John Podesta News
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Obama Makes Surprise Visit to AfghanistanPresident Obama is in Afghanistan, having made a surprise trip there overnight. Under cover of night and without making his plans public, the president departed in Air Force One around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, flying along with National Security advisor Susan Rice, senior White House advisor...
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Who Makes What at the White House?
… Pfieffer ; Press Secretary Josh Earnest ; Cecilia Muñoz Director of Domestic Policy Council; and Counselor to the President John Podesta . All these folks also have title of “assistant to the president.” And none of them have received a raise since …
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Hooray for Hollywood
… BIG DATA' REPORT. Prompted by President Obama in his speech on surveillance practices in January, senior adviser John Podesta and his team have completed a White House review of "big data." The 85-page report focuses on consumers and businesses …
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Your Privacy at the Heart of New White House 'Big Data' Report
… on surveillance practices in January, senior adviser John Podesta and his team have completed a White House review of ..... review, saying then: "I have also asked my counselor, John Podesta , to lead a comprehensive review of big data and privacy …
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State of the Union 'Designated Survivor' Demystified… recalled former Energy Secretary Bill Richardson of the moment he was asked by then White House chief of staff John Podesta in 2000. "He said well, you've been selected." Richardson made the most out of his stint, turning it into a …
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The Harder They Fall (The Note)
… petition asking for the government to reveal its search for extraterrestrials. WHO'S TWEETING? ?@amieparnes: John Podesta , "valuable towards keeping the base activated and keeping the party feeling good about the White House." http …
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'Twas The Week Before Christmas' Health Care Headache
… scott-brown-speaking-gop-event-nashua-set-greeted-protests-from-left-and-right/fGk5HoSDM7DsWRIXlBKrfJ/story.html ... @tackettdc : What might John Podesta have in mind? @mikedorning http://bloom.bg/1gKjGCc @brianjameswalsh : If you have any question why the Cook …
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Obama's New Adviser Compared GOP To 'Cult Worthy Of Jonestown'
John Podesta hasn't started yet in his new position ..... himself in hot water with Republicans. Podesta , President Bill Clinton's former Chief ..... charge of one of the houses of Congress," Podesta told Politico in an interview earlier …
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The Note's Must-Reads for Wednesday, December 11, 2013
… Democratic strategist who helped guide President Clinton through the darkest days of his presidency. The appointment of John Podesta , who was the White House chief of staff during the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the impeachment proceedings in Congress …
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Bipartisan Ballot Busters
… like an old White House face: John Podesta , the senior Democratic strategist ..... alternative." NEW FACES, OLD FACES . John Podesta , Bill Clinton's former chief ..... senior White House official confirms Podesta will serve as counselor to President …
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Hillary Clinton Lauds Progressive Think Tank, Denounces 'Evidence-Free' Policy Debates in DC… she added. The organization was founded in 2003 by John Podesta , White House chief of staff to former President Bill ..... the organization's president. Clinton praised both Podesta and Tanden for molding the organization in a tumultuous …
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The Note's Must-Reads for Thursday, October 10, 2013
… President Barack Obama was re-elected, he confided to John Podesta , an informal adviser, a vow he was making for his second ..... blackmail over whether the country would default," said Podesta , a onetime chief of staff to President Bill Clinton …
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A GOP Mess In Massachusetts (The Note)
… according to a source familiar with the speech: "The speech, which has the backing of former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta , will urge the Obama administration and Congress to place energy development 'on equal ground' with the conservation …
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ANALYSIS: Liberals Line Up At The White House… Mary Kay Henry, SEIU; Lee Saunders, AFSCME; Dennis Van Roekel, NEA; Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO; Neera Tanden and John Podesta , Center for American Progress; Bob Greenstein, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities; Laura Burton Capps, Common …
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Liberals Line Up At The White House
… Mary Kay Henry, SEIU; Lee Saunders, AFSCME; Dennis Van Roekel, NEA; Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO; Neera Tanden and John Podesta , Center for American Progress; Bob Greenstein, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities; Laura Burton Capps, Common …
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White House, Obama camp, blast Romney's ‘blatantly dishonest' welfare charge
… the truth," former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta told reporters on the call. Podesta praised the Obama administration, saying it ..... check in with the president (Clinton)," Podesta said. "He completely agrees with my analysis …
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Romney's Secretary of State: Whittling the List… Taliban talks in a Foreign Policy op-ed he coauthored in an Afghanistan treatise with Center for American Progress chair John Podesta . "Efforts to reach a settlement should include an approach to Taliban elements that are ready to give up the fight …
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On Daley Accepting the Chief of Staff’s Job – Which, Per Rahm, “Has a Great Fireplace and a Great Deck, But Everything In Between Sucks”
… President Reagan’s chief of staff Ken Duberstein, and two of President Clinton’s former chiefs of staff – John Podesta and CIA director Leon Panetta. It had not escaped the president’s notice that Daley has criticized the White House …
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Richard Holbrooke was focused on mission at the end
… Caroline Wadhams of the Center for American Progress, a think tank run by former Clinton White House chief of staff John Podesta . That said, Holbrooke's push for civilian changes never got nearly as much traction or attention as the military …
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The Note: Kicking The Can
… conferred have included former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-SD and former Clinton White House chief of staff John Podesta . ... President Clinton suffered far a greater defeat – or “shellacking,” in President Obama’s terminology …
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In Latest Outreach for Advice, President Obama to Host President Clinton at White House Tomorrow
… conferred have included former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-SD and former Clinton White House chief of staff John Podesta . The shifting political landscape – a soon-to-be Republican House, a Senate with a much narrower Democratic …
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Ratings Report for ABC News’ “This Week with Christiane Amanpour” Sunday, November 7, 2010
… Ms. Amanpour also had an exclusive interview with Senator-elect Rand Paul (R-KY). Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN); John Podesta , President and CEO of the Center for American Progress; political strategist Matthew Dowd, ABC News’ political director …
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Greenroom: Bush's BookGeorge Will, Sen. Evan Bayh, Matt Dowd, John Podesta and Amy Walter.
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Bayh Takes on The Politics of Pelosi
… Pelosi." 'This Week' anchor Christiane Amanpour asked John Podesta , Bill Clinton's former chief of staff, if it was ..... achievements that President Obama asked her to produce," Podesta , who is President of the Center for American Progress …
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Roundtable: Election AftermathGeorge Will, Sen. Evan Bayh, Matt Dowd, John Podesta and Amy Walter.
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Roundtable: Republican Tsunami?Joining us this morning George Will senator Evan Bayh of Indiana who's retiring at the end of this congress George Podesta president of the Center for American Progress. Former White House chief of stuff President Clinton and also that the transition …
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The Note: Congressional Intrigue
… with Amanpour for a debate over tax cuts. On this week’s roundtable: outgoing Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh joins John Podesta of the Center for American Progress, former Bush political strategist Matthew Dowd , ABC News’ Political Director …
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Coming Up on 'This Week' ... EXCLUSIVE: Senator-elect Rand Paul, Rep. Mike Pence and David Stockman… lessons they should learn as he joins our roundtable, with George Will , former Bush political strategist Matthew Dowd , John Podesta of the Center for American Progress and ABC News Political Director Amy Walter . They'll offer a full assessment of …
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'This Week' Transcript: Rand Paul, Rep. Mike Pence and David Stockman
… and former Obama adviser John Podesta join ABC's George Will ..... this Congress -- George Podesta , president of the Center ..... any case. AMANPOUR: And, John Podesta , who I wrongly called George Podesta -- I don't know what was …
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Chamber of Commerce: The White House Wants Our Donor Lists So Its Allies Can Intimidate Our Donors
… liberal blog, subset of the Center for American Progress, which is run by the president's transition campaign director John Podesta , that made a lot of inferences and clearly Al Fang who is the author of that blog doesn't even understand what an …
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Rove Responds to Foreign Money Accusations… his attack on a blog by think progress which is associated with the senator for American progress a group. Headed by John Podesta who was the chairman of the president's transition. It is a political group and does not reveal it's donors president …
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More Staffing News -- Pete Rouse In, Tom Donilon Stays Where He Is, and Gen. Jim Jones On His Way Out
… Obama forming a presidential exploratory commission, and also led the presidential transition before handing it over to John Podesta . He and Emanuel could not be more different in style and temperament. Rouse is laconic and works matters behind the …
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Replacing Rahm Emanuel: Who Will Be New White House Chief of Staff?… well. Dark Horses: Several former Clinton chiefs of staff are also mentioned as possible replacements for Emanuel. John Podesta is an Obama adviser and currently CEO of the Center for American Progress, a progressive think tank. Leon Panetta …
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THIS WEEK This Week – 5/9/2010
… roundtable consisted of George Will , the Hoover Institution's Shelby Steele , the Center for American Progress’s John Podesta , and author and journalist Robin Wright of the US Institute of Peace. They talked about national security, the Greek …