Obama Lies

Barack Obama News

• Obama demands 'bold' action on stimulus plan (AFP via Yahoo! News)
  President-elect Barack Obama has demanded bold action on his near 800 billion dollar stimulus plan, warning Congress would send the US economy into an even deeper hole if it failed to act swiftly.
• Obama Picks Panetta as CIA Director (Washington Post)
  President-elect Barack Obama stunned the national intelligence community by selecting Clinton White House chief of staff Leon E. Panetta, a longtime Washington insider with little intelligence experience, to serve as the next head of the CIA.
• Officials: Obama taps Panetta, Blair for spy jobs (AP via Yahoo! News)
  President-elect Barack Obama's decision to fill the nation's top intelligence jobs with two men short on direct experience in intelligence gathering surprised the spy community and signaled the Democrat's intention for a clean break from Bush administration policies.
• Obama Nominates Four To Senior Justice Posts (Washington Post)
  President-elect Barack Obama selected four prominent lawyers yesterday for senior posts at the Justice Department, naming pragmatic leaders who are likely to reverse some of the more divisive policies of the Bush administration.
• Obama Pitches Stimulus Plan (Washington Post)
  President-elect Barack Obama arrived on Capitol Hill yesterday and immediately set to work reassuring skeptical Republicans about his massive economic stimulus package -- part of a campaign that earned him praise for seeking their input but questions from those averse to hundreds of billions of...