Thursday, January 1, 2009

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

It's officially 2009. 20 days until President-elect Obama and his family move into the White House. The Obamas spent New Year's Eve in Kailua "celebrating with friends," spokesman Ben LaBolt said. The family will leave Hawaii Thursday at about 1 p.m., for Chicago.      

Gaza Violence Goes into Sixth Day

Israeli jets bombed the Palestinian parliament building in Gaza Thursday and navy ships opened fire at Hamas positions along the coastline. Israel demanded international monitors as a term of any truce with Gaza militants. The U.N. Security Council, meeting for emergency consultations Wednesday night, discussed but did not vote on an Arab request for a legally [...]

Poll: Obama Leadership Rates High as Bush's After 9/11

A national poll suggests that three-quarters of the public thinks Barack Obama is a strong and decisive leader, the highest marks for a President-elect on that characteristic in nearly three decades. Six in 10 felt that Bush was a strong leader when he took office in 2001. After the attacks of September 11, that number rose [...]

Wall Street Lost $6.9 Trillion in 2008

WashPost: "The losses in 2008 were so broad and deep that every sector in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index took a double-digit hit, and the financial sector lost more than half of its value."      

Obama and Pelosi to Discuss Economic Recovery Plan

The President-elect and the speaker of the house will meet Monday. Plus: WSJ on how Obama is expected to round out his economic team next week with the selection of Cecilia Rouse, a Princeton University labor economist .      

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