CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama has chosen retired Gen.Eric K. Shinseki to be secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department, elevating the former Army chief of staff, who was vilified by the Bush administration on the eve of the Iraq war for his warning that far more troops would be needed than the Pentagon had committed. In his choice [...]
President-elect Barack Obama on Monday officially introduced the members of his national security team, including former Democratic primary rival Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state and Robert Gates, who will be remain as defense secretary. Obama also announced that retired Marine Gen. James L. Jones — a former top commander of NATO and U.S. [...]
Barack Obama and George Bush at the White House. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, arrived at the White House this afternoon to meet with President George Bush, the latest step in a transfer of power that appears to be progressing notably smoothly less than one week after Obama’s [...]
