washingtontimes.com - 10/28/2009
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During his first nine months in office, President Obama has quietly rewarded scores of top Democratic donors with VIP access to the White House, private briefings with administration advisers and invitations to important speeches and town-hall meetings. High-dollar fundraisers have been promised ...
politico.com - 10/21/2009
whitehouse.gov - 10/30/2009
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whitehouse.gov —
As part of President Obama's commitment to government
transparency, we are providing records of White House visitors...
on an ongoing basis online. In December 2009, we will begin posting all White House visitor records for the period from September 15th ...
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edmunds.com - 10/30/2009
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edmunds.com —
Today the Department of Transportation and White House
chose to respond to an analysis Edmunds.com released Wednesday...
that looked at auto sales this year and what sales volumes would have been had the popular Cash for Clunkers program never existed.
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Edmunds.com Responds to White House Comments on Cash for ...
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Breaking News: CBS News —
... environmental groups, has prompted an array of competing studies aimed at predicting what will happen if the United States comes up with a means of charging industries for creating the emissions linked to global warming. The answer to that question is based on complex calculations projecting years into the future -- the interpretation of which is influenced by each side's underlying beliefs. And it promises to define the debate on Capitol Hill for the next several months." ALSO: Washington Times' Matthew Mosk , "Democratic donors rewarded with W.H. perks" ...
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... it." "Hundreds of thousands of people have visited this White House since the president came in," he said. CBS News, working with the Washington Times, reviewed documents from the Democratic National Committee, the fundraising arm of the Democratic Party, that offer access, including in some cases quarterly meetings with senior members of the administration, to people who personally donate $30,400 or raise "$300,000 by the 2010 midterm elections." The Washington Times story is here , and the full CBS News report will air on tonight's "Evening News." Gibbs played down ...
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... have turned down the chance to be wooed by BofA, leaving the board to pick from a number of internal candidates. Sources said that the BofA board was keen on ex-JPMorgan Chase co-president Bill Winters, as well as Barclays Capital President Bob Diamond and ex-Merrill Lynch exec-turned-Yale professor Greg Fleming, but none of the three is interested. Diamond is said to have outright rejected an offer to be on a short list of candidates interviewed by the board. Washington Times - During his first nine months in office, President Obama has quietly rewarded scores of top Democratic ...
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