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...great loss and gain in the political arena; Hoy had to leave the country when many lives were lost to the horrendous violence that ensued after President Mwai Kibaki was reelected in June of 2007. But the Luo, who are infinitely proud of their descendant—President-elect Barack Obama—gained confidence in the potential for progressive social change.But social change will not necessarily leave Luo pottery behind, according to Blier. Though this pottery tradition now holds a precarious position in the face of globalization, the strong tie between form and social function that Hoy experienced while...
Child will be joined on The Crimson’s masthead by the managing editor-elect, Clifford M. Marks ’10, and the business manager-elect, Steven J. Stelmach...
Conventional wisdom in Washington holds that President-elect Barack Obama will soon invite current Defense Secretary Robert Gates to extend his stay in the Pentagon. Conventional it may be, but not necessarily wise, says Lawrence Korb, who served as a senior Pentagon official in the Reagan Administration and is currently a defense expert at the Center for American Progress. "It has more minuses than pluses," says Korb about the idea to keep Gates in place. "If President Obama wants to make any dramatic changes in the Pentagon, he's going to have to do them in his first year...
...That vague exchange launched a criminal investigation that resulted in Bill Clinton's impeachment and perhaps the most rigorous test of Holder's career. Nearly 11 years later, he is reported to be President-elect Barack Obama's first choice for Attorney General. Transition aides, and much Washington speculation, have focused on Holder's brief part in Clinton's controversial last-minute pardon of fugitive tycoon Marc Rich as a potential snare in confirmation hearings. But the behind-the-scenes role Holder played in the Monica Lewinsky probe - a 10-month Justice Department ordeal - offers a much fuller record...
...since the Heritage Foundation helped guide Ronald Reagan's transition in 1981 has a single outside group held so much sway. Just as candidate Obama depended on CAP during the campaign for opposition research and talking points, President-elect Obama has effectively contracted out the management of his own government's formation to Podesta. "The Podesta group was formed to bring Democrats back into the presidency, that was its purpose of being," says Stephen Hess, an expert on presidential transitions at the Brookings Institution, a much more traditional think tank...