With a few strokes of his pen, President Obama effectively ended the "war on terror" Thursday by sweeping away many of George Bush's hallmark (and controversial) programs. (Washington Post)
Obama tapped former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell Thursday as his Mideast envoy, while Ambassador Richard Holbrooke will become the president's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. (NationalJournal.com)
Obama is toeing the Bush administration line in a controversial wireless eavesdropping case. (Wired)
After eight years of watching their stature decline, career hands at the State Department hope Hillary Rodham Clinton and her new team can turn things around. (Time)
The White House press corps' frustration at the administration's opacity took up a large chunk of Press Secretary Robert Gibbs' first briefing Thursday. (Politico)
Obama will be able to keep his beloved BlackBerry, Gibbs also announced Thursday. (Los Angeles Times)
Nomination Wrangling
Dennis Blair, Obama's pick for director of national intelligence, argued at his confirmation hearing Thursday that some interrogation tactics must be kept secret. (Washington Times)
Still, Blair stressed that torture is "not moral, legal or effective" and vowed to stamp out the use of waterboarding in interrogations. (Washington Post)
The Obama administration will more vigorously oppose China's currency "manipulation," Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner signaled at his confirmation hearing Thursday. (New York Times)
Name Game
Government watchdogs want Obama to withdraw the nomination of William Lynn, a former Raytheon lobbyist, for deputy secretary of Defense because they believe he is violating the president's new ethics mandate. (Federal Computer Weekly)
Internet-law expert Christine Varney, Obama's pick for Justice Department anti-trust chief, is expected to "file more cases against companies that use market dominance to raise prices than" her predecessor. (Wall Street Journal)
Inauguration Conflagration
Obama is the seventh president to retake the oath of office, and he is also not the first to take the oath without a Bible. (Washington Post)
Move over Milli Vanilli: the sounds coming from Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman's instruments Tuesday were pre-recorded -- the classical music version of lip-synching. (New York Times)
Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., sent a letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Thursday expressing concern for the thousands of ticket holders who "were kept in the dark -- deprived of information -- as the hours passed and their hopes of seeing history in the making slipped away." (Roll Call -- subscription)
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