Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Obama names climate change experts to posts
President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday said he will "once again put science at the top of our agenda" and announced a science and technology team that continues Mr. Obama's vow to tackle global warming. Published December 20, 2008
Automakers get bailout with strings
President Bush said Friday that he will offer a $17.4 billion government loan to bail out automakers and force them to modernize, but the United Auto Workers union said it will push Democrats in Congress to drop some of the conditions Mr. Bush wants to impose. Published December 20, 2008
Bush spells out the auto restructuring plan
UPDATED: Hours after President Bush announced Friday he would offer $17.4 billion in loans to bail out automakers, the auto workers union said it will push Democrats in Congress to drop some of the conditions. Published December 19, 2008
Hurdle removed for Sen. Clinton
President Bush on Friday cleared the legal hurdle to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton becoming the next secretary of state by signing a reduction in the job's salary. Published December 19, 2008
Obama: Wall St. to get ‘adult supervision’
President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday said he will force "a shift in ethics" on Wall Street and argued for new, aggressive controls on markets as he named his financial regulatory team. Published December 19, 2008
Obama vows to rein in Wall St. excesses
President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday said he will impose "a shift in ethics" on Wall Street, arguing for new, aggressive controls on markets as he named his financial regulatory team. Published December 18, 2008
Gay man backed for Navy secretary
Some top retired military leaders and Democrats in Congress are backing William White to be the next secretary of the Navy -- a move that would put the first openly gay person at a high role. Published December 18, 2008
Blagojevich link stings even rival union
Gerald W. McEntee, president of one of the nation's largest unions, said the labor movement was damaged when the FBI linked a competing union to Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich's effort to sell Illinois' U.S. Senate seat and it hurts labor's push to pass the Employee Free Choice Act, unions' big legislative priority. Published December 18, 2008
Obama team clears itself on Blagojevich
UPDATED: President-elect Barack Obama said Monday that his transition team has completed its review of contacts with Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and has found itself blameless, but won't release the findings until next week. Published December 16, 2008
Bush shoe-throwing goes viral
UPDATED: It took two shoes to do it, but the lame duck finally has become an Internet phenomenon. Published December 16, 2008
Review finds transition team blameless
President-elect Barack Obama's transition team said Monday it has completed its review of contacts with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and has found itself blameless, but won't release the findings until next week. Published December 15, 2008
Bush shoe-throwing goes viral
It took two shoes to do it, but the lame duck has finally become an Internet phenomenon. Published December 15, 2008
Bush holiday extension to cost $450 million
The outgoing Bush administration has one final gift for federal employees - a paid holiday on Dec. 26, at a cost of $450 million in holiday pay and salary for lost productivity from those who get the day off, according to one watchdog's estimate. Published December 15, 2008
Obama names choice for HUD secretary
President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday said he will nominate Shaun Donovan, New York City's housing development commissioner, to shepherd the nation through the distressed housing market as secretary of housing and urban development. Published December 13, 2008
Bush’s auto U-turn incites GOP
Republicans angrily demanded that President Bush respect the legislative process after the Senate blocked financial aid to the automakers and the White House said that using Wall Street bailout funds is an option. Published December 13, 2008
Automaker bill failure sparks GOP intra-party war
UPDATED: Republicans on Friday angrily demanded that President Bush respect the legislative process after the White House declared it could rescue automakers on its own, following the Senate's block of the bailout measure. Published December 12, 2008
Obama says staff is clear of scandal
President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday that nobody in his transition office tried to make a deal with Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich on filling Illinois' vacant Senate seat, adding that he has not been contacted by federal authorities during their investigation of the governor. Published December 12, 2008
Obama says he has not been contacted by FBI
President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday morning he has not been contacted by federal authorities in the investigation of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, and said nobody in his transition was involved in deal-making with the governor. Published December 11, 2008
Bush defends policy of pre-emptive strike
President Bush Tuesday said Pakistan has been told that U.S. troops will take whatever steps they deem necessary to defend themselves, as he defended his doctrine of pre-emptive strikes as part of the war on terror. Published December 10, 2008
Bush defends pre-emptive strike doctrine
President Bush on Tuesday defended his doctrine of pre-emptive strikes as a critical part of his legacy he will leave the next president in fighting the war on terror. Published December 9, 2008
