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...truth is international students here have been very interested in this election, as has the entire world. Obamamania is responsible for a part of it: Dial a random international number and you can probably hear the story of Barack Obama’s childhood. But the real reason this American election has received so much global attention is because the last eight years we have reminded us once again of how explicitly American policy can affect the lives of people who have no say in American politics...
...election of Barack Obama was one of the factors that pushed the SOFA process along, Pentagon officials say. The President-elect had proposed on the campaign trail to withdraw U.S. combat forces from Iraq within 16 months of taking office, a position closer to the Iraqi government's than to that taken by the Bush Administration. The intra-Iraqi squabbling over the pact, partly fueled by Iran's concerns, evaporated following Obama's election two weeks ago. "I am hopeful that conditions will continue to improve, so we can continue" to withdraw U.S. troops, Mullen said. But if ordered...
...Bush Administration and congressional Republicans have gone out of their way to be gracious since Democrats won the White House and expanded their majorities in both chambers of Congress earlier this month. President George W. Bush has already invited Barack and Michelle Obama to the White House - the earliest such visit for a President-elect ever - and on Monday Obama met with his former rival John McCain in Chicago. But just because the Republicans are proving to be good losers doesn't mean that they are willing to get rolled in this week's lame-duck session of Congress...
QuestionnaireDistributed by the office of President-elect Barack Obama7 pages
...Though over 7,000 jobs are expected to become available in President-elect Barack Obama's Administration, applying for them is not for the faint of heart - or character. In order to compete for any of the positions, from U.S. coordinator for Afghanistan to staff assistant in the Department of Public Affairs, prospective Obamans need to fill out a grueling seven-page questionnaire created by Obama's transition team to ensure that all members of the next Administration have had their closets spring-cleaned of any skeletons well in advance...