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Advertisements [ ? ] Helping to Write History By Eli Saslow Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, December 18, 2008; A01 The job requires him to work unnoticed, even in plain view, so Jon Favreau settles into a wooden chair at a busy Starbucks in the center of Penn Quarter. Deadline looms, and he needs to write at least half a page by the end of the day. As ...

Advertisements [ ? ] NYT: December 17, 2008 Aretha Franklin to Participate in Inaugural Ceremony By Katharine Q. Seelye Aretha Franklin and Dr. Rick Warren, an evangelical minister of the Saddleback Church, are among the select group of people who will participate in Barack Obama’s inaugural swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 20. Mr. Obama has also chosen ...

Advertisements [ ? ] USA Today: Heeere's your 'Best basketball-playing Cabinet in historeee!' By: Mark Memmott and Jill Lawrence Obama drives to the basket last April during a scrimmage with the UNC men's team. (Jae C. Hong/AP) As President-elect Barack Obama joked this morning in Chicago, he may be "putting together the best basketball-playing Cabinet in...

Advertisements [ ? ] Barack Obama's plans for the web By Rajini Vaidyanathan BBC News, Washington On election night, as it became clear that Barack Obama had won the election to become the 44th president of the United States, his supporters received an e-mail in their inboxes. It started like this: "I'm about to head to Grant Park to talk to everyone ...

Advertisements [ ? ] WP/AP: President-elect Obama reaches out to former rivals By CALVIN WOODWARD The Associated Press Sunday, November 16, 2008 WASHINGTON -- Presidents typically say they want to be surrounded by strong-willed people who have the courage to disagree with them. President-elect Barack Obama, reaching out to Hillary Rodham Clinton and ...

Advertisements [ ? ] For Obama and Family, a Personal Transition By PETER BAKER Published: November 13, 2008 (Pool photograph/Amanda Rivkin) With their father in the car, Sasha Obama, left, and Malia Obama arriving Thursday at school. ....Life for the newly chosen president and his family has changed forever. Even the constraints and security of the ...

Advertisements [ ? ] NYT: November 6, 2008 Tears to Remember Judith Warner On Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1980, my 10th-grade American history teacher started class by unfurling The New York Times. She pointed to its triple banner headline: “Reagan Easily Beats Carter; Republicans Gain in Congress; D’Amato and Dodd are Victors.” “Save this paper,” she told us. “This...

Advertisements [ ? ] Take a Bow, America By BOB HERBERT Published: November 8, 2008 The markets are battered and job losses are skyrocketing, but even in the midst of a national economic crisis, we should not lose sight of the profound significance of this week and what it tells us about the continuing promise of America. Voters said no to incompetence and ...

Advertisements [ ? ] It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation. Yes we can. It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom. Yes we can. It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness. Yes...

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