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...President-elect, however, can be a very persuasive politician, and McCaskill emerged from the luncheon singing a different tune. "He made a pretty compelling case," she said. McCaskill still wasn't quite ready to promise her vote, but others apparently were. Enough Democrats left Tuesday's meeting ready to support Obama that Senate majority leader Harry Reid afterward told reporters, "I think we will get the necessary votes" to block the resolution in a vote expected on Thursday. It was a sharp change from earlier in the morning, when his office had expressed doubts that they had the votes, even...
Surely this wasn't what Barack Obama had in mind when he imagined the days leading up to his historic Inauguration. On Tuesday, the President-elect journeyed to Capitol Hill to try to avoid the possibility that his first act in office will be vetoing a bill passed by both houses of Congress...
...seek their advice and counsel on all matters. Every question from every Senator, no matter how ludicrous, must be given deep deference. If the hearings are not televised, attendance by Senators is optional, but if the cameras are rolling, they must use the opportunity to grandstand. In that sense, Tuesday's hearings at the Foreign Relations Committee to confirm Secretary of State nominee Hillary Clinton are a good test of her preparedness for the grinding hours of meetings with self-important, highly sensitive foreign officials...
President-elect Barack Obama said Tuesday the deficit appears on track to hit $1 trillion soon. Speaking to reporters after meeting with top economic aides, Mr. Obama said: "Potentially we've got trillion-dollar deficits for years to come, even with the economic recovery that we are working on." - Associated Press...
Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Michael Welner, who examined Sharpe in 2003, echoed Traft’s sentiments in a statement released Tuesday...