U.S. Cabinet

One Cabinet pick approved, two narrowly advance

2013-05-16 16:57:00

WASHINGTON — President Obama's nominee to lead the Energy Department won unanimous confirmation by the Senate on Thursday while two other Cabinet choices narrowly advanced out of committee, amid complaints from Democrats over Republican delaying...

The challenges at the Interior Dept.

2013-02-14 00:00:00

U.S. secretaries of the Interior have seldom been renowned for being … well, renowned. Typically affable former members of Congress who reliably see things according to the president's point of view, they are nearly always Western conservationists,...

White House task force to tackle gun violence

2012-12-19 11:46:00

WASHINGTON -- Announcing his first steps in response to the Newtown, Conn., school massacre, President Obama on Wednesday charged a task force with drawing up a list of proposals to reduce gun violence across the nation and urged Congress to hold votes on...

McManus: Reshuffling Obama's Cabinet

2012-11-14 00:00:00

"Second terms are hard work," a veteran of the Bill Clinton White House told me Tuesday. "It's a good idea to get some fresh blood in there." But so far, President Obama seems more inclined to simply shuffle the chairs as he reshapes his Cabinet for...

'Amazing Race' recap: I got GPS, OK? [Updated]

2010-12-13 04:35:44

Gulf oil spill: Officials warn BP to work harder

2010-04-30 16:33:29

The Wolfowitz non-story

2007-04-17 00:00:00

ON TAKING office, World Bank President Paul D. Wolfowitz set two priorities for the world's premier development institution. He asked for a focus on Africa's persistent poverty, and he targeted corruption that diverts aid dollars from the poor....

Obama's well-stocked Cabinet

2008-12-28 00:00:00

Now that Barack Obama has filled all of the seats at (and near) his Cabinet table, one thing is clear: The candidate who campaigned on a platform of change attaches equal importance to competence. Seldom has a presidential Cabinet included so many...

Address by President Nelson Mandela before a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress

1994-10-06 00:00:00

[Congressional Record: October 6, 1994] From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] ADDRESS BY NELSON MANDELA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, BEFORE A JOINT MEETING OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS Mr. MANDELA....

Tom Perez and the 'nuclear option'

2013-05-20 03:00:00

Republicans accuse Thomas E. Perez, President Barack Obama's nominee for labor secretary, of twisting the legal process in three cases in St. Paul, Minn., to suit his political purposes. But it is they who are twisting the Senate's role to "advise and...

Pritzker reveals finances, board resignation plans

2013-05-15 17:44:00

Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker intends to resign from corporate boards, including that of Hyatt Hotels Corp., and reported that she received nearly $54 million in consulting fees last year from an off-shore Bahamian trust, the U.S. Commerce...

Controversy surrounds Phila. pastor's canceled speech

2013-04-27 01:54:02

The Rev. Kevin Johnson, senior pastor of Bright Hope Baptist Church in North Philadelphia, was disinvited from speaking at Morehouse College because he wrote a newspaper column critical of President Obama's administration, according to a group of alumni....

Kathleen Sebelius was governor of Kansas when she joined Obama's Cabinet. She was nominated after former Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., withdrew from consideration over questions about his tax returns.

2013-05-02 00:00:00

Obama's cabinet picks

2013-01-17 04:00:00

Obama's Cabinet

2013-01-14 00:00:00