Day: December 6, 2008

The choice of Gen. Eric K. Shinseki for secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department symbolizes a break with the Bush era on national security.

The Bush administration is preparing a strategy review aimed at reversing the gains that militants have made in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The change reflects a growing concern over the Afghan capital’s vulnerability.

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius had been mentioned as a potential veep or likely secretary of labor.

Army Gen. Eric Shinseki is yet another heavyweight in the Obama Cabinet. See also: Sebelius out

As Senate staff members drafted legislation for a taxpayer rescue of the automobile industry, Republicans offered mixed reactions to the preliminary details.

In a nod to transparency, Obama’s transition team is disclosing some meetings with outside organizations.

Some say Wall Street was treated better than Detroit. Not so simple.

President Bush has made roughly 30 personnel moves since the election, some in direct appointments that will last into Barack Obama’s first term and beyond.

Historians for the National Security Agency concluded that whatever other warnings reached the U.S. about the attack, the “winds execute” message was not one of them.