Nov 19th, 2008 · President-elect Barack Obama is expected to nominate Eric Holder as attorney general. Holder, who served as deputy attorney general during the Clinton Administration, would be the first African American to hold the top position at the Justice Department. A close family friend of Holder shares her thoughts on the Washington lawyer.
Nov 5th, 2008 · Barack Obama won a decisive number of electoral votes in Tuesday's presidential race. Steve Hildebrand, deputy campaign manager for the Obama campaign, talks with Steve Inskeep about how they were able to get different demographics to the polls.
Nov 3rd, 2008 · With 24 hours to go before Election Day, the campaigns will deploy thousands of people to go door-to-door, make last-minute phone calls, and arrange for rides to the polls Tuesday. Steve Hildebrand is deputy campaign manager for Barack Obama. He tells Renee Montagne what the campaign is trying to accomplish the final day of campaigning.
Oct 10th, 2008 · In these days of grim and anxious economic news, how can parents effectively talk with their children about finances? Janet Bodnar, deputy editor of Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine and author of Raising Money Smart Kids offers her insight.
Oct 3rd, 2008 · Now that the House has passed the massive financial rescue plan, what's next? Ken Rogoff, a professor of economics at Harvard and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, and Adam Posen, deputy director and senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, offer their insight.
Oct 3rd, 2008 · A man who had just posted bond at Florida's Charlotte County Jail was re-arrested after a deputy watched him checking for unlocked cars. Brian Dudenhefer eventually found an unlocked Ford 150 pickup truck and was apprehended as he was about to drive away. He said he was just looking for a cell phone to call his wife.
Sep 25th, 2008 · Kgalema Motlanthe is South Africa's new president. The country's parliament elected Motlanthe's after South African President Thabo Mbeki was forced to step down after he was found to be a part of a conspiracy to discredit his former deputy, Jacob Zuma. Ferial Haffajee, of the Mail & Guardian newspaper, offers analysis of the ongoing political situation in South Africa.
Sep 16th, 2008 · Gen. David Petraeus has handed over control of U.S. forces in Iraq to his longtime deputy, and headed back home where he will take charge of U.S. Central Command, with responsibility for the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan.