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THE RESET: Familiar faces on Obama's 2nd-term team
President Barack Obama is much of the way through completing his second-term Cabinet and top White House staff. For many of those chosen so far, it's ...
Senate confirms Kerry nomination for State Dept.
The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed President Barack Obama's choice of five-term Sen. John Kerry to be secretary of state, with Republicans and ...
Obama picks foreign policy aide as chief of staff
President Barack Obama announced Friday that his new chief of staff is longtime trusted aide Denis McDonough, whom the president described as a close ...
Kerry tackles questions on Iran, Syria, Hagel
Sen. John Kerry, President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of state, collected pledges of support Thursday and testified at his confirmation ...
THE RESET: John Kerry breezes through Hill hearing
The Senate confirmation process is a minefield for many presidential nominees. But Sen. John Kerry seemed to navigate those waters safely at his ...
Time to act, Obama declares, taking oath 2nd time
Turning the page on years of war and recession, President Barack Obama summoned a divided nation Monday to act with "passion and dedication" to ...
Obama officially signs Cabinet nominations
Minutes after his inauguration speech Monday, President Barack Obama signed documents officially submitting top administration nominations to the ...
Obama picks Lew for Treasury as fiscal issues loom
For 30 years, Jack Lew has had a hand in some of the biggest economic deals negotiated in Washington. What awaits him if he's confirmed as treasury ...
THE RESET: Obama picks familiar faces for 2nd term
So far, President Barack Obama is not surrounding himself with a team of rivals for his second term but with a team of loyal allies. His selection of ...
THE RESET: Foreign policy moves into spotlight
Re-elected American presidents often reset their focus to foreign policy when dealings at home with Congress become too contentious. President Barack ...
US sees Iran behind hostage photos of ex-FBI agent
Two years after a hostage video and photographs of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson raised the possibility that the missing American was being held ...
GOP senator threatens delay on CIA nomination
President Barack Obama's choice of John Brennan to be the next CIA director hit a snag Tuesday as a Republican senator threatened to delay the ...
Obama digs in for a fight on Hagel, Brennan picks
Digging in for a fight, President Barack Obama riled Senate Republicans and some Democrats, too, on Monday by nominating former senator and combat ...
THE RESET: Obama, GOP drawing battle lines
President Barack Obama is heading toward bruising fights on Capitol Hill on multiple fronts even before second-term Inauguration Day festivities fade.
Obama's CIA pick chose spycraft over priesthood
John Brennan was headed for the priesthood when, while sitting idly on a bus as a student at Fordham University in the 1970s, he stumbled on a ...
Hagel nomination unnerves some in Israel
President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel as the next U.S. secretary of defense is causing jitters in Israel, where some circles view the ...
Obama taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA
Despite Republican misgivings, President Barack Obama announced Monday he will nominate former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary, ...
Obama taps homeland security aide to head CIA
President Barack Obama has tapped White House homeland security adviser John Brennan as his nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency. Obama on ...
Obama may round out natl. security team next week
President Barack Obama may round out his new national security leadership team next week, with a nomination for defense secretary expected and a pick ...
Obama nominates Kerry for secretary of state
President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, one of Washington's most respected voices on foreign policy, as his next ...
Rallies across Yemen support military shake-up
Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis rallied across the country Friday to support a military shake-up this week that limited the powers held by loyalists ...
Obama defense pick could come sooner than expected
President Barack Obama could name his next defense secretary in December, far sooner than expected and perhaps in a high-powered package announcement ...
Republicans hammer State witnesses on Libya attack
Four weeks before the election, Republicans used a politically charged House hearing to confront State Department officials about security at the U.S.
US counterterrorism chief in Libya to probe attack
President Barack Obama's counterterrorism chief has discussed last month's killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya with the country's leaders.