Tom Daschle is "known for speaking softly but acting boldly," President-elect Barack Obama said today in announcing the former Senate Majority Leader as his choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services and Director of the new White House Office on Health Reform. Learn more at Change.gov.
At a press conference in Chicago today, President-elect Barack Obama announced additional members of his economic team -- nominating Peter Orszag as Director and Rob Nabors as Deputy Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.
Speaking to an assembly of nearly all of the nation's governors in Philadelphia this morning, President-elect Obama called for innovation and collaboration, and invited dissenting opinions on how best to fix the economy.
At a press conference in Chicago today, President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden officially announced key members of their economic team, naming Timothy Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury and Lawrence Summers as Director of the National Economic Council.
Heather Zichal, a member of the Obama-Biden Transition's Energy and Environment Policy Team, responds to questions submitted to http://www.change.go v on topics ranging from increasing the number of hybrid cars on the road to making the White House green.
President-elect Barack Obama took some time on World AIDS Day to remember the history of the AIDS epidemic and to thank all those who work so hard to stop this epidemic and educate the public.
A behind-the-scenes look at the Obama-Biden Transition's economic team, including interviews with Paul Volcker, Austan Goolsbee, and Peter Orszag. Learn more at http://change.gov/ec onomy
At his first press conference since being elected President, Barack Obama spoke about new job numbers and steps the government can take to help our struggling economy.
Melody Barnes, President-elect Obama's Director-designate of the Domestic Policy Council, talks about the challenges we face and her plans for taking them on.
In a preview of his weekly address, President-elect Barack Obama addressed the nation on the occasion of Thanksgiving, nearly one hundred and fifty years after President Lincoln called for the last Thursday in November to be set aside to acknowledge our blessings. For more information, visit http://change.gov.
This week, President-elect Barack Obama addresses the job loss that our nation continues to endure and offers solutions to the challenges we face. For more information, visit http://change.gov.
We invited you to join the discussion on health care, and thousands of you did. Now, the Health Policy Team's Tom Daschle and Lauren Aronson respond. For more information, visit http://change.gov/he althcare
Thousands of you joined the discussion on the economy at change.gov. Now the Economic Policy Team's Brian Deese responds. For more information, visit http://change.gov/ec onomy
President-elect Barack Obama announces he has directed his economic team to assemble an Economic Recovery Plan that will save or create 2.5 million more jobs by January of 2011. For more information, visit http://change.gov.
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