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...department's inspector general, testified before Congress in September 2006. While Salazar drew praise from representatives of the oil and mining industries as well as some conservationists, his appointment disappointed a cadre of environmental groups and prominent scientists, more than 100 of whom had signed a petition urging President-elect Barack Obama to tap Arizona Representative Raúl Grijalva. Salazar seemed undaunted by the criticism, promising to work with Obama to "take the moon shot on energy independence...
Iowa is the ethanol capital of the nation, and President-elect Barack Obama has been a reliable supporter of biofuels, so it's no surprise that former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack, his choice for Agriculture Secretary, has been an even more reliable supporter of biofuels, even chairing a national coalition on ethanol (ethyl alcohol, a fuel distilled from plant matter). "As governor of one of our most abundant farm states, he led with vision," Obama said of Vilsack on Wednesday, "fostering an agricultural economy of the future that not only grows the food we eat but the energy...
...calls to resign even as impeachment hearings get under way in the state capital of Springfield. There, a panel of legislators pushed ahead after a brief delay over worries the impeachment would interfere with the federal prosecution of Blagojevich, who, according to a criminal complaint, tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat, among other alleged corrupt acts...
About three years ago, a reporter at Fortune asked Rick Warren, the successful pastor whom the President-elect has asked to pray at his Inauguration, about homosexuality. "I'm no homophobic guy," Warren said. His proof? He has dined with gays; he has a church "full of people who are caring for gays who are dying of AIDS"; he believes that "in the hierarchy of evil ... homosexuality is not the worst sin." So gays get to eat - sometimes even with Rick Warren! Then they get to die of AIDS - possibly under the care of Rick Warren's congregants. And when...
President-elect Barack Obama has pledged to close down the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, which has long been a stain on America's global image in respect to human rights and the rule of law. But closing Guantánamo is more easily said than done, so the incoming Administration will be grateful for last week's offer of help from Europe. Portugal has written to the U.S. offering to resettle up to 60 Guantánamo inmates who are not considered security risks, and Portuguese Foreign Minister Luís Amado wrote to his European...