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  • Help-Wanted Ad Posted by Obama for Thankless IRS Position

    President Barack Obama needs someone who can manage 90,000 employees, handle a hostile Congress and file impeccable personal tax returns.

  • Obama Gets Terror Policy Right. Will He Fight for It?

    In his recent speech on terrorism and national security, President Barack Obama performed superbly as explainer in chief, a role in which he often hasn’t succeeded. It may not matter much.

  • Rumsfeld, Cheney Trade Shots, Charm Podesta: D.C. Scene

    “Obviously, I get to speak first since I was the best secretary of defense,” joked former Vice President Dick Cheney, while introducing Donald Rumsfeld at a book party last night.

  • Podesta: Criticism of Romney is Fair

    Criticism of Mitt Romney by Republican rivals over his private-equity record at Bain Capital LLC is fair and will haunt him in November, said John Podesta, a former Democratic White House chief of staff.

  • Podesta Urges Against Prolonged Action on Fiscal Hurdles

    A significant postponement of spending cuts and tax-cut expirations set to kick in Jan. 1 would be a “disaster” for U.S. fiscal credibility and for President Barack Obama’s ability to govern if he is re-elected, said John Podesta, a former White House chief of staff to President Bill Clinton.

  • U.S. Speeds to Stop Terror as Texas Blast Safety Ignored

    Political labels fell aside after the Boston Marathon bombing that killed three as Americans “united in concern for our fellow citizens,” said President Barack Obama, a Democrat. House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican, urged the country to “come together with grace and strength.”

  • Carbon Markets Drive China, India Climate Efforts, Center Says

    Carbon markets are a key driver for investment in the biggest emerging nations’ greenhouse-gas reducing efforts, and allowing them to collapse would be a “disaster,” according to the Center for American Progress.

  • Climate Treaty Hinges on Obama Making Case, Ex-Aides Say

    One of the biggest things President Barack Obama can do to fight global warming is to talk about it.

  • Podesta Says ’Disaster’ to Delay Fiscal Reckoning (Transcript)

    John Podesta, a White House chief of staff to former President Bill Clinton, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital With Al Hunt,” airing this weekend, that a significant postponement of spending cuts and tax-cut expirations set to kick in Jan. 1 would be a “disaster” for U.S. fiscal credibility and for President Barack Obama’s ability to govern if elected to a second term.

  • Podesta Says Criticism of Romney’s Bain Record Fair (Transcript)

    John Podesta, a former Democratic White House chief of staff, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” airing this weekend, that criticism leveled at Mitt Romney by Republican presidential rivals over his private-equity record at Bain Capital LLC is fair and will haunt him in the November election. Podesta is now chairman of the Center for American Progress, a Washington research group with close ties to the White House.

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