Read more Cabinet stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/700/cabinet.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:15:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69624/bush-cabinet-member-in-criminal-inquiry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether Gale Norton illegally used her power as secretary of the Interior to obtain three oil contracts for Royal Dutch Shell—which only months later hired her as a legal counsel. The 2006 decision to award Shell leases on oil-rich federal...http://www.newser.com/story/69624/bush-cabinet-member-in-criminal-inquiry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 6:40:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62949/sanford-says-he-wont-resign-cites-bible.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGov. Mark Sanford apologized today to his South Carolina cabinet, the State reports, but said he wouldn’t resign and compared himself to the Biblical David. David “fell mightily, he fell in very significant ways, but was able to pick up the pieces,” said the Republican, adding that he was sorry...http://www.newser.com/story/62949/sanford-says-he-wont-resign-cites-bible.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Jun 2009 16:39:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52561/obamas-slow-vetting-leaves-agencies-empty-stymied.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration’s painstaking vetting of nominees for important positions has left many lower-level posts unfilled at a time of crisis, NPR reports. Some agencies lack appointees below Cabinet level—meaning, for example, that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is swamped as “pretty much the only Obama appointee with a desk...http://www.newser.com/story/52561/obamas-slow-vetting-leaves-agencies-empty-stymied.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Mar 2009 7:48:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/52004/vetting-process-leaves-agencies-understaffed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama’s nominee vetting process is making it hard for federal agencies to get to work on new projects, the Boston Globe reports. Of about 500 senior positions, only 70 have been filled. Normally that wouldn’t be a problem, but the passage of the stimulus package “may exacerbate the consequences...http://www.newser.com/story/52004/vetting-process-leaves-agencies-understaffed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 27 Feb 2009 15:02:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51504/sebelius-mum-on-hhs-post.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, mentioned as a top candidate for health secretary, said today she has not talked with President Barack Obama about joining his Cabinet. "There really isn't anything to tell. I haven't had any meetings about the position," Sebelius, 60, said in an interview with the AP during...http://www.newser.com/story/51504/sebelius-mum-on-hhs-post.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 22 Feb 2009 14:54:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51353/netanyahu-to-form-israeli-government.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRight-of-center Benjamin Netanyahu has been asked to form Israel’s new government, despite President Shimon Peres’s initial hopes that Netanyahu would share power with centrist Tzipi Livni, who was the top vote-getter in the election last week. Livni said she would prefer to head the opposition, the BBC reports. A coalition...http://www.newser.com/story/51353/netanyahu-to-form-israeli-government.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Feb 2009 8:08:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51144/clinton-the-campaigner-moves-to-state-for-good-or-ill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs Hillary Clinton takes over the State Department, it's worth remembering that her train-wreck presidential campaign followed an "audacious 2000 run for Senate" and an excellent record as a legislator, Michael Crowley writes for the New Republic. "The question—not only for Hillary's legacy but for US foreign policy—is...http://www.newser.com/story/51144/clinton-the-campaigner-moves-to-state-for-good-or-ill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Feb 2009 7:47:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50547/obama-campaign-advisers-left-out-in-the-cold.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProminent advisers to presidential candidates can usually count on having their pick of administration jobs after the campaign. Not so with candidate Obama's foreign policy team, most of whom shaded to the left, the LA Times reports. It stems from the president's decision to give the three top national security...http://www.newser.com/story/50547/obama-campaign-advisers-left-out-in-the-cold.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Feb 2009 17:06:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49789/whats-the-fallout-from-daschles-withdrawal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTom Daschle gave up his nomination for Health and Human Services Secretary, raising a host of questions, Matthew Cooper writes at Talking Points Memo. Did an issue besides tax problems arise? Was the decision really Daschle’s, or the administration’s? Some other big issues: How many Obama nominees will be felled...http://www.newser.com/story/49789/whats-the-fallout-from-daschles-withdrawal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Feb 2009 14:10:36 CST