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THE NEW YORK TIMES

After sharp words on CIA, Obama faces a delicate task

For two years on the presidential campaign trail, Barack Obama rallied crowds with strongly worded critiques of the Bush administration’s most controversial counterterrorism programs, from hiding terrorism suspects in secret Central Intelligence Agency jails to questioning them with methods he denounced as torture. Now Obama must take charge of the C.I.A., in what is already proving to be one of the more treacherous patches of his transition to the White House.

  • Georgia Sen. Chambliss wins re-election in runoff

    Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss handed the GOP a firewall against Democrats eager to flex their newfound political muscle in Washington, winning a bruising runoff battle Tuesday night that had captured the national limelight. Video Available Photo Gallery Available

  • Xavier Becerra to be offered job of U.S. Trade Rep

    Representative Xavier Becerra, a California Democrat who once declared U.S. trade policy was broken completely, has been offered the job of President-elect Barack Obama's top trade official, two Democrats close to the transition office said.

  • Mel Martinez won't seek Senate reelection

    U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez's announcement Tuesday that he will not run for reelection set off a political free-for-all throughout Florida, as a slew of would-be successors began jockeying for position in the state's marquee race in 2010.


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