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Obama Picks N.Y. Fed President Geithner as Treasury Secretary
President-elect Barack Obama has selected New York Federal Reserve Bank President Timothy F. Geithner as Treasury secretary, handing the post to a primary architect of the Bush administration's response to the financial crisis, according to Democratic and industry officials yesterday.
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D.C. Police Agitate For Flood Of E-Mails
D.C. police, frustrated that a teenage robbery suspect they have arrested kept getting released, took to cyberspace yesterday in an unusual effort to lobby judges and city officials to keep him off the streets.
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Obama Close to Naming Clinton and Gen. James Jones to Key Cabinet Posts, Sources Say
Barack Obama appears intent on naming an experienced and centrist foreign policy team, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state and retired Marine Gen. James L. Jones as national security adviser, sources said yesterday.
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Despite Government Support, Inter-Caste Couples in India Still Face Violence in Their Communities
NEW DELHI -- She was a gutsy student leader known for hunger strikes and provocative street theater at universities across the country, exposing the plight of India's beleaguered lower castes. He was a worldly gadfly with a passion for ending nuclear proliferation and exposing environmental crimes.
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Army Seeks Entertainers to Visit Troops in Afghanistan; Strict Rules Apply
The war in Afghanistan is heating up, so it must be time for the wrestling divas.
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EXCERPTS FROM THE E-MAIL
"Earlier this year the Columbia Heights neighborhood experienced a rash of violent robberies. . . . The suspect was also identified as committing six (6) robberies within the METRO. . . . The suspect was subsequently identified in thirteen (13) robberies in Columbia Heights. The suspect, who was a...
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SECRETARY OF TREASURY
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SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
Bill Richardson The governor of New Mexico served as Energy secretary under President Bill Clinton after spending 14 years in the House. A longtime diplomatic troubleshooter who served as Clinton's U.N. ambassador, Richardson had been considered a contender for secretary of state.
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SECRETARY OF STATE
Hillary Rodham Clinton As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, she has immersed herself in policy debates on Iraq, NATO and Afghanistan. She is a well-known figure on the world stage, with substantive expertise and negotiating savvy.
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NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER
James L. Jones Has a lifetime of military service and serves in the private sector as an adviser on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2007, he advised Congress on readiness of Iraqi forces. Was a special envoy on Palestinian and Israeli security issues.
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