Word: clintone
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...more money, teachers need to become more accountable for their performance--and school districts need to have greater ability to get rid of ineffective teachers." Then, in a speech before the NEA in 2007, he endorsed merit pay, provoking scattered boos from the audience. Far more than Hillary Clinton, Obama seemed to be the Democrat for change in schools...
...liberal blogland, reports that Barack Obama will probably choose Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State and retired general James Jones as National Security Adviser and retain Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense have prompted a chorus of groans. "I feel incredibly frustrated," wrote Chris Bowers on OpenLeft.com "Progressives are being entirely left...
...raising anxiety owing to weakening sales, down 10% for the quarter. In early November, Standard & Poor's lowered its corporate credit rating of Dillard's to B+ from BB-, citing the "deepening spending pull-back by consumers." Adding to the drama, hedge-fund investors Barington Capital Group LP and Clinton Group Inc. called for William Dillard II, the chain's CEO, to step down amid declining revenue and a stock price that has lost more than 70% of its value. The good news: "They aren't leveraged like other stores are," says Beemer. "But if you look at mall-based...
Obama also nominated Timothy F. Geithner, current chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as Treasury Secretary, a position which Summers held under President Clinton from 1999 to 2001 and for which he was short-listed this time around...
...Before being elected governor in 2002 and again in 2006, Napolitano was U.S. Attorney for Arizona during the Clinton Administration and then served as the elected attorney general. She and Chertoff know each other from their days as federal prosecutors and have worked together on immigration matters. And Chertoff is already signaling his support for her, which will help assure her a smooth confirmation. "Secretary Chertoff thinks very highly of Governor Napolitano," says spokesman Russ Knocke, "and considers her a personal friend...