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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
By Alex Spillius in Washington Last Updated: 11:20PM GMT 07 Jan 2009Obama's Cadillac had yet to have its final coat of black paintSneaked photographs of Barack Obama’s new limousine, still missing its final coat of black paint, show a hefty, customised Cadillac that can supposedly withstand a rocket-propelled grenade, or as one news agency joked, a “direct hit by an asteroid”. Mr Obama...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Alex Spillius in Washington Last Updated: 6:24PM GMT 07 Jan 2009Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, who had previously refused to accept the appointment by scandal-tainted Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, appeared to soften his position after talks with Mr Burris in his office.The President-Elect also backtracked, saying he would be prepared to work with Mr Burris.Mr Reid, describing...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Barack Obama's daughters start at their new school in Washington President-Elect Barack Obama's daughters have formally begun their lives as presidential children, travelling to their first day of school in Washington in a cavalcade of black cars and attended by a phalanx of cameras. By Alex Spillius in Washington Last Updated: 4:01PM GMT 05 Jan 2009 Parents and pupils at Sidwell were...
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Timothy Birdnow (Free subscription) | 24/12/2008
Jack Kemp Will Obama cut this program, as Carter did the B-1 bomber? Jack http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/3919719/US-laser-warplane-under-threat-from-Barack-Obama.html US laser warplane under threat from Barack Obama The future of a US warplane that fires lasers at the enemy is under threat from Barack Obama’s administration. By Alex Spillius in...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 19/12/2008
By Alex Spillius in Washington Last Updated: 3:56PM GMT 19 Dec 2008Mr Obama is expected to fulfil his promise to move with "deliberate haste" to meet an unprecedented array of challenges when he takes office next month.In what has become a near daily ritual, Mr Obama is due to name the Democratic congressman Hilda Solis oas labour secretary and former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk as US trade...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
By Alex Spillius in Washington and Jon Swaine Last Updated: 10:47AM GMT 15 Dec 2008Muntadar al-Zeidi, who threw two size 10s at Mr Bush as he shook hands with Iraq's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, during a press conference in Baghdad, is being held in custody by Mr al-Maliki's guards.A government source told the Associated Press that Mr al-Zeidi has been questioned over whether anyone...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 14/12/2008
By Alex Spillius in Washington Last Updated: 4:53PM GMT 14 Dec 2008Mr Bush visited Baghdad just 37 days before he hands over to President-Elect Barack Obama, who has pledged to end the war and was partly elected because of his opposition to it.Speaking after two hours of meetings with Iraqi leaders, Mr Bush defended the conflict, saying: "The work hasn't been easy, but it has been necessary...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
By Alex Spillius in Washington Last Updated: 7:10PM GMT 12 Dec 2008 Rahm Emanuel had conversations about the Senate seat with Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich Photo: AP Sources close to the investigation said Rahm Emanuel, the new chief of staff, had conversations about the issue with Rod Blagojevich and John Harris, the governor's chief aide who is also facing corruption charges.It...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
By Alex Spillius in Washington Last Updated: 7:09PM GMT 10 Dec 2008The two clashed publicly earlier this year, after the Rev Jackson was overheard saying he was so angry with Barack Obama for talking down to black people that he "wanted to rip his nuts out". His son quickly denounced his father's "ugly rhetoric".Like the President-elect, the younger Jackson, 43, is a member of the post-civil...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
By Alex Spillius in Washington Last Updated: 5:48PM GMT 10 Dec 2008 Patrick Fitzgerald is a workaholic who once decided not to install heating in his flat because he was there so little Photo: REUTERS And it can't be too long before producers consider transforming Patrick Fitzgerald's story into celluloid.As he demonstrated when announcing corruption charges against Rod Blagojevich, the...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
By Alex Spillius in Washington Last Updated: 3:57PM GMT 09 Dec 2008 Rod Blagojevich, Illinois governor with president-elect Barack Obama Photo: AP In a move which threatens to cast a shadow over the president-elect's transition to the White House, Rod Blagojevich was taken in for questioning by the FBI. A US attorney's office spokesman said both Mr Blagojevich and his chief of staff,...
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My view by Silvio Canto, Jr. (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
BO is driving some Dems a big crazy. He is apparently driving a few Euros a bit crazy too. Alex Spillius wrote today: "On a range of issues, from Kosovo, China, Russia and Nato's eastward expansion, and the Middle East, former White House officials and leading analysts are disappointed at how quickly the president-elect has moved to the centre ground since his election just a month ago....
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Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Alex Spillius; 5/12/08; (2 Items) Retired US generals and admirals have urged President-elect Barack Obama to restore America’s battered image by reversing the Bush Administration’s controversial interrogation, detention and rendition policies. At a meeting with Vice-President-elect Joe Biden and senior members of Mr Obama’s transition team, they presented a list of “things that need...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
By Alex Spillius in Washington Last Updated: 7:12PM GMT 04 Dec 2008During the campaign, Mr Obama repeatedly promised to submit oil and gas companies to a profits windfall tax, citing the disparity between their huge profits and the struggles of ordinary Americans.In the summer he said the tax would "help families pay their heating and cooling bills and reduce energy costs".But the proposal...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
By Alex Spillius in Washington Last Updated: 10:50PM GMT 03 Dec 2008During his campaign, which he started as a virtual unknown, the president-elect raised $750 million. That sum alone superseded the amount raised by both George W Bush and John Kerry in the 2004 election. According to data gathered by Politico.com, Mr Obama also raised $100 million for the Democratic National Committee,...
