AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama could make an “amazing” difference for the world’s poor if he fulfils his campaign pledges, the head of the UN’s Millennium Campaign said in an interview with AFP on Sunday.
AP - A deal with Bill Clinton over his post-White House work helped clear the way for Hillary Rodham Clinton to join President-elect Barack Obama’s national security team as secretary of state, reshaping a once-bitter rivalry into a high-profile strategic and diplomatic union.
AP - Barack Obama promises to steer the nation straight again. He better be ready for a strong force pulling left.
Politico - After the 2004 election, Republicans controlled the reins of the federal government.
Politico - At home, he’s sometimes considered a bit of a liability — prone to speaking his mind too freely, a lightning rod for conservatives, subject to, ahem, personal controversies and clashes with the press.
Politico - Barack Obama’s expected pick of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle to be secretary of health and human services bumps up against the president-elect’s pledge to rid the White House of special interests.
AP - The United States will give its full support to the authorities in India as they investigate the deadly terror attacks by suspected Muslim militants in Mumbai, an important financial hub.
AP - It wasn’t too long ago that Barack Obama and his advisers were tripping over one another to tear down Hillary Rodham Clinton’s foreign policy credentials. She was dismissed as a commander in chief wanna-be who did little more than sip tea and make small talk with foreign leaders during her days as first lady.
Reuters - Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to make public the names of more than 200,000 donors to his foundation as part of a deal with President-elect Barack Obama to clear the way for Sen. Hillary Clinton to become secretary of state, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
Politico - As part of a startling roster of concessions to President-elect Obama, former President Bill Clinton has agreed to release the long-secret list of donors to his presidential library by the end of this year, according to a Democratic official.