Special Report: U.S. presidential election 2008
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect
Barack Obama nominated on Wednesday New Mexico governor Bill Richardson as the
next secretary of commerce.
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U.S. President-elect Barack Obama (L)
speaks while New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson looks on during the press
conference held in Chicago Dec. 3, 2008. Obama on Wednesday nominated New
Mexico Governor Bill Richardson as the next secretary of commerce.
(Xinhua/Han Wanning)
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"Last week, Vice President-elect Biden and I began
the process of announcing our economic team," Obama told a news conference at
his transition office headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. "Today we are pleased
to name another key member of this team -- our nominee for secretary of
commerce, my great friend, Gov. Bill Richardson."
Obama described Richardson as a leading "economic
diplomat for America" who "has been seen from just about every angle what makes
our economy work and what keeps it from working better" during his time in state
government and Congress, and in two tours of duty in the cabinet.
Richardson, 61, has served as United Nations
ambassador and energy secretary during the Clinton administration. He is
currently in his second term as New Mexico's governor.
As a Hispanic, Richardson launched his bid for the White House early this year, but gave it up after the second Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire.
He then threw his support for Obama and campaigned for his bid to become the first African-American president in the country.
Obama unveils economic team to tackle economic crisis
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U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is flanked by Council of Economic Advisors Director-designate Christina Romer(L), National Economic Council Director-designate Lawrence Summers (R) as he announces the members of his economic policy team during a news conference in Chicago, November 24, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- With the economy in crisis, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Monday unveiled his economic team pick to shore up financial markets and tackle the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression in 1930s. Full story
Obama reiterates plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq in 16 months
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama reiterated on Monday his plan to withdraw U.S. combat forces from Iraq in the first 16 month after he takes office.
Obama told a press conference in his transition office headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, that he still believes 16 months is the "right time frame" to redeploy U.S. combat troops from Iraq. Full story
Obama vows to eliminate threat of terrorism
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama pledged on Monday to make every effort to eliminate the threat of terrorism after he is sworn in as president in January next year.
"We cannot tolerate a world where innocents are being killed by extremists," Obama said at a news conference in Chicago. Full story
Top aide: Obama cabinet to be nearly complete by Christmas
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will have nearly named his entire cabinet by Christmas, a top Obama aide said Friday.
John Podesta, a co-chair of the Obama transition team, told Bloomberg News that "virtually the whole cabinet" would be in place by the end of the year.
Earlier this week, Obama announced his nomination of New York Fed chairman Timothy Geithner to be treasury secretary. Full story
