Presidential transition of Barack Obama

As President Obama moves into his second term, his policy priorities, and the policies themselves, will likely shift. Yesterday we learned that the Obama administration is considering the “zero option” when the United States withdraws from Afghanistan in 2014, leaving no American troops behind in the country.  Elisabeth Bumiller, Pentagon correspondent for Takeaway partner The New […]

At his first press conference since reelection, President Obama calls for climate action, but not at the expense of jobs.

President Obama won reelection on Tuesday night, granting him another four years in the White House. As he transitions from his first term to his second, the president will likely make some personnel changes. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said, repeatedly, that she will retire from her post at the end of 2012, and […]