Here are some of the most current news items on our new incoming President, Barack Obama: 

Obama Names Clinton Sec. of State, Keeps Gates as Defense Secretary
Washington Post - United States
President-elect Barack Obama continued to fill out his cabinet today, naming Sen. Hillary Clinton his Secretary of State and retaining Defense Secretary ...

Discuss Obama's cabinet choices
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
President-elect Barack Obama formally announced today that he will nominate Sen. Hillary Clinton for the position of Secretary of State. ...

States look for Obama to help in economic downturn
Reuters - USA
State governors preparing to meet President-elect Barack Obama will ask for $136 billion in infrastructure funds to ... 

Obama Unveils His National Security Team
FOXNews - USA
President-elect Barack Obama announced as expected that Hillary Clinton would be his top diplomat and Robert Gates would stay on as defense secretary. ...

Obama praises Bush efforts against AIDS
FOXNews - USA
President-elect Barack Obama praised the Bush administration's effort to combat AIDS and pledged Monday to continue to ...

Obama still looks to 16-month pullout
International Herald Tribune - France
Barack Obama says the US-Iraq security agreement approved by Iraq's parliament puts the US on a "glide path" toward reducing forces there. ...

Obama Names Hillary Clinton to State Post
Washington Post - United States
President-elect Barack Obama announces his national security team, including naming Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state. ...

Obama says S.Asia is chief threat to US
Reuters - USA
US President-elect Barack Obama said on Monday militants based in South Asia represented the biggest threat to the United States and he ...

Obama plans to ‘green’ the White House
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
President-elect Barack Obama says that he plans to make the White House more environmentally friendly to set an example for ...

Live: Barack Obama appoints Hillary Clinton to the state department
guardian.co.uk - UK
Susan Rice, who was just 32 years old when she ascended to deputy secretary of state for African affairs under Clinton, is Obama's new UN ambassador. ...