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...been invited back into the fold—she’s reviewing the State Department, which Clinton is expected to lead, for Obama’s transition team. Since mid-November, Obama’s transition Web site has listed Power among the officials selected by the president-elect??s office to review national security agencies. As one of the fourteen foreign policy experts who will focus on the State Department, Power will help the incoming administration prepare for Clinton’s nomination as secretary of state, expected to be announced today. And Power?...
...came to this country would be a move in the right direction, even though it may not serve the economic self-interests of all Americans right now,” said audience member Amy M. Beeson ’10. Dominguez’s opening remarks concerned the President-elect??s general views on immigration, founded on three main building blocks: supporting immigration, strengthening border control, and providing a system of legalization. He described Obama’s stated goal of increasing immigration as unlikely to be feasible since a large consensus of the population believes that immigration...
...addition to soliciting Kennedy School affiliates, the Obama administration tapped a handful of professors and alumni from the Law School, the president-elect??s alma mater, according to the Harvard Law Record...
...Valerie Jarrett, a co-chair of the president-elect??s transition project, indicated last week that this might indeed be the case. She confirmed that the Obama administration would be adding a new Office of Urban Policy to the president’s catalog of administrative agencies. No doubt the complex problems facing the country’s urban cores would benefit from incisive new methodological approaches, and the Obama administration should be commended for taking these problems seriously. It is unclear, however, whether this is possible if we continue to index cities’ troubles as strictly...
...White House chief of staff, is known for his short temper and office tirades.Additionally, Summers had a low-profile but important advisory role in the Obama campaign, and was at Obama’s side for his first press conference last week, along with the rest of the president-elect??s economic transition team.Frankel said that he believes Obama will be able to wade through the controversies surrounding Summers’ past and select the most qualified person for the position.“Most of Larry’s abilities are off the charts...