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Obamas'
Chicago
Pal to be
Social
Secretary

Nov 24, 2008 11:38 AM CST

Obamas' Chicago Pal to be Social Secretary

Desirée Rogers will run White House functions

(Newser) - A Chicago businesswoman and close friend of the Obamas will be White House social secretary, the Tribune reports. Desirée Rogers, 49, will be the first African American to run functions and ceremonies at the president’s residence, working with the first lady. A Harvard MBA, Rogers has been a...

Gibbs Will Meet the Press

Nov 22, 2008 4:56 PM CST

Gibbs Will Meet the Press

Obama taps aide as press secretary, names 2 others for communications

(Newser) - Barack Obama today named Robert Gibbs as White House press secretary, the Washington Times reports. Gibbs, 37, worked for 2 years as an Obama spokesman on the campaign trail and was widely expected to take the job. Well-liked by reporters, Gibbs flared up at times on the campaign and is...

Big Choices
for Obamas:
Chef, Church

Nov 20, 2008 10:06 AM CST

Big Choices for Obamas: Chef, Church

Special interest groups want to pick Obamas' puppy, church, chef

(Newser) - With the incoming first family's private decisions being scrutinized as breathlessly as the president-elect's cabinet picks, you already know about the battle over the puppy, and the private-or-public-school competition. New York reports on three other hotly contested issues:

The French-trained chef hired by Laura Bush may be replaced to reflect

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Obama Girls Join Exclusive White House Sorority

GLOSSIES

Nov 19, 2008 11:53 AM CST

Obama Girls Join Exclusive White House Sorority

If predecessors are any sign, Malia and Sasha are in for 'a helluva good time'

(Newser) - If Malia Obama sneaks a boy into the White House, it won’t be an action without precedent. The generations of girls who occupied what Margaret Truman billed “the Great White Jail” form a sort of underground society, Lauren Collins writes in the New Yorker. The Johnson sisters, for...

Clinton Trial Lawyer Tapped as White House Counsel

Nov 16, 2008 6:34 AM CST

Clinton Trial Lawyer Tapped as White House Counsel

Gregory Craig will advise Obama on legal issues

(Newser) - Barack Obama has chosen Gregory Craig, Bill Clinton’s lead impeachment trial lawyer, as White House counsel, Politico reports. Craig, 63, left the Hillary Clinton camp early in the primaries to support Obama, and knows his new boss well: He played John McCain in debate prep. He also advised Obama...

Jarrett Takes White House Job

Nov 14, 2008 6:38 PM CST

Jarrett Takes White House Job

Obama brings on friend, transition co-chair as senior Oval Office adviser

(Newser) - Family friend and campaign adviser Valerie Jarrett today agreed to be Barack Obama's senior White House adviser, CBS reports. She will share the job title and probably split duties with David Axelrod, Obama's chief political strategist. Jarrett was already named a co-chair on Obama's transition team. She was rumored as...

Political Office
Is Gray Area
at White House

Nov 13, 2008 12:30 PM CST

Political Office Is Gray Area at White House

Obama won't say he'll shutter nerve center of 'perpetual campaign'

(Newser) - Barack Obama made transcending partisan politics part of his campaign pitch, but he remains noncommittal on a proposal to abolish the White House political office. A Reagan Administration creation, it played a vastly different role under Karl Rove than it had previously, Politico reports. John McCain has called for eliminating...

Arugula as 'Hope Salad,'
and Other Obama Changes

OPINION

Nov 11, 2008 6:27 PM CST

Arugula as 'Hope Salad,' and Other Obama Changes

How president-elect can deliver, concretely, on campaign mantra

(Newser) - In case you haven’t heard, Barack Obama wants to bring change to America. Culture11 offers a list of what that change might mean:

When daughters ask for a puppy, Daddy shouts: "Yes we can!"
French win fries debate in White House cafeteria. Arugula now known as “

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Race Is on for Laura's Memoirs; Dubya Not So Much

Nov 11, 2008 11:29 AM CST

Race Is on for Laura's Memoirs; Dubya Not So Much

Book deal could be worth millions; lame-duck President must shelve ambitions

(Newser) - Laura Bush is likely to net millions from publishers bidding on her memoirs, the New York Post reports—not exactly the case for her lame-duck husband. “The wives of presidents generally write books that have a greater public interest,” one insider says. “Husbands usually try to rewrite...

Michelle Gets the Lowdown

Nov 11, 2008 1:45 AM CST

Michelle Gets the Lowdown

Bushes give Obamas grand tour and discuss raising White House kids

(Newser) - The first lady gave her successor some tips on White House living during the Obamas' visit yesterday, and the moms discussed the difficulties of raising daughters in the fishbowl environment, Reuters reports. Laura Bush, meeting Michelle Obama for the first time, showed her around every room of the Obamas' future...

Obamas Check Out
White House

UPDATED

Nov 10, 2008 3:17 PM CST

Obamas Check Out White House

Obamas wrap up White House visit, though details are scarce

(Newser) - The First Couple and the First Couple-elect met at the White House this afternoon. After the Bushes greeted the Obamas, President Bush took Barack Obama to the Oval Office for a private meeting, while Laura Bush showed Michelle Obama around the residence. The meetings lasted about an hour, the Chicago ...

Obamas Arrive at White House

Nov 10, 2008 1:17 PM CST

Obamas Arrive at White House

(Newser) - President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, have arrived at the White House for a visit, his first since last week's landslide election victory. President Bush and first lady Laura Bush were at the North Portico of the White House to greet the Obamas on a sunny fall day with...

Obama to Upend Policies With Exec Orders

Nov 9, 2008 6:38 PM CST

Obama to Upend Policies With Exec Orders

Prez-elect may enact own oil, stem cell plans in January

(Newser) - President-elect Obama plans to use his executive powers to make an immediate impact when he takes office, perhaps reversing Bush administration policies on stem cell research and domestic drilling for oil and natural gas, the AP reports. John Podesta, Obama's transition chief, said today Obama is reviewing President Bush's executive...

At White House,
Youth Will Be Served

Nov 9, 2008 4:42 AM CST

At White House, Youth Will Be Served

Obamas must shelter girls from negatives, capitalize on positives on time in spotlight

(Newser) - Malia and Sasha Obama will be the youngest residents of the White House since 1977, and it will be a major responsibility for their parents to keep the spotlight from burning them, experts tell Newsday's parenting columnist. Today's 24/7 news cycle and the Obamas' status as the nation's first black...

Strap In, 'Rahmbo':
Bush's Ex-Chief

Nov 7, 2008 7:00 PM CST

Strap In, 'Rahmbo': Bush's Ex-Chief

Andy Card explains how to survive in the White House

(Newser) - Rahm Emanuel will have to delegate and be decisive, President Bush's first chief of staff tells Newsweek. But there's more: Serving as President Obama's go-to guy will be "a 24/7 job" that requires sensitivity to "the psychology, emotions and needs of the president beyond policy."...

Allergies Complicate Obamas' Pooch-Vetting Process

Nov 7, 2008 2:08 PM CST

Allergies Complicate Obamas' Pooch-Vetting Process

Malia's issues have AKC pushing 'hypo-allergenic' breeds; docs say there's no such thing

(Newser) - Animal advocates are chomping at the bit to sway President-elect Obama’s choice of first dog, and they’re using daughter Malia's allergies to do it, the New York Times reports. The American Kennel Club suggests the Obamas buy a “hypoallergenic” breed like a poodle or Bichon Frise, but...

Emanuel Will Be Obama's
Super Salesman

analysis

Nov 7, 2008 11:47 AM CST

Emanuel Will Be Obama's Super Salesman

(Newser) - The prospect of a presidential chief of staff with Rahm Emanuel's elbows-out style is winning praise from Democrats, censure from the GOP. Salon media critic Jack Shafer says his style of working with the press is right out of David Mamet: hyperaggressive salesman who uses "charm, insults, and bluster"...

Expect More Diversity
in Press Corps

Nov 7, 2008 2:28 AM CST

Expect More Diversity in Press Corps

Media organizations rejigger White House teams

(Newser) - The White House press corps is likely to get a diversity makeover as news organizations prepare for the Obama administration. Beat assignments haven't been announced, but Liberian-born New York Times reporter Helene Cooper will be on the White House beat, sources tell Politico. Although it isn't necessary to have black...

Obama's Pick of Emanuel Shows He Means Business

analysis

Nov 6, 2008 9:59 PM CST

Obama's Pick of Emanuel Shows He Means Business

(Newser) - Republicans say Barack Obama's appointment of Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff is a sign that the president-elect has no intention of making good on his promise to "heal the divides" of Washington. But the pick is "a powerful signal of Obama’s determination to be effective...

Bush's
Dog
Bites
Reporter

Nov 6, 2008 7:14 PM CST

Bush's Dog Bites Reporter

(Newser) - Take that, liberal media. One of the presidential pooches, Barney, bit the finger of a Reuters reporter at the White House today, ABC News notes. When Jon Decker reached down to pet Barney, the Scottish terrier snapped at him and broke the skin on his index finger. Decker got some...