President-elect Barack Obama announced on Monday that Robert Gates would remain as defense secretary, making President Bush's Pentagon chief his own as he seeks to wind down the US role in Iraq. Obama picked former campaign rival Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state.
President-elect Barack Obama planned to nominate Sen Hillary Rodham Clinton as his secretary of state on Monday, transforming a once-bitter political rivalry into a high-level strategic and diplomatic partnership.
US President-elect Barack Obama has taken his boldest step yet to usher in a new era of interactive government, opening a public forum for suggestions on the website of his transition team.
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has agreed to stay in his job when president-elect Barack Obama takes office in January, with an announcement expected next week, reports said late on Tuesday.
US president-elect Barack Obama inherits the in-box from hell, but an all-points crisis like the present one also creates opportunities for radical change that do not exist in normal times.
Barack Obama's personnel picks for his White House and cabinet are prompting political foes to claim he has dumped his promise of change for tired Washington insiders and Clinton-era retreads.
Americans have reflected on the presidency of John F Kennedy, who was assassinated 45 years ago, as once again a young, inspiring president is headed to the White House.- Hillary Clinton has decided to accept the post of Secretary of State in the incoming Obama administration, a media report said on Saturday, raising prospects of former Democratic rivals joining hands to guide the US foreign policy amid steep challenges at home and abroad.
US President-elect Barack Obama is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state as early as next week, an aide to his transition said on Thursday.- President-elect Barack Obama has unveiled new members of future White House staff and key policy directors as US media speculated Wednesday on his potential cabinet picks for health, justice and the top job in US diplomacy.
Governor Sarah Palin, heralded by some conservatives as the future of the Republican Party, faces some cold political realities in present-day Alaska.
As US President-elect Barack Obama pondered over naming Democratic primary rival Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, media reports suggested that her husband Bill Clinton's complicated global interests may pose a hurdle.
US President-elect Barack Obama and his defeated Republican rival John McCain on Monday pledged a "new era of reform" to solve the US economic crisis, transform energy policy and safeguard national security.- President-elect Barack Obama vowed to pull troops out of Iraq, crush al Qaida in Afghanistan and shut down the Guantanamo Bay camp as part of a dramatic foreign policy break with George W Bush.
US President-elect Barack Obama's transition team has given "positive indications" to India about the bilateral ties and there is no reason to have any doubts about its intentions, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday.
US President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to get moving next week on an economic rescue plan that would extend jobless benefits among other actions.
Intense speculation flared over reports that US president-elect Barack Obama is weighing former Democratic primary rival Hillary Clinton to be a heavy-hitting secretary of state.
As the clock ticks down to Barack Obama taking charge of America, Trailblazer and Tempo are making way for Renegade and Renaissance in White House. Yes, there even is a presidential transition for Secret Service code names.
Barack Obama attracted great support from Jewish voters in his run for the US presidency despite the controversy surrounding the Democrat's alleged links with Islam, according to political analysts.
An army of top-notch specialists is set to fan out across US government agencies to delve deep into the records and prepare for the arrival of president-elect Barack Obama on January 20.
The Alaska governor declined to say whether she was planning to run for the US presidency in four years, stating in an exclusive interview with the Fox News Channel that 2012 remained too far off.
US president-elect Barack Obama, on his way to his historic January 20 swearing-in, held his first face-to-face talks with President George W Bush on Monday and got his first look at the Oval Office.
On the weekend after he became the country's first black president-elect, Obama's "The Audacity of Hope" and "Dreams from My Father," both already million sellers, ranked No 1 and No 2, respectively, on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com.- Sales of guns in the United States are on the rise as gun enthusiasts fear President-elect Barack Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress will impose new restrictions on firearms.
- President-elect Obama plans to use his executive powers to make an immediate impact when he takes office, perhaps reversing Bush administration policies on stem cell research and domestic drilling for oil and natural gas.
