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Obama Cabinet has the ''best cabinet basketball team in history''

Obama Cabinet has the ''best cabinet basketball team in history''Chicago, Dec. 17 : Everyone knows that US President-elect Barack Obama is obsessed with sports, and to prove it, he has assembled what he proudly calls ''the best basketball-playing cabinet in American history''.

According to The Telegraph, the latest to join the ranks is Arne Duncan, 44, Obama''s education secretary.

Duncan is a 6ft 5in tall former co-captain of Harvard''s basketball team who also played professionally in Australia.

Obama says he had no contact with Illinois Governor over choosing Senate replacement

Obama says he had no contact with Illinois Governor over choosing Senate replacement

Obama announces energy, environmental team

Obama announces energy, environmental teamChicago, Dec. 16 : US President-elect Barack Obama on Monday announced his energy and environmental teams.

Steven Chu, who shared the Nobel Prize for physics 11 years ago, was tapped to be Obama''s secretary of the Department of Energy.

He is currently the head of the Berkeley National Laboratory and is a specialist in carbon-neutral energy sources.

Obama said Chu was "uniquely suited" to serve in his Cabinet.

Obama speaking of the people, to the people

Obama speaking of the people, to the peopleChicago, Dec. 14 : US President-elect Barack Obama has been using his four minutes of weekend airtime not only to speak directly to the American people, but also to create news.

According to the Washington Post, Obama used the address to announce Shaun Donovan, New York City''s housing commissioner, as his nominee to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Obama has previously outlined a series of specific proposals aimed at reversing the nation''s economic torpor, and he sketched out a plan to save or create 2.5 million jobs over the next two years.

Obama team considering over 600 billion-dollar economic-stimulus plan

Barack ObamaChicago, Dec. 13 : US President-elect Barack Obama''s economic team is considering an economic-stimulus program that could be in excess of 600 billion dollars to be used over a period of two years.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, sources close to the Obama camp said with the unemployment rate now expected to hit nine percent without aggressive intervention, Obama aides and advisers have set $600 billion over two years as "a very low-end estimate."

The final number is expected to be significantly higher, possibly between 700 billion dollars and a trillion dollars over two years.

Obama aide Emanuel in hot water over Illinois senator selection scam

Obama aide Emanuel in hot water over Illinois senator selection scamChicago, Dec. 13: Rahm Emanuel, US President-elect Barack Obama's designated Chief of Staff, is reportedly facing claims that he had repeated conversations with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who has been accused of trying to sell Obama''s US Senate seat.

Sources close to the investigation were quoted by The Telegraph as saying that Emanuelhad conversations about the issue with both Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris, who is also facing corruption charges.

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