Staff Writer Eric Aasen was watching the White House Web site during the transition of power. He reports: Just before 11 a.m. Dallas time, the site featured news from the Bush administration -- including a picture of the Bushes as...
Rep. Chet Edwards will stay put. President-elect Barack Obama considered the Waco Democrat as a possible running mate. Rumor has it the congressman has been eyed as a potential Veterans Affairs secretary, though his prospects have never been clear. On...
The Obama transition operation is sending "parachute teams" into 100 federal agencies starting on Monday, to assess operations and report back on organization, policy etc. Meanwhile, resumes are flooding the transition staff. And just in time, the Government Printing Office...
The Obama transition team seems to be off to a slightly slow start. Yesterday afternoon, the president-elect's office named three co-chairs and a dozen advisers and some top aides for the transition office. And it promised that a website for...
COLUMBIA, Missouri -- Sen. Barack Obama and his traveling circus of aides and reporters just landed in flyover country and for once, he took the bait when reporters -- kept at bay in coach and offered only the rarest opportunity...