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Bernanke to Congress: Address the Debt

By | 10.05.10 | 2:26 pm

Yesterday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a speech to the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council. He argued that the United States is on an unsustainable fiscal course, and that while he does not advise cutting spending in the next two years, after 2012 Congress needs to get serious More…

Obama: Health Care Reform a Top Priority

By | 12.11.08 | 1:37 pm

Also addressed during President-elect Barack Obama’s juicy press conference about the Blagojevich scandal was the presser’s stated subject, health care.

Obama officially named former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) as his choice for secretary of health and human services and director of the new White House Office of Health More…

Physicist Tops Obama’s List for Energy Secretary

By | 12.10.08 | 4:41 pm

CNN and The Huffington Post are reporting that President-elect Barack Obama is close to settling on Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu as his pick for energy secretary.