- Obama announces Clinton, Gates for Cabinet
(AP)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama picked a national security team headed by former campaign rival Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bush administration holdover Robert Gates on Monday, and said he wants to consult with military commanders before settling on a firm timetable to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq.
- Hillary Clinton joins Obama’s team of rivals
(AP)
AP - The woman who wanted to be president stepped up to a podium too tall, turned the microphones down and began by addressing the man who defeated her: “Mr. President-elect.”
- Jones brings hefty resume to security post
(AP)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama’s pick to be national security adviser is a Vietnam war veteran who rose to become a Marine four-star general and NATO commander, but is at least as well known for his diplomatic skills.
- Analysis: What war Cabinet says about Obama
(Politico)
Politico - President-elect Obama made official the worst-kept secret in Washington this morning: that his national security team will be headlined by a bitter political rival (Clinton) and a member of President Bush’s war cabinet (Gates).
- Obama’s cabinet picks shake up NY, AZ politics
(AP)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama’s Cabinet picks Monday are sweet political gifts for the Republican who’ll become governor of Arizona and the yet-to-be-named Democrat who’ll assume Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Senate seat.
- Palin implores Ga. Republicans to back Chambliss
(AP)
AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin urged Georgia voters to back Sen. Saxby Chambliss in Tuesday’s runoff in an election eve appeal that underscored her popularity within the Republican Party and the GOP’s efforts to stave off erosion of its shrinking Senate numbers.
- Rice says she won’t give Clinton too much advice
(AP)
AP - Happily contemplating another woman as the top U.S. diplomat, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she will offer advice, privately, and then get out of the way.
- Governors press for stimulus bill by Inauguration
(AP)
AP - Facing severe cutbacks in state services as the recession deepens, the nation’s governors pressed their case on Capitol Hill Monday, asking for at least $40 billion to help pay for health care for the poor and disabled.
- Panel warns biological attack likely by 2013
(AP)
AP - The United States can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study briefed Tuesday to Vice President-elect Joe Biden. It suggests the Obama administration bolster efforts to counter and prepare for germ warfare by terrorists.
- High court turns down pipeline company appeal
(AP)
AP - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a pipeline company over denial of environmental permits for a proposed natural gas pipeline through Long Island Sound.
