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You are here: Home / Archives for President-elect Obama

Letter: Richardson’s withdrawal erases nothing

January 8, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

I have been among those that objected to the nomination of Gov. Bill Richardson as the next secretary of commerce …

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: Asian American, Bill Richardson, Gov. Richardson, Letter Richardson, President-elect Obama, San Jose, Wen Ho Lee, george koo, letter

NWAW Editorial: Obama and staff keep on pushing

December 26, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

President-elect Obama is already ushering in a new kind of presidency. He will be the first president who hails from the post-Vietnam generation, carrying along post-Vietnam politics that have a different worldview than his election opponent, John McCain …

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: Add new tag, David Plouffe, Joe Biden, Obama, President-elect Obama, editorial, technology

Rumsfeld nemesis Shinseki to be named VA secretary

December 11, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama has chosen retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki to be the next Veterans Affairs secretary, turning to a former Army chief of staff once vilified by the Bush administration for questioning its Iraq war strategy.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, Afghanistan, Bill Richardson, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, GI, General Shinseki, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Iraq, Jim Nicholson, NBC, Paul Rieckhoff, Paul Wolfowitz, President-elect Obama, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, Susan Rice, Timothy Geithner, VA, Vol 27 No 51 | December 13 - December 19

NWAW editorial: It’s been a good week for Asian Americans

December 11, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

First, Gen. Shinseki was nominated by President-elect Obama to be the next Veterans Affairs secretary. Steven Chu was also nominated as Energy secretary. Then we learned that Anh “Joseph” Cao made history in Louisiana by becoming the first Vietnamese American to serve in Congress. To finish off the week, Yahoo top dog Qi Lu was hired by Microsoft to run its online services business, a prestigious position …

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: Anh Joseph Cao, Asian Americans, Census Bureau, Iraq, Joseph Cao, NWAW, Obama, President-elect Obama, Qi Lu, Seattle Times, Steven Chu, United States, Veterans Affairs, Vietnamese American, editorial, gary locke

Editorial: Clinton a good choice for top diplomat

December 6, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Thank goodness President-elect Obama has been thinking. Northwest Asian Weekly supports Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State-designate.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2008, Condeleeza Rice, Editorial Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Iraq War, Northwest Asian Weekly, President Bill Clinton, President-elect Obama, United States, vol 27 no 50 | December 6 - December 12

NWAW editorial: Clinton a good choice for top diplomat

December 4, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Thank goodness President-elect Obama has been thinking. Northwest Asian Weekly supports Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State-designate …

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: Condeleeza Rice, Hillary Clinton, Iraq War, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly, Obama, President Bill Clinton, President-elect Obama, United States, editorial

Editorial: Obama and staff keep on pushing

November 29, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

President-elect Obama is already ushering in a new kind of presidency. He will be the first president who hails from the post-Vietnam generation, carrying along post-Vietnam politics that have a different worldview than his election opponent, John McCain.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2008, David Plouffe, Editorial Obama, Joe Biden, President-elect Obama, technology, vol 27 no 49 | November 29 - December 5

Locke denies rumor of Obama job

November 15, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The problem with rumors is that sometimes it gets too big and takes on a life of its own. The Northwest Asian Weekly first learned of former Gov. Gary Locke’s so-called ‘talks’ with President-elect Obama from a Chinese news agency that called to talk to the NWAW’s publisher, Assunta Ng.

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: 2008, API, Asian Americans, Assunta Ng, Chinese American, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly, President-elect Obama, Stacy Nguyen, Washington DC, gary locke, vol 27 no 47 | November 15 - 21

How volunteers Barack’ed the vote

November 15, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

What was it that kept myself and other Obama supporters looking for just one more votes as we knocked on doors in the hot Iowa summer? What propelled us to ignore our frozen feet as we hunted for votes in the bitter New Hampshire winter? Why did we ignore our homework and yard work and other mundane tasks so that we could make countless calls from a crowded back room in a Virginia campaign office?

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, Asian Americans, Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, Des Moines, Iowa State Fair Parade, Kenya, NYU, New Hampshire, New York, Northwest Asian Weekly, President-elect Obama, Rhode Island, vol 27 no 47 | November 15 - 21

Three Asian Americans on Obama’s team

November 15, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In a move some consider an indication of what the public will come to expect of the Obama administration, President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden have named three Asian Americans to the Obama-Biden Transition Team — Chris Lu, Sonal Shah and Pete Rouse.

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: 2008, Alief Hastings High School, Asian Americans, Associate Director, Capitol Hill, Chris Lu, Global Development, Google, Indian American, Legislative Director, Pete Rouse, Peter Rouse, President-elect Barack Obama, President-elect Obama, Saharan Africa, Sonal Shah, Transition Team, vol 27 no 47 | November 15 - 21

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