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    <title>Obama Transition Popluar Programs - C-SPAN Video Library</title>
    <description>The most popular programs for the Obama Transition Tag</description>
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      <title>Secretary of State Nomination Hearing</title>
      <description>Senator Clinton testified about her nomination as secretary of state. Among the topics she addressed were U.S. foreign policy priorities in various regions, including the Middle East and on-going conflict between Israel and Hamas forces in Gaza. She also answered questions about potential conflicts of interest with the activities of the Clinton Foundation and the amount of transparency Former President Clinton was willing to provide about the operations and donors to the foundation. She also spoke about troop withdrawal from Iraq, Iranian nuclear development programs, and the status of women in Afghanistan. She was introduced by Senator Schumer.</description>
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      <title>President-Elect Obama News Conference</title>
      <description>President-elect Barack Obama held his first news conference in Chicago, Illinois, following his election. Surrounded by the members of his Transition Economic Advisory Board, he urged swift action in passing an economic stimulus package. He responded to questions from reporters on topics ranging from Iran, his relationship with President Bush, and transition activities.</description>
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      <title>Obama National Security Team Announcement</title>
      <description>President-Elect Barack Obama announced members of his national security team. Senator Hillary Clinton accepted a nomination to be secretary of State. Defense Secretary Gates accepted an invitation to continue in his role. Eric Holder accepted the nomination to be attorney general. Governor Janet Napolitano accepted the nomination to be secretary of Homeland Security. Susan Rice accepted the nomination to be the ambassador to the United Nations. Retired Marine General John Jones accepted the nomination to be national security adviser. 
 
 President-Elect Obama then responded to questions from reporters.</description>
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      <title>Energy Secretary Nomination Hearing</title>
      <description>Steven Chu testified about his nomination as secretary of the Department of Energy. Among the topics he addressed were shifting the focus of U.S. energy policy to climate change and renewable energy technology. He also talked about the future of current policy on nuclear power and coal fueled energy production. Mr. Chu was introduced by Senators Feinstein and Boxer.</description>
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      <title>Senator Clinton Nomination Hearing</title>
      <description>Nicholas Kralev talked about Senator Hillary Clinton's hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Senator Clinton is President-Elect Obama's nominee for Secretary of State. Mr. Kralev discussed the confirmation process, what to expect from the hearing, and the looming foreign policy issues. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.</description>
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      <title>Philadelphia Inaugural Train Rally</title>
      <description>President-Elect Obama held a rally at the 30th Street Station in Philadelphia before boarding a train headed toward Washington, D.C., in the first stage of his inaugural rail journey. In his remarks he spoke about the American Revolution and called on Americans "to take up the work" the founders had begun in Philadelphia. He also invoked the presidency of Abraham Lincoln in his call to perfect the Union.</description>
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      <title>Meeting of Presidents</title>
      <description>President Bush met with President-Elect Obama and former Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. Prior to their luncheon meeting they held a photo opportunity for the press in the Oval Office.</description>
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      <title>Veterans Affairs Secretary Nomination Hearing</title>
      <description>General Eric Shinseki testified about his nomination as secretary of Veterans Affairs. Among the topics he addressed were the quality of medical care for veterans, long waits to process claims, the administration of new GI and other veterans benefits programs. He also pledged to modernize the agency and improve the nation's institutional commitment to veterans. Former Senator Dole and Senator Inouye introduced the nominee.</description>
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      <title>President-Elect Obama White House Visit</title>
      <description>President and Mrs. Bush greeted President-elect and Mrs. Obama at the White House. President Bush and Senator Obama then walked along the colonnade to the Oval Office.</description>
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      <title>Obama Economic Team Announcement</title>
      <description>President-Elect Obama announced nominations for his economic team. The nominees were Treasury Secretary Tim Geither, National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers, Council of Economic Advisers Director Christina Romer and Domestic Policy Council Adviser Melody Barnes. He also spoke about the state of the economy, the need for an economic stimulus plan, and outlined several aspects of his economic agenda. He also responded to reporters' questions.</description>
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      <title>Community Service Day Lunch</title>
      <description>On Martin Luther King Day, as part of a "National Day of Service," President-Elect Obama and Michelle Obama had lunch with community service volunteers who were writing letters to U.S. troops and doing other volunteer work. He urged Americans to take part in community service work.</description>
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      <title>Education Secretary Nomination Hearing</title>
      <description>Arne Duncan testified about his nomination as secretary of the Department of Education. In his testimony he said the Obama administration intended to expand early childhood programs, encourage charter schools, improve teacher training and recruitment, reduce the high school dropout rate and increase college access. Senator Durkin introduced the nominee.</description>
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      <title>President-Elect Obama Speech at Lincoln Memorial</title>
      <description>President-Elect Barack Obama spoke at a pre-inaugural celebration at the Lincoln Memorial. He spoke about the significance or the monuments on the national mall, the nation at a crossroads in history, and his hope for the future.</description>
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      <title>Attorney General Nomination Hearing, Day 1</title>
      <description>Eric Holder testified about his nomination as attorney general. Among the topics he addressed were his involvement in pardons granted by President Clinton at the end of his presidency while Mr. Holder was assistant attorney general, past hiring practices by the Justice Department in the Bush administration, the independent operation of the Department of Justice, and the future of prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. He also said that he considered the use of waterboarding as an interrogation technique to be torture. The nominee was introduced by former Senator John Warner and Congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton.</description>
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      <title>Obama Budget Team Announcement</title>
      <description>President-Elect Obama announced nominations for his economic team. The nominees were White House Budget Director Peter Orzag and Deputy Director of Management and Budget Rob Nabors. He also spoke about the state of the economy, the need for an economic stimulus plan, and outlined several aspects of his economic agenda. He also responded to reporters' questions.</description>
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      <title>Wilmington Inaugural Train Rally</title>
      <description>President-Elect Obama held a whistle-stop rally in Tubman Garrett Riverfront Park next to the Wilmington Station, where he stopped during his inaugural rail journey to be joined by Vice President-Elect Joe Biden and his family. He spoke to the crowd about the challenges ahead and called on Americans join him in perfecting the Union.</description>
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      <title>Baltimore Inaugural Train Rally</title>
      <description>President-Elect Obama spoke on the final leg of a whistle-stop inaugural train journey to Washington, D.C. In his remarks at a rally at War Memorial Plaza in Baltimore, Maryland, he spoke about the vision of the American founders, the bravery of American forces at Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, and called on citizens to join in an effort to perfect the Union. He also acknowledged several people he had met in his campaign who struggled under tough econimic times, urging "patience even as we act with fierce urgency."</description>
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      <title>Obama Meeting with Governors</title>
      <description>President-Elect Barack Obama and Vice President-Elect Joe Biden made opening remarks at a meeting of the National Governors Association in Congress Hall at Independence Park. They spoke about the challenges of balancing a state budget, the need for infrastructure investment and other economic stimulation, and forging a partnership to design as well as implement an economic recovery plan. In his remarks President-Elect Obama said he hoped to hear from all governors, regardless of potential disagreements, in an effort to find useful solutions to the nations challenges.</description>
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      <title>Obama National Economic Recovery Board Announcement</title>
      <description>President-Elect Obama announced the formation of a National Economic Recovery Board and his selection of Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volker to head the board. He spoke about the role of the new organization and answered questions about the economy and presidential transition.</description>
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      <title>Obama Education Secretary Announcement</title>
      <description>President-Elect Obama held a news conference at the Dodge Renaissance Academy in Chicago where he announced Arne Duncan as his nominee for secretary of education.</description>
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      <title>Attorney General Nomination Hearing, Day 2</title>
      <description>On the second day of the hearing on the nomination of Eric Holder to be attorney general, witnesses testified about his qualifications and experience. Among the topics they addressed were Mr. Holder's record as assistant attorney general in the Clinton administration, his support among and for law enforcement officers, and his involvement in several presidential pardons.</description>
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      <title>Obama Energy and Environmental Team Announcement</title>
      <description>President-Elect Barack Obama announced his nominees and appointments for his energy and environment team. He also answered questions from reporters about his energy policy and some questions about his transition team's contacts with Illinois Governor Blagojevich.</description>
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      <title>Obama Health Care Announcement</title>
      <description>President-Elect Barack Obama announced the nomination of former Senator Tom Daschle as his secretary of Health and Human Services and also as director of a White House office on health care reform. He nominated Jeanne Lambrew as the deputy director. 
 
 President-Elect Obama also spoke about financial aid to the automotive industry and the arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. In answers to several questions on the governor's arrest he said that he never spoke to Governor Blagojevich about replacing him in the U.S. Senate, nor had his transition staff been involved in any deal-making about the Senate appointment.</description>
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      <title>Obama Speech on the Economy</title>
      <description>President-Elect Barack Obama talked about the economy at the Center for the Arts of George Mason University. He said that only government could address the current economic crisis and made the case for urgent action on an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan (ARRP) that would save or create over 3 million jobs while investing in priorities such as health care, energy, and education that would jump start economic growth. He said that the recession could "linger for years" unless Congress acts to stimulate the economy.</description>
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      <title>Obama-McCain Meeting</title>
      <description>President-Elect Obama and Senator John McCain met with the press after a meeting at the Obama transition headquarters in Chicago.</description>
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      <title>Inaugural Train Arrival in Washington, DC</title>
      <description>Video of President-elect Barack Obama and his family arriving Union Station in Washington, DC was shown.</description>
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      <title>Obama Commerce Secretary Announcement</title>
      <description>President-Elect Barack Obama announced his nomination of Governor Bill Richardson as his secretary of Commerce. Following the announcement and Governor Richardson's acceptance, President-Elect Obama answered questions from reporters on a number of issues including the role of commerce secretary and possible federal assistance to the auto industry.</description>
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      <title>Homeland Security Secretary Nomination Hearing</title>
      <description>Governor Janet Napolitano testified about her nomination as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Among the topics she addressed were immigration, border protection, disaster response and counter-intelligence. She was introduced by Senators McCain and Kyl.</description>
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      <title>Obama Transition and Appointments</title>
      <description>Dana Houle talked about the Bush-Obama transition thus far. He offered his perspective on the incoming Administration's proposed policies and appointments, including President-Elect Barack Obamas decision to retain Defense Secretary Gates for at least a year. He responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.</description>
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      <title>U.N. Ambassador Nomination Hearing Opening</title>
      <description>Susan Rice testified about her nomination as the United States ambassador to the United Nations. Among the topics she addressed were the organization and administration of the United Nations, regional stability and violence in areas such as Somalia and Darfur, and the U.S. role in international affairs. She also addressed problems such as terrorism, nuclear weapons, genocide, poverty, climate change and disease. She was introduced by Senators Evan Bayh and Susan Collins.</description>
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      <title>Wreath-Laying at Arlington Cemetery</title>
      <description>President-Elect Barack Obama and Vice President-Elect Joe Biden laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington Cemetery as part of their pre-inaugural activities in Washington, DC during the weekend prior to the inauguration..</description>
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      <title>Obama Economic Regulators Announcement</title>
      <description>President-Elect Barack Obama announced his selection of Mary Schapiro to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler as head of the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission, and Daniel Tarullo as a commissioner on the Federal Reserve Board. He also answered questions from reporters on the state of the economy, regulatory policy, and the construction of his economic recovery plans. 
 
 He also responded to a question about the choice of evangelical Pastor Rick Warren for the inaugural invocation. The pick had been harshly criticized by several socially progressive supporters who took issue with Reverend Warrens public statements about abortion, same-sex marriage, and stem cell research.</description>
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      <title>Obama Labor and Transportation Announcement</title>
      <description>President-Elect Barack Obama announced his selection of Representative Hilda Solis as his nominee for secretary of labor, Representative Ray LaHood as secretary of transportation, Ron Kirk as U.S. trade representative, and Karen Gordon Mills as the administrator of the Small Business Administration. Following the announcement and remarks by the nominees he answered questions from the reporters in the Drake Hotel on a number of issues including the state of the economy and economic recovery plans.</description>
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      <title>Securities and Exchange Commissioner  Nomination Hearing</title>
      <description>Mary Schapiro testified about her nomination as chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Among the topics she addressed were regulatory oversight of financial markets, the current economic crisis, financial credit rating systems, and past mistakes made by SEC auditors. She was introduced by Senators Schumer and Reed.</description>
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      <title>Obama Administration Agenda Formulation</title>
      <description>Rahm Emanuel, chief of staff for President-Elect Obama, talked about the agenda of the Obama administration for strengthening business and the economy. Robert Thomson, the managing editor of [The Wall Street Journal], moderated.</description>
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      <title>Governors Reaction to Obama Meeting</title>
      <description>Governors spoke to the press after President-Elect Obama and Vice President-Elect Biden attended a meeting of the National Governors Association in Congress Hall at Independence Park.</description>
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      <title>Media Relations and the Obama Presidency</title>
      <description>A group of former White House press secretaries participated in a panel discussion
 on White House media relations and advice for President-Elect Obama for his transition period. Topics included transparency, lying, press conferences, and utilization of evolving media venues. Panelists responded to audience members' questions. Marvin Kalb moderated. 
 
 
 This was the third of a series of five discussions held by Stephen Hess, based on his book [What Do We Do Now? A Workbook for the President-Elect] (Brookings Institution Press, 2008).</description>
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      <description>Panelists spoke about the online release of material from the book edited by Mark Green and Michele Jolin, [Change for America: A Progressive Blueprint for the 44th President], to be published by Basic Books in January 2009. They spoke about a number of areas including economic and financial policy in the current economic crisis, national security policy, global diplomacy, health care social policy, and education. After each subject panel, the panelists responded to questions from members of the audience.</description>
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      <description>President-Elect Obama announced his nomination of Senator Ken Salazar as secretary of the interior and former Governor Tom Vilsack as secretary of agriculture. He spoke about their experience and expertise, and answered questions from the reporters.</description>
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      <description>President-Elect Barack Obama named Leon Panetta as his nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency and retired Admiral Dennis Blair as his nominee to head the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.</description>
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      <description>Leon Panetta and Ken Duberstein spoke about the presidential transition process, challenges posed by formulating a new cabinet, and the role of the White House chief of staff in a new presidential administration. They also commented on specific challenges faced by a new Obama administration.</description>
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      <description>Former Iowa Governor Thomas Vilsack about his nomination as secretary of agriculture. Among the issues addressed were agriculture policy, farm subsidies, biofuel and alternative energy policy, and food safety. Senator Grassley introduced the nominee.</description>
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      <description>Norm Lorentz talked about President-Elect Barack Obama's promise during the 2008 campaign to appoint a chief technology officer. Mr. Lorentz served as the nation's first and only chief technology officer (CTO). He was appointed in 2002 by President George W. Bush, but after Mr. Lorentz left the position in 2003 it was eliminated. In a recent op-ed, Mr. Lorentz offered advice to the president-elect on what type of skills and abilities the nation's next CTO should have.
 
 
 William Jackson was a guest host.
 
 "The Communicators" is C-SPAN's weekly series that examines the people and events currently shaping telecommunications policy.</description>
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