Week 4 and Counting . . .

Incoming presidents have 11 weeks between Election Day and Inauguration Day to pick their Cabinets and key White House staff members. So far, President-elect Barack Obama is ahead of his predecessors in announcing many of his intended nominees for top administration jobs

SOURCE: Brookings Institution, staff reports | By Karen Yourish and Laura Stanton - The Washington Post - December 2, 2008

This Story Obama Names Team to Face A Complex Security Picture Article \| President-elect Barack Obama's high-powered national security team, introduced yesterday at a Chicago news conference, faces the challenge of managing two wars and various ongoing foreign policy crises even as it helps the president-elect shape what he called "a new beginning, a new dawn of Ameri... Week 4 and Counting . . .		TOOLBOX E-Mail This Save/Share + Digg Facebook Reddit Twitter myspace SOURCE: Brookings Institution, staff reports \| By Karen Yourish and Laura Stanton - The Washington Post - December 2, 2008 ¬es=Incoming presidents have 11 weeks between Election Day and Inauguration Day to pick their Cabinets and key White House staff members. So far, President-elect Barack Obama is ahead of his predecessors in announcing many of his intended nominees for top administration jobs" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('delicious')" onmouseout="resetbg2('delicious')" target="new">del.icio.us SOURCE: Brookings Institution, staff reports \| By Karen Yourish, Laura Stanton - The Washington Post - December 2, 2008 \'),\'newstrust\'+(new Date()).getMilliseconds(),\'dependent=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,alwaysRaised=yes,status=yes,directories=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,width=430,height=750,modal=no\'));ntw.focus();'" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('newstrust')" onmouseout="resetbg2('newstrust')">NewsTrust Stumble It! COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging » Links to this graphic		More on washingtonpost.com • More Politics News » washingtonpost.com
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This Story Obama Names Team to Face A Complex Security Picture Article \| President-elect Barack Obama's high-powered national security team, introduced yesterday at a Chicago news conference, faces the challenge of managing two wars and various ongoing foreign policy crises even as it helps the president-elect shape what he called "a new beginning, a new dawn of Ameri... Week 4 and Counting . . .		TOOLBOX E-Mail This Save/Share + Digg Facebook Reddit Twitter myspace SOURCE: Brookings Institution, staff reports \| By Karen Yourish and Laura Stanton - The Washington Post - December 2, 2008 ¬es=Incoming presidents have 11 weeks between Election Day and Inauguration Day to pick their Cabinets and key White House staff members. So far, President-elect Barack Obama is ahead of his predecessors in announcing many of his intended nominees for top administration jobs" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('delicious')" onmouseout="resetbg2('delicious')" target="new">del.icio.us SOURCE: Brookings Institution, staff reports \| By Karen Yourish, Laura Stanton - The Washington Post - December 2, 2008 \'),\'newstrust\'+(new Date()).getMilliseconds(),\'dependent=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,alwaysRaised=yes,status=yes,directories=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,width=430,height=750,modal=no\'));ntw.focus();'" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('newstrust')" onmouseout="resetbg2('newstrust')">NewsTrust Stumble It! COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging » Links to this graphic		More on washingtonpost.com • More Politics News » washingtonpost.com
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