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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. ()
For an eloquent address, Obama could cull from the best given by the 43 men who came before him. ()
John Bellinger, legal adviser to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, offers his insight. ()
January 14, 2009 · Revelations Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner did not pay some taxes when he worked for the International Monetary Fund may have roots in the way the IMF pays its American workers. Donald Williamson, chair of the accounting department at American University, offers his insight. ()
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 · White House photographers may take images of the president, but it's the public who interprets them. As the official photographer for the Obama White House, Pete Souza will play a key role in chronicling history as it unfolds — and shaping how posterity remembers it. ()
January 14, 2009 · Retired Gen. Eric Shinseki, President-elect Barack Obama's pick to head the Department of Veteran Affairs, has promised to modernize the agency. Shinseki appeared Wednesday before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee at his confirmation hearing. ()
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 13, 2009 · Timothy Geithner, President-elect Obama's nominee for Treasury secretary, failed to pay tens of thousands of dollars on his tax returns, according to the transition team. He also employed a housekeeper whose legal immigration status lapsed while working for him. ()
January 14, 2009 · Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are busy debating matters from health care to stimulus plans and financial bailouts. But an initiative that would provide health insurance for millions of children may have been overshadowed — an initiative that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now expects will pass. ()
January 14, 2009 · President-elect Barack Obama is asking Congress for the second half of the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program funds. Obama says at least part of the money should help homeowners and small businesses. Is Congress finally getting its Main Street bailout? ()
January 14, 2009 · Attorney General-designate Eric Holder faces the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday at his confirmation hearing. Republican committee members say they will challenge Holder on his involvement in controversial pardons by President Clinton, but analysts expect him to be confirmed without much trouble. ()
January 14, 2009 · Picks for veterans affairs, agriculture and EPA posts all were testifying Wednesday on Capitol Hill, and the trio focused on the pressing challenges they'll face if confirmed. ()
January 14, 2009 · The GOP is lining up witnesses for Thursday's confirmation hearing to question U.S. attorney general nominee Eric Holder on his role in pardons and clemencies when he was deputy attorney general under the Clinton administration. ()
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