidents and more, will become moderator of the long-running Sunday morning news show "effective ...
Got Somethin’ Stickin’ In My Eye —
Comments from Left Field
The Washington Post reports today that (forcedly) retired General Eric Shinseki has been tapped by President-elect Obama to lead Veterans Affairs:
Shinseki, a 38-year veteran, is best known for his four years as Army chief of staff, and in particular his response to congressional ...
Shinseki to Head Veterans Affairs —
Outside The Beltway | OTB
In a surprise move, General Eric Shinseki has been tapped as Barack Obama’s Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Shinseki, a four-star general and 38-year veteran who retired shortly after the fall of Baghdad in 2003, will appear with Obama in Chicago at a news conference today commemorating ...
Obama to Tap Shinseki for Veterans Post —
The Page by Mark Halperin
The president-elect tells NBC's Tom Brokaw that the general-- who left the military under a cloud during the Bush administration-- is his pick to head the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Will say on Sunday's "Meet the Press": "I think that General Shinseki is exactly the right person ...
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