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analysis

Sep 28, 2012 10:10 AM CDT

Obama Cabinet's Transparency Grade: F

Bloomberg: 19 of 20 departments don't comply with 'FOIA' rules

(Newser) - While the Obama administration assails Mitt Romney for keeping his tax returns quiet, it seems the White House has some transparency flaws of its own. Entering office, President Obama called for "a new era of open government." Bloomberg put this to the test by requesting documents from agencies...

Arne Duncan:
I Support
Gay Marriage

May 7, 2012 9:02 AM CDT

Arne Duncan: I Support Gay Marriage

He's the second Obama secretary to say so, not counting Biden

(Newser) - Joe Biden's not the only one in the Obama administration comfortable with same-sex marriage . On Morning Joe today, Mark Halperin asked Education Secretary Arne Duncan if he supported same-sex marriage, and Duncan didn't equivocate at all. "Yes, I do," he replied. Asked if he'd ever...

Geithner
Staying Put
at Treasury

Aug 7, 2011 1:47 PM CDT

Geithner Staying Put at Treasury

Will likely stay on through fall 2012

(Newser) - One piece of economic upheaval that won't hit the fan this weekend: A vacancy at the Treasury Department. After much gnashing of teeth, Tim Geithner has informed President Obama that he will stay on as secretary at least through next fall, reports the Wall Street Journal. Geithner had wanted...

Tim Geithner: I'm Not Quitting Treasury Job

Geithner: I'm Not Leaving

Jul 1, 2011 7:12 AM CDT

Geithner: I'm Not Leaving

'I live for this work,' says Geithner

(Newser) - Timothy Geithner is denying reports that he is poised to leave the Treasury , reports the Daily Beast . Yesterday, rumors swirled that Geithner was ready to leave the Obama administration, partly for personal reasons and partly because of his ties to the much-hated big banks. But not so, said the Treasury...

Senate OKs Panetta
as Defense Chief,
100-0

Jun 21, 2011 4:45 PM CDT

Senate OKs Panetta as Defense Chief, 100-0

He will replace Robert Gates at end of the month

(Newser) - The Senate today uanimously approved the nomination of Leon Panetta to be the next defense chief, handing him a crowded agenda of overseeing the drawdown of US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, tamping down congressional unrest over the Libyan conflict, and cutting the budget. Panetta will replace Defense Secretary Robert...

Obama to Name Former Energy CEO John Bryson New Commerce Secretary

Obama to Tap
Energy Exec for
Commerce

May 31, 2011 11:34 AM CDT

Obama to Tap Energy Exec for Commerce

Former energy CEO John Bryson picked to head Dept. of Commerce

(Newser) - President Obama will nominate businessman John Bryson to lead the Commerce Department, a White House official said today. Bryson's appointment brings another private sector player into an administration that has been making a concerted effort to improve its relationship with the business community. Bryson is a former chairman and...

Clinton Commerce Sec Daley May Replace Rahm

Obama Eyes William Daley
as Rahm Replacement

Jan 4, 2011 7:43 AM CST

Obama Eyes William Daley as Rahm Replacement

The JPMorgan Chase exec has pro-business reputation

(Newser) - President Obama is considering bringing on Clinton-era Commerce Secretary William Daley as his new chief of staff, or slotting him into some other high-level White House job, sources tell the Wall Street Journal . The appointment would send a powerful message to the business world, where Daley, a champion of free...

Gibbs: No Cabinet
Shakeup Coming

SUNDAY TALK SHOWS

Dec 26, 2010 9:13 AM CST

Gibbs: No Cabinet Shakeup Coming

Larry Summers' replacement expected to be named in January

(Newser) - That big shakeup that's going to change the face of President Obama's Cabinet? Not happening, Robert Gibbs tells State of the Union today. "I don't expect, quite honestly, big changes," he said. The exception to that rule is Larry Summers' replacement, whom Gibbs expects to see named in...

Hillary Clinton:
I Can't Stay
8 Years

Jan 28, 2010 11:52 AM CST

Hillary Clinton: I Can't Stay 8 Years

Says she can't see herself in job for a second term

(Newser) - If President Obama wins a second term, he's going to need a new secretary of state. In an interview with Tavis Smiley of PBS that aired last night, Clinton said she "really can't" see herself staying eight years. "The whole eight—that would be very challenging. It's a...

Geithner Will Testify on Secretive Bailout Deals

Jan 14, 2010 6:12 PM CST

Geithner Will Testify on Secretive Bailout Deals

House committee wants answers on his role on AIG contracts

(Newser) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will testify Jan. 27 before a House probe into his role in deals that sent billions of bailout dollars to Goldman Sachs and other big banks. The committee wants to know why the Federal Reserve Bank of New York—which Geithner headed at the time—paid...

Gates: 'Years'
Since Last
bin Laden Intel

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Dec 6, 2009 1:10 PM CST

Gates: 'Years' Since Last bin Laden Intel

White House pushes Afghan policy on Sunday circuit

(Newser) - The US hasn't had credible intelligence on Osama bin Laden's whereabouts in "years," Defense Secretary Robert Gates admitted to ABC's George Stephanopoulos today. "We don’t know for a fact where Osama bin Laden is," the defense secretary said. "If we did, we’d go...

Beck Repeats Shoddy Stats on Obama Cabinet

reality check

Dec 3, 2009 10:25 AM CST

Beck Repeats Shoddy Stats on Obama Cabinet

Claim that only 10% of cabinet had private sector cred debunked

(Newser) - Glenn Beck’s claim that “under 10%” of Barack Obama’s cabinet appointees have “any experience in the private sector” turns out to be a bad statistic pulled from the internet. The tidbit originated in a study from JPMorgan Private Bank CIO Michael Cembalest, PolitiFact reports. Cembalest looked...

Bloggers on JPMorgan Chase CEO Replacing Geithner: Nah

NO DIMON IN THIS ROUGH

Nov 23, 2009 10:00 PM CST

Bloggers on JPMorgan Chase CEO Replacing Geithner: Nah

Jamie Dimon not in tune with Obama, too invested in big banks

(Newser) - A report today that JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has the inside track to replace Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary is getting mostly guffaws online, with even the conservative Wall Street Journal admitting that Dimon’s way too much an insider for the job just now. Indeed, chuckles Daniel Indiviglio...

Tension Builds Between
Hillary, Obama

Joe Klein

Nov 5, 2009 6:50 PM CST

Tension Builds Between Hillary, Obama

Clinton a strong secretary, but not yet administration's voice

(Newser) - Ask Hillary Clinton or her staff about President Obama and they’ll praise him and tell you the relationship between the two really is strong. But the tensions between the State Department and White House are starting to show, writes Joe Klein . The president’s foreign policy hasn’t yet...

Joe Biden
Is Obama's
Best Gadfly,
'Truth-Teller'

PROFILE

Oct 11, 2009 1:20 PM CDT

Joe Biden Is Obama's Best Gadfly, 'Truth-Teller'

Hardly a joke, veep doesn't mind stirring the pot

(Newser) - Barack Obama's suave, controlled campaign may have winced when gaffe-prone Joe Biden came aboard, but the vice president has proven himself to be a necessary straight-shooter time and again in the administration's tumultuous first nine months. From Afghanistan to health care, Biden has become Obama's most reliable "truth teller,...

Voinovich Makes 9 GOP Yeas for Sotomayor

UPDATED

Aug 6, 2009 1:08 PM CDT

Voinovich Makes 9 GOP Yeas for Sotomayor

(Newser) - As she coasts toward confirmation, Sonia Sotomayor picked up the support of a 9th Republican today, reports MSNBC. Ohio Sen. George Voinovich’s promised yea joins yesterday's announcement by Kit Bond of Missouri and on-again-off-again Obama cabinet nominee Judd Gregg of New Hampshire. Voinovich is among four of six retiring...

Geithner Flips Out,
Tongue-Lashes
Regulators

Aug 3, 2009 10:44 PM CDT

Geithner Flips Out, Tongue-Lashes Regulators

(Newser) - The heat is apparently getting to Tim Geithner. At a meeting last week with high-level financial regulators, the treasury secretary indulged in a potty-mouthed diatribe about delays in the administration's highly touted plan to overhaul the regulatory system, declaring, "enough is enough," the Wall Street Journal reports....

In Switch,
Palin Flames Out
as Hillary Soars

OPINION

Jul 29, 2009 7:40 AM CDT

In Switch, Palin Flames Out as Hillary Soars

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's resignation speech on Sunday showed how far she's fallen, writes Maureen Dowd: "Once a blazingly confident media darling," the now-former Alaska governor has become a ranting, whiny "Nixon with hair extensions." It's a marked contrast from Hillary Clinton, who on the same...

Loyal but
Tough, Clinton Returns to Fore

ANALYSIS

Jul 16, 2009 5:43 AM CDT

Loyal but Tough, Clinton Returns to Fore

Facing do-everything White House, Hillary reasserts herself

(Newser) - Yesterday Hillary Clinton delivered an ambitious, muscular speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, in which she warned Iran of further sanctions while defending Barack Obama's policy of multifront diplomacy with rogue states. After months in the shadows, writes New York Times reporter Mark Landler, the secretary of State wanted...

Hillary Excelling as
Obama's Second Banana

Analysis

Jun 19, 2009 10:15 AM CDT

Hillary Excelling as Obama's Second Banana

Campaign animosity nowhere to be found for cabinet 'superstar'

(Newser) - Observers hoping for signs of the old campaign animosity between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been sorely disappointed. Clinton has been faithfully—and efficiently—executing Obama’s strategy, including the parts she criticized him for on the trail, writes the Economist. For example: Asked about her past objections to...