President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for attorney general is Eric Holder, a former No. 2 Justice Department official in the Clinton administration and Obama campaign aide who would become the first African American to serve as the nation's chief lawyer.
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Liberal activists are outraged that the Connecticut senator, who supported McCain for president, will retain his committee chairmanship. >>
She has not indicated whether she will take the job if she does not become Obama's secretary of State, but expanding coverage has been one of her goals for years. >>
As the Obama girls get ready to move into the White House, their parents must decide how to help them live in the fishbowl of the presidency. >>
AUTOS
The package would be in addition to a $100-billion stimulus proposal, but Republicans -- and time -- are not on their side. >>
A scientific panel chartered by Congress cites nerve gas drug and pesticides used during the conflict as being associated with veterans' neurological problems. >>
A TIME OF TRANSITION
The two have a 'productive conversation' in Chicago. 'The general sense was that these guys could get some work done together,' an Obama aide says. >>
The former U.N. ambassador faces a diplomatic test: convincing Obama to give him the prized job when he has a history of conflict with some of the president-elect's advisors. >>
The Connecticut senator may get to keep a key chairmanship. On the GOP side, Ted Stevens of Alaska may face expulsion from the party's Senate caucus. >>
Experts say the nation's hard times may paradoxically quicken a sweeping reform of the healthcare system. >>
THE ECONOMY
The severity of the nation's economic woes requires him to act before taking office or face an even deeper crisis, experts say. >>
Liberals hope the president-elect would name someone who could counter the court's conservative justices. But Obama has hinted that he favors a more moderate choice. >>
The president-elect also discusses his historic election, national security, Bin Laden, Lincoln, FDR and college football. >>
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