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- Nov 30, 2008 Labor Dept. Accused of Straying From Enforcement
The next labor secretary will be taking charge of an agency widely criticized for walking away from its regulatory function across a range of issues, including wage and hour law and workplace safety.
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- Nov 29, 2008 Bipartisan Report Finds U.S. Vulnerable to Bioterrorism Attack
Seven years after the 2001 anthrax attacks, a congressionally ordered study finds a growing threat of biological terrorism and calls for aggressive defenses on par with those used to prevent a terrorist nuclear detonation.
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- Nov 29, 2008 Top Officers Hopeful That Obama Will Bring More Realistic View Than Bush
Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, went unarmed into his first meeting with the new commander in chief -- no aides, no PowerPoint presentation, no briefing books. Summoned nine days ago to President-elect Barack Obama's Chicago transition office, Mullen showed up...
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- Nov 29, 2008 At the Last Minute, a Raft of Rules
In a burst of activity meant to leave a lasting stamp on the federal government, the Bush White House in the past month has approved 61 new regulations on environmental, security, social and commercial matters that by its own estimate will have an economic impact exceeding $1.9 billion annually.
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- Nov 29, 2008 Federal-Employee Unions Fear Unfairness, Seek List of Hired Political Appointees
Two powerful employee organizations are pressing the Bush administration to prove that in its final weeks, political aides are not improperly winning career government jobs at the expense of more qualified workers.
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- Nov 28, 2008 U.S. Moves Ahead on Oil, Gas Leases on Public Land
A decision by federal officials this week to press ahead with a controversial sale of oil and gas leases in eastern Utah is stoking the debate over how to balance the nation's needs for fossil fuels against concerns over the environmental impact on iconic national parks and other sensitive areas.
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- Nov 27, 2008 EPA, Interior Dept. Chiefs Will Be Busy Erasing Bush's Mark
Few federal agencies are expected to undergo as radical a transformation under President-elect Barack Obama as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department, which have been at the epicenter of many of the Bush administration's most intense scientific and environmental...
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- Nov 26, 2008 Managing Economic Team Will Be a Challenge for Obama
Barack Obama's appointment yesterday of former Federal Reserve chairman Paul A. Volcker to the growing team advising him on the nation's deepening financial crisis only heightens a central leadership challenge the president-elect will face: how to manage a stable packed with big brains and...
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- Nov 26, 2008 U.S. Moves Ahead on Oil, Gas Leases
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- Nov 26, 2008 Bush Grants His Final Presidential Turkey Pardon
President George W. Bush leaves office in 54 days with a sterling legacy.
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- Nov 5, 2008 Gov. Howard Dean to Campaign for Change in North Dakota
On Saturday, November 1st DNC Chairman Howard Dean will campaign on behalf of the Obama-Biden ticket in Grand Forks and Fargo, North Dakota. Dean will headline rallies in both those cities as part of the Democratic Party's national Get Out the Vote effort. This is Dean's first visit to...
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- Nov 30, 2008 Obama, Ask the Kremlin about Gates
Robert Gates during a confirmation hearing for his nomination to be CIA director in 1987. (Photo: Paul Hosefros / The New York Times)read more
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- Dec 1, 2008 Muslims In Mumbai: India's New 'Untouchables'?
The Mumbai bombings have sharpened the focus on India's borders, but journalist Asra Nomani thinks India's main concern ought to be its Muslim population. She says Muslims have a lower socioeconomic standing than the Hindu caste known as the "untouchables."
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- Dec 1, 2008 Today in The Nation: The Subprime Swindle
Kai Wright How the mortgage industry stole black America's hard-won wealth.
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