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	Obama moves to close Guantanamo Politics By: Inez C. maldonado http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/01/gitmo-gone-one.html From the article: Obama moves to close Guantanamo within year "This is me following through on not just a commitment I made during the campaign, but I think an understanding that dates back to our founding fathers, that we are willing to observe core standards of conduct, not just when it's... More... Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2009 By: icmaldonado 0 Comments Share
	Solis ready to take over Dept. of Labor Politics By: Inez C. maldonado http://www.thehispanicinstitute.net/node/1203 Read the full profile of the incoming Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis, brought to you by Politico, at the link below. Here's a preview: "The relatively unknown congresswoman counts Dolores Huerta, a labor activist who directed a famous Golden State boycott of grapes in the 1970s, as a... More... Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2009 By: icmaldonado 0 Comments Share
	Can Obama Seize the Moment Politics By: Inez C. maldonado http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17247.html As President Elect Obama's inauguration draws closer, the article discusses other significant events in history that have led up to this point, what's ahead for his administration, and questions how he will do. Here's a preview: "It’s breathtaking just thinking about it,”... More... Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 By: icmaldonado 0 Comments Share
	Obama begins process to amend NAFTA Politics By: Inez C. maldonado http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/01/obama-canada-1.html "As The Ticket reported back in August 2007 at a labor union forum at Chicago's Soldier Field: Obama said upon becoming president, "I would immediately call the president of Mexico, the president of Canada, to try to amend NAFTA, because I think that we can get labor agreements in... More... Posted on Monday, January 12, 2009 By: icmaldonado 0 Comments Share
	Weekend Voting Act Introduced Politics By: Inez C. maldonado http://www.whytuesday.org/2009/01/08/congressmen-introduce-weekend-voting-act/ Brought to you by the "Why Tuesday?," campaign which is trying to expand voting days to more accessible days for voters, a new weekend voting act has been introduced to the Senate and the House. Let's see if this makes it through Congress. More... Posted on Thursday, January 8, 2009 By: icmaldonado 0 Comments Share
	Mayor Bloomberg starts speaking Spanish Politics By: Inez C. maldonado http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/01/04/2009-01-04_mayor_bloomberg_starts_speaking_spanish_.html I think this is great, and agree with the article that it's an extremely smart move for Mayor Bloomberg to reach out the Spanish-speaking community by translating, on his own, is press conference remarks, although, according to the article, "heavily accented and often... More... Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 By: icmaldonado 0 Comments Share
	Say, Cheese, Mr. President Politics By: Inez C. maldonado http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/01/presidents-portfolio-200901?slide=1#globalNav "Every president since Woodrow Wilson has appeared in Vanity Fair in one form or another, some immortalized by great photographers, some brought down to earth by cutting caricaturists. As Barack Obama prepares to take office as the 44th president, we present a slide show of the most memorable... More... Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 By: icmaldonado 0 Comments Share
	Leon Panetta - Intelligence? The jury's still out Politics By: Inez C. maldonado http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2009/01/leon_panetta_intelligent_certa.html With the recent announcement that Bill Richardson has withdrawn himself for consideration in President-Elect Obama's cabinet, some are wondering how wise his other choice, Leon Panetta for director of the CIA, is, considering his experience and professional background. ..."But he has no... More... Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 By: icmaldonado 0 Comments Share
	Richardson Bows Out of Commerce Job Politics By: Inez C. maldonado http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/04/richardson.withdrawal/index.html Bill Richardson bows out of commerce secretary job Due to a pending investigation of dealings between a company and the New Mexico government, New Mexico Governor, Bill Richardson, is withdrawing from his nomination as Obama's next commerce secretary. Richardson denies any wrongdoing, and... More... Posted on Monday, January 5, 2009 By: icmaldonado 0 Comments Share
	Prop. 8 defender. now seeks ban on same same-sex marriage ban Politics By: Inez C. maldonado http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/12/brown-prop-8.html Attorney General of California, Jerry Brown, is now reversing his recent stance and support of Proposition 8, which overturned a court ruling allowing same sex marriage in California. Brown is planning to run for California governor in 2010. Now, he argues, the proposition, "deprives... More... Posted on Monday, December 22, 2008 By: icmaldonado 1 Comments Share

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Obama moves to close Guantanamo Politics

Solis ready to take over Dept. of Labor Politics

Can Obama Seize the Moment Politics

Obama begins process to amend NAFTA Politics

Weekend Voting Act Introduced Politics

Mayor Bloomberg starts speaking Spanish Politics

Say, Cheese, Mr. President Politics

Leon Panetta - Intelligence? The jury's still out Politics

Richardson Bows Out of Commerce Job Politics

Prop. 8 defender. now seeks ban on same same-sex marriage ban Politics