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Vice President-Elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr. will be in Cambridge today to honor Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 as the liberal leader receives an honorary degree from the University...
...When President-Elect Obama spoke at Chicago’s Grant Park, he asked all Americans to “join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it’s been done in America for 221 years—block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.” If you walk down Western Ave in Allston, past some of Harvard’s vacant or under-utilized buildings, it is clear that Harvard owns a lot of property that needs some “block by block” rebuilding...
...called Senator Hillary Clinton a “monster” last March, and it cost her her position in President-elect Barack Obama’s campaign. Now, it seems, Harvard Kennedy School Professor Samantha Power has 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...
Obama, Barack •enthusiasm for phrase "hit the ground running" of •enthusiasm for phrase "there is only one President at a time" of •record for number of press conferences held by a President-elect is broken by with eight weeks...
...Circuit in Washington heard oral arguments over the fate of the Uighurs, who were ordered released by a lower court last month. The oral arguments marked another step along the case's path toward the Supreme Court, where it will likely land early next year as President-elect Barack Obama takes office. Obama, who has vowed to close Guantnamo, will probably release most of the roughly 225 prisoners held there and find a way to try a select few who are thought to be hard-core al-Qaeda operatives too dangerous to let go. Those freed will probably...