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Post by MacBeth on Feb 15, 2009 14:03:56 GMT -5
FOCUS | A Torture Report Could Spell Big Trouble for Bush Lawyerswww.truthout.org/021509ZMichael Isikoff, Newsweek: "An internal Justice Department report on the conduct of senior lawyers who approved waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics is causing anxiety among former Bush administration officials." FOCUS | Obama Scores Early Victory of Historic Proportionswww.truthout.org/021509YMichael D. Shear and Alec MacGillis, The Washington Post: "Twenty-four days into his presidency, Barack Obama recorded last night a legislative achievement of the sort that few of his predecessors achieved at any point in their tenure." Video Part I and II: President Barack Obama | Address on Lincoln's 200th Birthday Springfield, Illinoiswww.truthout.org/021409AOn the occasion of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday, President Obama speaks in Springfield, Illinois, Thursday, February 12, 2009.
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Post by MacBeth on Feb 15, 2009 14:45:49 GMT -5
Gerald Epstein | What's So Bad About a Banker Brain Drain?www.truthout.org/021509AGerald Epstein, Truthout: "Let's take bankers at their word. Let's say many of the 'best minds in banking' will go elsewhere if serious pay restrictions are imposed. The question we have to ask is: so what? The answer is: this may be a blessing in not that much of a disguise." Obama Ready to Tap Offshore Oil, Wind Powerwww.truthout.org/021509BBarbara Barrett, McClatchy Newspapers: "With the lifting of the moratorium against offshore drilling last year, some offshore drilling almost certainly will occur. But now the conversation has changed. Democrats in power talk about a more complex set of energy programs, which could include wind farms or ways to capture wind currents." Burris Now Discloses Blagojevich Fundraising Requestswww.truthout.org/021509CPeter Slevin, The Washington Post: "Senator. Roland W. Burris, appointed to fill President Obama's seat in the US Senate, has informed Illinois lawmakers that he did not tell them the complete story about his contacts with close associates of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich before he got the job." GM Considering Chapter 11 Filing, New Company: Reportwww.truthout.org/021509DReuters: "General Motors Corp., nearing a Tuesday deadline to present a viability plan to the US government, is considering as one option a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing that would create a new company, the Wall Street Journal said in its Saturday edition." Scientists Celebrate Dawn of Barack Obama's Age of Reasonwww.truthout.org/021509EMark Henderson, The Times: "There was indeed a palpable buzz yesterday in the subterranean conference rooms of the two downtown Chicago hotels where the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is holding its annual meeting. The real excitement, however, has had much less to do with Darwin than with the most famous former resident of America's second city - Barack Obama." Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Rahm's Brother, Tapped for White House Health Care Policy Advisor Spotwww.truthout.org/021509FLynn Sweet, The Chicago Sun-Times: "While the Obama White House is searching for a replacement for health czar Tom Daschle, policy work on health care reform - a priority for the administration - is ongoing with one key advisor especially well connected. The brother of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, a noted bioethicist, is advising the Obama administration on health care reform."
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