Obama stands by Panetta pick for CIA chief - Newsday
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama is defending his unexpected CIA nominee Leon Panetta, who faced a surge of skepticism in Congress yesterday but is not expected to draw serious opposition when his confirmation reaches the Senate Intelligence ...
Howard beats Obama to sleepover at Blair House - West Online
Former Australian Prime Minister and Bush mate John Howard is the reason Barack Obama and his family have had to bunk out in a hotel ahead of the President-Elect’s inauguration later this month. Mr Howard and his wife Janette are booked to stay at ...
ISD students will attend Obama’s inauguration - State Journal-Register
JACKSONVILLE — Amanda Gean had a hard time focusing on her studies amid all the excitement Tuesday after learning that she and nine of her classmates at the Illinois School for the Deaf had landed tickets to the Jan. 20 inauguration of President ...
Senate turns away Obama replacement Roland Burris - The Australian
The man named by the scandal-plagued governor of Illinois to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate failed to gain entry on Tuesday. Roland Burris, a 71-year-old former state attorney-general, arrived at the Capitol shielded by ...
Israel ground war drives up civilian casualties - Newsweek
The rising civilian death toll in Israel's campaign in Gaza highlights the pitfalls of Israel's powerful army using lethal force against often invisible Hamas guerrillas taking cover among civilians. On Tuesday, only five of 75 people killed were ...
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