Sunday, November 23, 2008

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Axelrod: No Bailout Until Automakers Come Up With Plan

The incoming White House senior adviser tells ABC News Obama wants the Big Three to create a plan for industry reform before getting federal money. Interview airs on "This Week" Sunday morning.      

No Potted Plants

Axelrod tells ABC's "This Week" when asked whether a Secretary of State Clinton would have Obama's full backing that the president-elect will have "a great working relationship" with his entire Cabinet. "They are not going to be potted plants. ...They are going to be partners with him in governance, and he is going to encourage that."       [...]

Richardson, Summers Slated for Obama Economic Team Slots

Politico: The New Mexico Gov. will be named commerce secretary and the former Clinton treasury secretary will be White House economic adviser. Richardson is expected to be announced separately from the Geithner-Summers unveiling midday Monday at a Chicago hotel.      

Obama Promises Karzai More Aid to Afghanistan

The president-elect pledges fighting terrorism in the region will be a top priority in a Saturday phone conversation with the Afghan leader.      

ON THE SUNDAY SHOWS

This Week: Incoming Obama White House senior adviser Axelrod, Sens. Schumer and Shelby Fox News Sunday: Axelrod, Reps. Hoyer and Boehner. Chris Wallace tours Air Force One Meet the Press: Sen. Lieberman, former Secretary of State Baker, former Commerce Secretary Daley Face the Nation: Rep. Pelosi Late Edition: Sen. Levin, Gov. Granholm, former Labor Secretary Reich       [...]

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Jim Jones

I'm thinking this exchange with the famously deferential Peter Pace may have cinched the new job for him: He is known for being low-key but blunt: Journalist Bob Woodward wrote that Jones told then-Joint Chiefs Chairman Peter Pace that he "should not be the parrot on the secretary's shoulder," referring to Donald H. Rumsfeld.        [...]

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