Tag Archives: Transition appointments

Obama, Deficits, and Entitlements

Posted on January 8, 2009 by billmanzi

President-elect Barack Obama has named Nancy Killefer to the newly created post of “Chief Performance Officer” in the Office of Management and Budget. This appointment comes on the heels of some new deficit numbers that appear to be shocking even … Continue reading →

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Panetta Chosen to lead CIA

Posted on January 5, 2009 by billmanzi

Leon Panetta, Bill Clinton’s former Chief of Staff, has been selected by President elect Barack Obama to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Panetta has no intelligence experience to speak of, and the Obama transition team apparently neglected … Continue reading →

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Richardson Withdraws as Commerce Secretary

Posted on January 4, 2009 by billmanzi

Governor Bill Richardson, tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to be Commerce Secretary, has withdrawn in advance of his confirmation hearing in light of the ongoing grand jury investigation into the awarding of a state contract in New Mexico to a … Continue reading →

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Obama Announces Science and Technology Appointments

Posted on December 20, 2008 by billmanzi

President elect Barack Obama announces his science and technology appointments, and emphasizes the return to real science, or science based on science, and not science based on ideology.

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Admiral Dennis Blair will be the new D.N.I.

Posted on December 18, 2008 by billmanzi

NBC News is reporting that Dennis Blair will be named tommorow as the new Director of National Intelligence. From NBC: Sources involved in President-elect Obama’s transition confirm that former Admiral Dennis Blair has been selected as the new Director of … Continue reading →

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Salazar to Interior, Vilsack to Agriculture

Posted on December 17, 2008 by billmanzi

President elect Barack Obama will name Colorado Senator Ken Salazar as Interior Secretary, and former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack as Secretary of Agriculture today. Vilsack, as Governor of corn producing Iowa, has been a big proponent of biofuels. Both he … Continue reading →

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Arne Duncan to be named Education Secretary

Posted on December 15, 2008 by billmanzi

The Washington Post is reporting that President elect Obama will name Chicago School Superintendent Arne Duncan as his Secretary of Education. Duncan will be named tommorow. From the Post: President-elect Barack Obama will name Chicago public schools superintendent Arne Duncan … Continue reading →

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Obama Names Donovan HUD Secretary

Posted on December 13, 2008 by billmanzi

President elect Obama today named former New York City Comissioner of Housing Preservation and Development Shaun Donovan to be the Secreatary of Housing and Urban Development. Donovan was a H.U.D. deputy during the Clinton Administration.

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