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Medvedev Trip to U.S. Unlikely to Help Ties

russiaprofile.org
14-Nov-2008 112 related
        

By Nabi Abdullaev, Nikolaus von Twickel / Staff Writers President Dmitry Medvedev said he will press for reforms to the global financial system at this Saturday's international crisis summit in Washington, but questions about a...

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Transition: Team of rivals?

msn.com
14-Nov-2008
        

Hillary as potential Secretary of State even makes the cover of the New York Post. "Hill Job!" NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports that Clinton's Senate office never confirmed to NBC that Clinton was in Chicago; it was another...

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Marines marching on with expansion

signonsandiego.com
14-Nov-2008 5 related
        

Despite a protracted and unpopular war in Iraq, the Marine Corps is on pace to reach its ambitious troop-expansion goal two years ahead of schedule. That means at least 4,300 more Marines for local bases and possibly more time...

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Biden Chief Of Staff, State Transition Heads Linked To Fannie

usnews.com
14-Nov-2008 95 related
        

Democratic officials said yesterday that Vice President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Ron Klain to serve as chief of staff, a post Klain also held under Al Gore. The AP reports Klain "is a former partner in the Washington law and...

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Summers Reportedly Off Treasury

usnews.com
14-Nov-2008 8 related
        

Short List The Politico reports an "intense backlash from women's groups may have pushed former Clinton Treasury Secretary Larry Summers off the short-list to lead Treasury for President-elect Barack Obama." But "not everyone...

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The Danger of Keeping Robert Gates

truthout.org
14-Nov-2008
        

Press reports say Barack Obama may retain George W. Bush's Defense Secretary Robert Gates as a gesture to war-time continuity, bipartisanship and respect for the Washington insider community, which has embraced Gates as...

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DoD to Brief Obama on Key Decisions

military.com
14-Nov-2008 12 related
        

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Defense Department will give President-elect Barack Obama's transition team a rundown of "key decision points" it will face in his first 90 days as commander in chief, a senior official said Thursday. Eric...

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Gates could stay on at Obama's request

chron.com
14-Nov-2008 1 related
        

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who said not long ago that it was inconceivable that he'd remain at his post under a Democratic administration, is likely to remain for a time if President-elect Barack Obama asks him to, defense...

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Readying Bush's Wars for the New President

time.com
14-Nov-2008
        

Next to a non-denominational prayer room up in the Pentagon's attic, the ways and means of Barack Obama's foreign policy are quietly taking shape. There, in a decidedly unglamorous and narrow office that was once a hallway,...

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Laughter, pledges of cooperation mark Turkish-Italian summit

todayszaman.com
13-Nov-2008
        

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with his Italian counterpart, Silvio Berlusconi, at a Turkish-Italian governmental summit on Wednesday evening, where they worked toward expanded cooperation in political relations and...

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