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Wampum (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
The Secretary of Lieberman's Mess mentioned he envisions a defensive system that "would literally, like an anti-aircraft weapon, shoot down an attack before it hits its target." Unfortunately, he wasn't referring to coastal batteries ready to target shoals of irksome jellyfish, but something to do with the innertubes. The intellectual wreckage is here -- CNN Junk Tech: Homeland Security seeks cyber...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
QUESTION: When the next president takes office, how many cabinet posts will be available?
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Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Executive Branch yesterday appointed Angel Lockward as Dominican ambassador in Colombia. The designation of the Cabinet level officer without functions is contained in president Leonel Fernandez decree 622-08.
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p2pnet (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
... piracy, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is urging President Bush to sign legislation creating a cabinet-level copyright czar to oversee expanded IP enforcement efforts,” noted David Kravets in Wired a few days ago, continuing »»» Those are eye-popping numbers, equaling 8 percent of the official number of 9.4 million unemployed Americans. But the origin of that 750,000 number — which...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
... the commission outlines a number of recommendations, including a call for the creation of a new cabinet-level office, headed by an official with a military background, to handle veterans affairs. Oversight is now concentrated within the state Department of Human Services.The commission suggests that a compliance hot line be established to receive complaints, and that the home establish...
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Erik's Rants and Recipes (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
... less than him. Now, as to what position would be appropriate for me: I was thinking of something cabinet level. State would be great. Let's face it: Obama doesn't know from shinola the first thing about how to handle the Iranians, and we know that he is going to lurch from the naive idealist to the hard-bitten cynic back and forth and will muck everything up (see Carter, Jimmy). I...
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BBC | Talk about Newsnight (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
A few more thoughts on the reshuffle: The full Government list has been published today, and while most attention is understandably elsewhere a few ideas have struck me. The first is that while at cabinet level so-called 'Blairites' have been well-treated, lower down the ladder there seems to be an emphasis on loyalty. Specifically from the 2001 generation of MPs three MPs who in September...
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Shining Light In Dark Corners (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... COG provisions included a series of executive orders designating which officials would assume Cabinet-level posts and other Executive...
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
After 2002, under Democratic control, the system changed to a grant-based program, with blocks of money given to several state agencies to hand out. In 2004, the system was changed again to pool the grant money in the treasurer's office, said Rousseau, the first cabinet-level official to testify in the Bryant trial.
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Save The GOP (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) — The Federal Housing Administration has grown so large that by the end of the year it will guarantee mortgages for three in 10 U.S. borrowers, many of whom have bad credit or loans that required no verification of income.Congress wants FHA to do more. The Hope for Homeowners program, unveiled Oct. 1, authorizes the agency, part of the cabinet-level Department of Housing...
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
“By the end of the year the Federal Housing Administration will guarantee mortgages for three in 10 U.S. borrowers, many of whom have bad credit or loans that required no verification of income. Congress wants FHA to do more. The Hope for Homeowners program, unveiled Oct. 1, authorizes the agency, part of the cabinet-level Department of Housing and Urban Development, to guarantee up to...
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
... including Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who have served in the Bush administration at Tier Two cabinet levels. But the new job clearly puts Kashkari in a different league altogether. A long-time understudy and associate of Secretary Paulson going back to their days at Goldman Sachs, Kashkari was nominated as assistant secretary and confirmed by the Senate only in July this year...
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
... including Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who have served in the Bush administration at Tier Two cabinet levels. But the new job clearly puts Kashkari in a different league altogether. A long-time understudy and associate of Secretary Paulson going back to their days at Goldman Sachs, Kashkari was nominated as assistant secretary and confirmed by the Senate only in July this year...
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Business World (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
... the intent to sell. Necessary approvals were secured last week from the Privatization Council, a Cabinet-level and inter-agency policymaking body tasked to oversee the state’s asset sales program. A successful sale would allow the government to significantly exceed this year’s privatization target of P30 billion. It plans to use the revenues to shore up a slowing economy. Petron management...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Shake-up could see ministers at cabinet level appointed to look at energy and food due to price rises
