Day: December 17, 2008

The Bush administration and G.M. and Chrysler are said to be negotiating terms of an overhaul plan.

Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado was not the first choice of environmental advocates for the Interior Department.

Mary L. Schapiro is to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ray LaHood the transportation department.

President Bush is planning a lunch on Jan. 7 with President-elect Barack Obama and all the former presidents, the White House said.

A new plan for troop withdrawals would take more than the 16 months Barack Obama has said he wants, military officials said.

The inauguration role positions the Rev. Rick Warren to succeed Billy Graham as America’s pre-eminent minister.

Thank you so much. To the great Governor of Iowa and Lieutenant. Governor of Iowa. To my dear friend Tom Harkin for the outstanding work that he does. To the congressional delegation of Iowa that is doing outstanding work and to Nancy Pelosi, Madam Speaker, thank you all for the wonderful welcome…

The mayor is avoiding any direct comment on the Senate-stakes.

From 2000 to 2006 he and his wife collected $42,782 in subsidies. See also: Obama’s ‘debtor’s Cabinet’

Obama is keeping up this week’s news-conference-a-day pace.