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| Obama orders 60-day cybersecurity review
February 9, 2009 at 8:10 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday ordered an immediate 60-day review of federal cybersecurity efforts and named Melissa Hathaway, a top U.S. intelligence official, to oversee the effort. |
| Obama pitches economic plan to American people
February 9, 2009 at 8:06 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama took his case for a massive economic stimulus package directly to the recession-weary American people on Monday as he urged Congress to move swiftly on a final bill before the crisis worsens. |
| Recovery package clears key Senate hurdle
February 9, 2009 at 7:38 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Monday moved a step closer toward approving President Barack Obama's plan to jolt the U.S. economy out of recession with government spending and tax breaks, setting up a vote to pass the $838 billion emergency package on Tuesday. |
| Senator seeks Bush-era "truth commission"
February 9, 2009 at 7:20 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. "truth commission" should investigate Bush administration policies including the promotion of war in Iraq, detainee treatment and wiretapping without a warrant, an influential senator proposed on Monday. |
| SEC's top enforcer to leave agency
February 9, 2009 at 5:43 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Commission's top enforcement official, Linda Thomsen, will resign, the agency said on Monday, less than a week after a congressional panel chastised her for failing to follow up tips that might have uncovered Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion fraud. |
| Obama team works on bank rescue, private money eyed
February 9, 2009 at 5:39 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday was nailing down details of a bank rescue plan expected to offer incentives to lure private investors into buying bad debts undermining the financial system and the economy. |
| Justice Department to review all state secrets claims
February 9, 2009 at 5:36 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder ordered on Monday a review of all claims of state secrets used to block lawsuits into warrantless spying on Americans and the treatment of foreign terrorism suspects. |
| Treasury staff to brief Senate committee: source
February 9, 2009 at 5:35 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Staff from the U.S. Treasury Department will brief staff from the Senate Banking Committee about a financial rescue plan at 6:30 p.m. EST on Monday, a source familiar with the meeting said. |
| Obama aide Summers: private capital has role
February 9, 2009 at 4:47 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top White House economic aide said on Monday that the Obama administration would push private investors to buy compromised mortgage-related assets that are clogging bank balance sheets. |
| EBay ex-CEO Whitman plans run for California governor
February 9, 2009 at 12:55 pm
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| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Former eBay Inc Chief Executive Meg Whitman, one of the highest profile Republican technology executives in Silicon Valley, has formed a committee to explore running for governor of California in 2010, the first official step of a campaign. |
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