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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: koan who wrote (43289)	11/5/2008 4:56:50 PM
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Paul Krugman lets loose: No longer ruled by monsters: huffingtonpost.com

To: koan who wrote (43289)	11/5/2008 4:58:01 PM
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Obama Names Podesta and Jarrett to Head Transition Team (Update1) By Julianna Goldman and Kim Chipman Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama named a group of loyalists and former aides to President Bill Clinton to lead his transition team in building the new administration that will take power when he is inaugurated. The work will be overseen by John Podesta, Clinton's one- time chief of staff, Obama confidante Valerie Jarrett, chief executive officer of Chicago real estate developer Habitat Co., and Pete Rouse, Obama's Senate chief of staff. An advisory board that will help with transition planning includes former Clinton administration officials Carol Browner, William Daley and Federico Pena, as well as Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, an early supporter. Stephanie Cutter, who was communications director for Massachusetts Senator John Kerry during his 2004 presidential campaign, was named chief spokeswoman. Dan Pfeiffer will be communications director after serving in the same role during the campaign. President George W. Bush signed an executive order last month that aims to coordinate communication and other actions for the process. In a congratulatory telephone call to Obama last night, Bush promised a ``smooth transition'' to the new administration. The General Services Administration, the government's landlord agency, set aside 120,000 square feet of transition office space in downtown Washington, enough for about 500 people, and turned over the keys to Obama's transition team today, the agency said in a statement. Congress appropriated $8.52 million to cover the costs of transition over the 11-week period, agency spokeswoman Diane Merriett said. To contact the reporters on this story: Julianna Goldman in Chicago at jgoldman6@bloomberg.net; Kim Chipman in Chicago at kchipman@bloomberg.net Last Updated: November 5, 2008 15:54 EST