Archive for December 17th, 2008
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Some say senator not a true reformer (Rocky Mountain News)
Rocky Mountain News – President-elect Barack Obama wants major reforms in the “deeply troubled” and scandal-plagued Department of the Interior, but not everyone is convinced Sen. Ken Salazar is the person for the job.
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Obama to tap veteran Schapiro to head SEC: official (AFP)
AFP – President-elect Barack Obama will on Thursday appoint Mary Schapiro, a veteran financial regulator, as chief of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a Democratic insider said. -
Obama adds another Republican to Cabinet
President-elect Barack Obama has picked GOP Rep. Ray LaHood of Illinois to be his nominee for transportation secretary, two sources told CNN on Wednesday.
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Bush says he didn’t compromise soul to be popular (AP)
AP – President George W. Bush knows he’s unpopular. But here’s what matters, he says: “I didn’t compromise my soul to be a popular guy.” In a wide-ranging interview with Fox News Channel, Bush also praised the national security team assembled by President-elect Barack Obama, offered hope to U.S. automakers seeking government assistance and said the people of Illinois will have to sort out allegations that Gov. -
Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for New York
The President today declared an emergency exists in the State of New York and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local response efforts in the area struck by a severe winter storm beginning on December 11, 2008, and continuing.
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Interview of the President by Steve Scully, C-SPAN
THE PRESIDENT: Well, first of all, being the son of the President is much harder than being the President. I agonized for my dad. When they would say things about him that I didn’t think were fair, I agonized — because I love him so much. And I sometimes didn’t react so well. I would get angry at whoever said it; I was frustrated.
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President and Mrs. Bush Host Reception in Honor of the United States-Afghan Women’s Council
President Bush on Thursday said, “I just came back from Afghanistan, Ambassador, and I told the people there that the United States will not forget them; that it’s essential that the people in Afghanistan realize that even though the Presidents have changed, our commitment to Afghanistan remains very strong — at the governmental level, as well as in the private sector. And I am confident that the Afghan Women’s Council sends that same signal — that you can take a risk for peace and freedom; that your courage won’t be — won’t be really isolated in the face of thugs who can’t stand the idea of women having freedom.”
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Executive Order: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the laws cited herein, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Statutory Pay Systems. The rates of basic pay or salaries of the statutory pay systems (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5302(1)), as adjusted under 5 U.S.C. 5303(a), are set forth on the schedules attached hereto and made a part hereof:
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Memorandum for the Secretary of State
SUBJECT: Unexpected Urgent Humanitarian Needs Related to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda
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President Bush Addresses the American Enterprise Institute
President Bush on Thursday said, “I have found that in order to have good decision-making and a White House that functions well, that the President needs to articulate a set of principles from which he will not defer. In other words, a set of principles that are inviolate — such as the universality of freedom. That’s the heart of my foreign policy. A cornerstone of my foreign policy is my firm belief that freedom is universal.”
