whitehouse.gov - 1/30/2009
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THE CABINET The tradition of the Cabinet dates back to the beginnings of the Presidency itself. Established in Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, the Cabinet's role is to advise the President on any subject he may require relating to the duties of each member's respective office. The ...
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An online promise unmet
Ben Smith's Blog —
... Another flaw: WhiteHouse.gov, which is the official website of the American presidency, hasn't been updated to show that Hillary Clinton and other Cabinet officials have been confirmed in their posiitons. ...
Daily Digest: Obama Organizes While Republicans Regroup
techPresident —
... Timothy Geithner is not yet Treasury Secretary nor is Hillary Clinton the current Secretary of State -- at least according to the White House website. ...
Another Fox News Witch Hunt: Great American Panel Debates Which Obama Advisor Is the Most Dangerous
News Hounds —
... were Stephen Moore of the Wall Street Journal (does a day go by that Moore is not on at least one Fox show?), Andrew McCarthy of National Review and Republican Noelle Nikpour. Instead of really investigating the records of the advisors, their history, their role in the administration and their influence on policy, the panel, led by Hannity, offered a series of inflammatory sound bites aimed at demonizing the advisors, the left and, of course, Obama. None of the advisors is in Obama’s cabinet which happens to include ...
Forget Afghanistan! Health Care! Iraq! The Most Important Issues To Beck Are Racial Insinuations Against President Obama
News Hounds —
... to focus on health care, not ACORN. It’s only wingnuts like Beck who are so consumed with conspiracy theories about Obama’s “radical associations” that they overlook the truly important issues facing our country as well as overlooking the moderates who are really Obama’s advisors: Joseph Biden, Robert Gates, Eric Shinseki, Rahm Emanuel, and Hillary Clinton, whom, Beck has recently told Katie Couric, he ...
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