The Morning Fix writes, "The decision by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) to retire in 2014 means the nation will likely be without a Rockefeller in high office for the first time in four decades and just the second time since the 1950s. Jay (born John D. Rockefeller IV), 75, is...
(FirstRead) It was a surprisingly busy first full week of 2013, especially since Congress is out and the White House had all of Washington to itself. The Obama White House circled the wagons around its Cabinet nominations, lowered expectations on guns, raised expectations on pulling out ALL U.S. troops from...
AP's Ken Thomas, "Labor Secretary Hilda Solis [is] resigning … a former California congresswoman and one of the highest-ranking Hispanics in the Cabinet, was the nation's first Hispanic labor secretary. A White House official said three Cabinet members -- Attorney General Eric Holder, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius...
Following weeks of getting beat up by his many detractors in Washington, before he was even officially nominated to serve as the new secretary of Defense, the White House is making up for lost time, launching a charm offensive to get him primed for a tough confirmation fight. After Obama...
Only nominee ever to be rejected by the Senate was John Tower of Texas, nominated by then-President George H.W. Bush in 1989. Tower’s nomination was voted down, 53-47. WORD(s) LIKELY TO BE IN THE NEWS ‘TARGETED KILLINGS’ The Council on Foreign Relations’ Jonathan Masters defines targeted killings as, “premeditated acts...
According to the National Journal, “President Obama’s choice of White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew as the next Treasury secretary underscores his intention to play rough with Republicans in a series of upcoming budget fights over the ceiling on the country's borrowing, automatic spending cuts known as sequestration, and...
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