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President-elect Obama is no doubt hard at work on his inauguration speech. But how do you say something original after 43 other fellows have preached eloquently from the same pulpit? He could just cull from the best of past orations, like this suggested address. ()
The fatal shooting of an unarmed man has irritated some long-standing racial tensions in Oakland. ()
Jackson faced questions about coal ash and greenhouse gas emissions at her confirmation hearing. ()
January 15, 2009 · Attorney General nominee Eric Holder tells the Senate Judiciary Committee that "made mistakes" while deputy attorney general under President Clinton. He also declared waterboarding to be torture and reiterated his support for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. ()
January 15, 2009 · As he prepares to take over the Oval Office, President-elect Barack Obama is getting plenty of advice. And some of it is coming from Navajo students in Arizona. The youngsters update Obama on Native American life — and ask some probing questions, too. ()
January 15, 2009 · Timothy Geithner's failure to pay some of his taxes has hampered Democrats' efforts to install him quickly as President-elect Barack Obama's Treasury secretary. The Senate Finance Committee will consider his nomination next week. Sen. Chuck Grassley, the ranking Republican on that committee, talks with Renee Montagne about Geithner's chances for being confirmed. ()
January 15, 2009 · Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack appears destined for easy confirmation as secretary of agriculture, receiving a decidedly warm welcome at Wednesday's hearing from both Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee. ()
January 15, 2009 · The Senate is set to vote Thursday on whether to release the second half of the $700 billion financial rescue package. While most Democrats are on board to approve the funds, many Republicans say the bill lacks transparency and accountability. President-elect Barack Obama's economic team went to Capitol Hill Wednesday to try to win them over. ()
January 15, 2009 · The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee insists that the remaining half of the $700 billion economic recovery package be spent and managed differently from the first. Sen. Christopher Dodd tells Renee Montagne he thinks the Senate will vote to release the funds but will require specifics on how the money will be spent. ()
January 15, 2009 · The federal government issued a weak retail sales report Wednesday. The Commerce Department says retail sales dropped 2.7 percent last month — the sixth straight month of declining sales. ()
January 14, 2009 · Steve Jobs, the computer giant's co-founder, said he has already begun treatment. The announcement came just a week after the 53-year-old cancer survivor tried to assure investors and employees his recent weight loss was caused by a treatable hormone deficiency. ()
January 14, 2009 · Labor unions have new hope that after eight years of hostile policies from the Bush administration and Republican leaders in Congress, they might regain some of their old organizing strength. They're pushing a measure that would make it easier for workers to unionize. Business groups have vowed to stop them. ()
January 14, 2009 · President-elect Barack Obama says shuttering the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be a priority for administration, but it will be a complicated process. John Bellinger, legal adviser to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, offers his insight. ()
January 14, 2009 · Authorities in Oakland, Calif., have charged a transit police officer with murder in connection with the shooting death of an unarmed man. The victim was shot in the back while lying facedown on a train platform. ()
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