Morning Update: Bailout Plan
The Bush administration may leave half (AP) of the $700 billion financial rescue fund for the Obama administration to spend at its discretion.
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The Bush administration may leave half (AP) of the $700 billion financial rescue fund for the Obama administration to spend at its discretion.
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Greg Craig, who served as a top foreign policy adviser to the Obama campaign, has been named White House counsel (WashPost) for the president-elect.
In response to the recent CFR.org Daily Analysis Brief, The Oil Investment Dilemma, reader Barry Parker writes:
The Obama-Biden transition team is rumored to be considering Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) for the position of secretary of state (AP).
Advice for Obama: The New York Times looks at President-elect Barack Obama’s recent “bombardment” with calls from foreign leaders pressuring him on a range of policy issues.
Middle East expert Juan Cole reviewed President-elect Barack Obama’s positions to date on Iraq and Afghanistan in a lecture at the University of Chicago on Wednesday evening. Cole, who tracks 
events in the Middle East on his Informed Comment blog, said many of Obama’s campaign positions on the Iraq war have recently become “more plausible” as a result of developments there.
The Obama-Biden transition team announced on Wednesday the review team leaders for the Treasury, State and Defense Departments. The Washington Post profiles the new appointees.
An expert panel discussed possible policy solutions to the global financial crisis Tuesday night at NYU. CFR.org contributing writer Julie Ginsberg filed this report from the event.
President-elect Barack Obama has opted not to attend (NYT) this weekend’s emergency international economic meetings in Washington. Nineteen foreign leaders will be in attendance.
President-elect Obama, meeting President Bush yesterday at the White House, urged Bush to extend an aid package (WashPost) to automakers by giving them access to some of the Treasury Department’s $700 billion economic rescue program. Bush indicated to Obama that he might be willing to consider throwing his support behind such a measure if congressional Democrats agree to support his proposed free trade deal with Colombia.
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