The Obama phenomenon Politico via Yahoo! News Sun, 01 Feb 2009 3:57 AM PST Three months after his election, President Barack Obama continues to remake the political landscape—and there's no clearer example than Friday's election of Michael Steele as the Republican National Committee's first black chairman. | Obama to host exclusive Super Bowl fete AFP via Yahoo! News Sun, 01 Feb 2009 3:42 AM PST The most coveted place to watch the Super Bowl this year will not be a swanky stadium skybox, but inside the White House, where President Barack Obama will host Sunday's most exclusive game-viewing party. | Obama's Kenyan half-brother detained over drugs Reuters via Yahoo! News Sun, 01 Feb 2009 1:21 AM PST A Kenyan half brother of President Barack Obama said on Sunday he was briefly arrested at his home in a slum on suspicion of drugs' possession. | We'll cut rates, unfreeze credit: Obama Chicago Sun-Times Sun, 01 Feb 2009 2:03 AM PST President Barack Obama on Saturday promised to lower mortgage costs, offer job-creating loans for small businesses, get credit flowing and rein in free-spending executives as he readies a new road map for spending billions from the second installment of the financial rescue plan. The White House is deciding how to structure the remaining half of the $700 billion that Congress approved last year ... | Congressional Republicans remain unhappy with Obama's $825bn stimulus bill Guardian Unlimited Sun, 01 Feb 2009 4:12 AM PST President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders remained at odds over the $825bn fiscal stimulus plan today, as Obama met behind closed doors with the opposition in an effort to gain support for the proposal. Obama, on his way to a meeting with Senate Republicans, told reporters he recognised "philosophical differences" between the two sides, but said that daily job loss ... | GOP senator tops Obama's Commerce list Chicago Sun-Times Sun, 01 Feb 2009 2:03 AM PST WASHINGTON---- President Barack Obama appeared Saturday to be leaning toward appointing a third Republican to his Cabinet, a move that would place the fiscally conservative Sen. Judd Gregg at the head of the Commerce Department even though a liberal Democrat was initially tapped for the post. | Obama seeks assessment on gays in military Boston Globe Sun, 01 Feb 2009 0:59 AM PST WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is telling the Pentagon and gay-rights advocates that it will have to study the implications for national security and enlist more support in Congress before trying to overturn the so-called "don't ask, don't tell" law and allow gays to serve openly in the military, according to people involved in the discussions. | | |
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