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ACLU to new president: End rights slide
The Swampby Frank James The American Civil Liberties Union has recommendations for actions the new president should take on his first day, within his first first 100 days and during the first year to restore constitutional rights that eroded during the......Tags: White House, National Government, Justice System, Heads of State, Prisoners and Detainees
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Obama names more WH staffers
The Swampby Christi Parsons Barack Obama's team this morning named Phil Schiliro to serve as the president's assistant for legislative affairs, a key position for the Capitol Hill veteran and campaign advisor. The announcement also makes official the...Tags: National Government, Heads of State, Justice System, Barack Obama, Henry Waxman
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Holder as AG: Why Marc Rich matters
Spin CycleObama, sources say, has settled on Eric Holder as his attorney general nominee, and has apparently concluded that Holder's role in the Marc Rich pardon -- which is now, disingenuously, being described as tangential -- won't be an obstacle......Tags: White House, National Government, Justice System, Heads of State, Real Estate Agents
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Barack Obama's (Clinton's) White House
The Swampby Mark Silva Barack Obama has gotten a good quick start at rebuilding Bill Clinton's White House. Now, if he can only rebuild Clinton's economy. With pick after pick, the president-elect appears to be turning toward talent that the 42nd......Tags: National Government, White House, Heads of State, Barack Obama, Politics
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Obama picks Eric Holder for Justice
The SwampCaroline Kennedy and Eric Holder on Capitol Hill in Washington in June 2008 during their time as President-elect Barack Obama's vice presidential selection team. (Photo: TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images. by Frank James President-elect Barack Obama has picked...Tags: National Government, Barack Obama, Caroline Kennedy, Government
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Obama's (Clinton's) roster fits the Bill
The Swampby Christi Parsons and Peter Nicholas The roster shaping up for the Barack Obama administration is starting to look a little familiar, with an ironic pattern emerging as one name after another is added to it. A striking number of......Tags: Lisa Brown, White House, National Government, Heads of State, Justice System
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'Top Chef': Christmas in July
Reality CheckHowdy, Mary here, carrying out the main recapping duties for the Christmas-in-July episode of 'Top Chef.' I don't actually know what month this was filmed in, but I know it wasn't December -- one more awkward set of holiday wishes,......Tags: Pies and Tarts, Services and Shopping, Justice System, Potatoes, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Holder hearings: Freeh says Rich pardon "corrupt"
Spin CycleThe second day of the Holder hearings heard testimony a few hours ago from former FBI director Louis Freeh -- testifying for Holder, but always a bit of a mixed bag. He went way further than Holder did, calling......Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, White House, Corporate Crime, Justice System, Hillary Clinton
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Eric Holder vouched for by ex-FBI head
The SwampAttorney General-designate Eric Holder, right, talks with former FBI director Louis Freeh on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, prior to the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Holder's nomination. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) by Frank...Tags: White House, Heads of State, Justice System, Barack Obama, United States
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Obama's 'famously funny' predecessors
The Swampby Mark Jacob Perhaps President Barack Obama's sense of humor needs a bailout. During the campaign, he made a quip about "lipstick on a pig," and John McCain's campaign accused him of insulting Sarah Palin. After his election, he was......Tags: Nancy Reagan, Bob Dole, White House, National Government, Services and Shopping
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Call the Dems' bluff, Mr. President
DAVID B. RIVKIN JR. and LEE A. CASEY served in the Justice Department under presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush.ATTEMPTING TO resuscitate a rapidly expiring "scandal," congressional Democrats have issued subpoenas to former White House Counsel Harriet E. Miers and former White House political affairs director Sara M. Taylor, demanding their testimony regarding...Tags: White House, Justice System, Karl Rove, U.S. House of Representatives, Politics
Jan 6, 2009
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Oct 27, 2008
|Blog| Chicago Tribune
Nov 15, 2008
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Nov 19, 2008
|Blog| Newsday
Nov 19, 2008
|Blog| Chicago Tribune
Nov 18, 2008
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Nov 21, 2008
|Blog| Chicago Tribune
Dec 18, 2008
|Blog| Baltimore Sun
Jan 16, 2009
|Blog| Newsday
Jan 16, 2009
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Mar 20, 2009
|Blog| Chicago Tribune
Jun 22, 2007
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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