Archive for January 2nd, 2008

  • Huckabee, Obama have huge night in Iowa

    Mike Huckabee is touring the state with actor Chuck Norris. Hillary Clinton is distributing snow shovels to volunteers. John Edwards is on a 36-hour sprint, forsaking sleep to hold around-the-clock campaign events.

  • New Hampshire poll numbers have McCain smiling

    Sen. John McCain enters to the sound of Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B Goode.” And he is smiling an optimistic smile.

  • Personnel Announcement

    President George W. Bush today announced his intention to designate Jeffrey Leigh Sedgwick, of Massachusetts, to be Acting Assistant Attorney General (Office of Justice Programs).

  • Personnel Announcement

    President George W. Bush today announced his intention to designate Jeffrey Leigh Sedgwick, of Massachusetts, to be Acting Assistant Attorney General (Office of Justice Programs).

  • Personnel Announcement

    President George W. Bush today announced his intention to designate Jeffrey Leigh Sedgwick, of Massachusetts, to be Acting Assistant Attorney General (Office of Justice Programs).

  • Personnel Announcement

    Stephen Hadley, Assistant to the President for National Security
    Affairs, announced today the appointment of John I. Pray, Jr. as
    Executive Secretary of the National Security Council.

  • Statement by the Press Secretary

    On December 30, 2007, the President received the report and
    recommendations of the Presidential Emergency Board appointed to
    investigate a dispute between the National Railroad Passenger
    Corporation (Amtrak) and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
    Employes; the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; the
    International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers; the
    Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen; the Joint Council of Carmen,
    comprised of the Transportation Communications International
    Union/Brotherhood Railway Carmen Division and the Transport Workers
    Union of America; the American Train Dispatchers Association; the
    National Conference of Firemen and Oilers/Service Employees
    International Union; and the Transportation Communications
    International Union – American Railway and Airway Supervisors
    Association. The President appreciates the Board’s diligent work in
    this matter.

  • Briefing by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley on the President’s Upcoming Trip to the Middle East

    MR. HADLEY: Good afternoon. On Tuesday, January 8th, President Bush
    will travel to Israel, the West Bank, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab
    Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.

  • Presidential candidates relaunch Letterman and Leno shows

    Late-night TV hosts returned to the air Wednesday after a two-month hiatus, showing support for their striking writers, plenty of creative stretch marks — and at least two scruffy beards.

  • A Tale of Two Romneys

    Viewpoint: The GOP candidate’s positive image on the stump, says Joe Klein, is at odds with his negative media campaign