Obama Nominees Face Senate Confirmation

January 09, 2009 12:00 am

Confirmation hearing dates for Obama Cabinet nominees. Read More

January 09, 2009 12:00 am

Peter R. Orszag has been nominated Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Read More

January 09, 2009 12:00 am

Leon Panetta has been nominated Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) by President-elect Barack Obama. Read More

December 31, 2008 12:00 am

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) has been nominated Secretary of State and Dr. Susan Rice, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, by President-elect Barack Obama. Read More

December 31, 2008 12:00 am

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has been nominated Secretary of Commerce by President-elect Barack Obama. Read More

Former Dallas mayor to lead trade efforts

December 22, 2008 12:00 am

President elect Barack Obama has named former Dallas, Texas Mayor Ron Kirk his U.S. Trade Representative. Read More

First Black to lead Agency

December 16, 2008 12:00 am

President-elect Barack Obama has named Lisa P. Jackson, chief of staff to New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine and former head of the state’s environmental protection agency, as administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Read More

First Black Woman to Hold Post

December 01, 2008 12:00 am

President-elect Barack Obama made another historic appointment to his historic Cabinet, this time with the naming of Dr. Susan E. Rice as Ambassador to the United Nations. Rice, if confirmed by the Senate, would be the first Black woman to hold the position Read More

Names ex-Fed Chief Paul Volcker to lead group

November 26, 2008 2:32 am

President-elect Barack Obama held his third press conference in Chicago in as many days Wednesday, announcing the creation of an Economic Recovery Advisory Board and naming former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker to lead the panel. Read More

Think Tank Exec heading to White House

November 26, 2008 12:00 am

President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Melody Barnes to fill the role of Director of the Domestic Policy Council in his administration. Read More

Chicago Connection emerging in White House

November 25, 2008 12:00 am

President-elect Obama has picked a close friend of his and wife Michelle Obama to serve as White House Social Secretary. Desiree Rogers, a Chicago businesswoman, will be in charge of the President-elect’s social calendar and events and ceremonies at the White House. Read More

Obama is rounding out his team

November 25, 2008 12:00 am

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has been tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to be the Secretary of Commerce according to several published reports. The former Clinton administration Energy Secretary and Ambassador to the United Nations represents the first high-profile Latino to be appointed to President-elect Obama’s inner circle. Read More

Full Throttle to Beat Back Panic

November 25, 2008 12:00 am

Knowing that consumer confidence has been severely shaken and the markets are panicked, resulting in volatile swings, President-elect Obama sought to project the image of a leader in control when he announced his economic “Dream Team” on Monday. Read More

November 19, 2008 12:00 am

It appears that President-elect Obama has asked Eric Holder, Jr., U.S. District Attorney for the District of Columbia, to be his Attorney General. If Holder is nominated and confirmed he would be the first Black American to serve as the nation’s chief law enforcement officer. We believe it is a wise choice and are confident that Mr. Holder is up to the task. Read More

Friend & trusted adviser joins team

November 17, 2008 12:00 am

Chicagoan and Obama confidant Valerie Bowman Jarrett has been named to the new President's staff. Read More

Key positions up for grabs

November 16, 2008 12:00 am

As the Obama-Biden Transition team considers possible Cabinet level appointments to the incoming administration, a number of Black Americans’ names are surfacing as possible picks. Read More

November 14, 2008 12:00 am

The Obama-Biden Transition team has started to begin reviewing key federal departments, agencies and commissions in preparation for the Obama administration’s transition to power. An Agency Review Team has been named with three co-chairs: Melody Barnes, who served as the Senior Domestic Policy Advisor for the Obama campaign and Executive Vice President for Policy at the Center for American Progress; Lisa Brown, Executive Director of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy; and Dan Gips, Group Vice President of Global Corporate Development at Level 3 Communications. Read More

Preparing to take over the White House

November 11, 2008 12:00 am

It was only a visit but the short trip President-elect Barack Obama and wife Michelle paid to the White House itself was historic. The soon-to-be first couple called upon President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush for a firsthand look at what will be the Obama’s new home as of January 20, 2009. Read More

Says economy is the priority

November 08, 2008 12:00 am

Obama meets with journalists for 20-minute session. Read More

Chooses Insider for Top Staff Position

November 07, 2008 12:00 am

President-elect Barack Obama has named Illinois congressman Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff. In picking the former Clinton administration staffer, Obama appears to be sending an early message that the West Wing of the White House will take a very pragmatic and centrist approach to governing come January. Read More