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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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