Another Housing Agency Collapse on the WaySource: economicpolicyjournal.com
The Federal Housing Agency appears to be the next housing related agency that will be supplied with some type of bailout.
How big a bailout are we talking?
Dennis Ross as Iran Envoy?Source: Common Dreams
While the Iran portfolio remains unassigned, one figure stands out as a likely Obama appointee: Dennis Ross, a former US ambassador to Israel and lead negotiator during Israeli-Palestinian talks under President Bill Clinton...The veteran diplomat is widely believed to have crafte …
Obama Doesn't Plan to End Occupation of Iraq Source: CounterPunch.org
The New York Times is reporting about an "apparent evolution" in president-elect Barack Obama's thinking on Iraq, citing his recent statements about his plan to keep a "residual force" in the country and his pledge to "listen to the recommendations of my commanders" as Obama prep …
Obama says Change is in his vision, if not his appointmentsSource: t r u t h o u t
Washington - President-elect Barack Obama essentially said Wednesday that he is the change, striving to assure Americans that he'll shake up Washington despite filling his administration with old hands from the Clinton administration and the capital's corridors of power.