Archive for November 8th, 2008
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President-Elect Obama May Get a Mutt ‘Like Me’
“Our preference would be to get a shelter dog,” he says in his first press conference since the election
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Hu, Obama discuss China-US relations: state media (AFP)
AFP – Beijing and Washington should “accommodate each other’s concerns,” Chinese President Hu Jintao told US president-elect Barack Obama in a phonecall that stressed good Sino-US ties, state media said Sunday. -
Cheney: Leadership transition to be ’smooth’
The Bush administration will make a “smooth and graceful transition of power” to the new president, Vice President Dick Cheney said Saturday. -
Obama win triggers run on guns in many U.S. stores (Reuters)
Reuters – Sales of rifles, pistols and ammo are surging in parts of the United States, as many gun owners fear President-elect Barack Obama’s administration may seek to tighten ownership of certain weapons. -
Obama to preside over White House 2.0 (AFP)
AFP – Get ready for White House 2.0. That’s what many are expecting when President-Elect Barack Obama becomes President Obama in January and puts the power of his unprecedented Internet operation to work in the Oval Office. -
Obama will take to Internet as Roosevelt took to radio (AFP)
AFP – Barack Obama’s Internet-savvy campaign team will revolutionize White House communications like late president Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) did with the radio, according to NDN think tank president Simon Rosenberg. -
Iran blasts Obama’s nuclear criticism
Iran’s parliament speaker has criticized U.S. President-elect Barack Obama for saying that Iran’s development of a nuclear weapon is unacceptable.
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NYT: Obama team weighs issues to take on first
President-elect Barack Obama and his advisers are trying to figure out which of his expansive campaign promises to push in the opening months of his tenure. -
Dem leaders want Bush to help auto industry
Democratic leaders in Congress asked the White House on Saturday to provide more aid to the auto industry. -
Obama vows change in policy on Cuba
Cuba’s communist leadership has long cast itself as David standing up to the U.S. Goliath and the crippling force of America’s punitive trade and travel embargo.
