Staff / TruthdigJul 21, 2011
Egyptian military officials swore in a new, temporary Cabinet on Thursday in response to rising pressure from protesters demanding a faster transition away from the Mubarak regime. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 6, 2010
Christina Romer, who heads up Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, is exiting the White House, the National Journal's Hotline On Call blog reported Thursday, and her rumored reasons for leaving have something to do with one Larry Summers and his continuing hold on the president. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 18, 2010
Nigeria's interim President Goodluck Jonathan will hopefully live up to his name after sacking his entire Cabinet on Wednesday. Given that he's got less than a year before the next national election, Jonathan has to work fast to pick a new lineup, and many members may be familiar faces. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigFeb 22, 2010
One day after the Dutch Cabinet collapsed, the country's prime minister has announced that he expects the Netherlands to pull out all its troops from Afghanistan in August. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 22, 2010
In a push for increased government transparency, the Obama administration has announced it will require each Cabinet-level department to post online three collections of "high-value" data -- covering everything from tire safety ratings to workplaces where injuries have occurred -- previously undisclosed to the public. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 16, 2010
It looks as if Afghan President Hamid Karzai's Cabinet strategy is still in desperate need of repair. The majority of his nominees have once again been rejected by the parliament, casting doubt on his ability to lead in the country's fractious political environment. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 2, 2010
Hamid Karzai is having issues in his second term as Afghanistan's president. It seems that the Afghan parliament has nixed 17 of his 24 Cabinet nominees. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 6, 2009
Honduras' government is on the ropes again. Roberto Micheletti, the interim president, moved to form a new government after a deal to form a "unity" cabinet collapsed. Manuel Zelaya (pictured), the elected president ousted in a coup in June, is now urging a boycott of the election scheduled later this month. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 3, 2009
The Iranian parliament has approved the first woman Cabinet minister, Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi, in the 30-year history of the Islamic republic. Parliament also gave its blessing as defense minister to a man wanted in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Argentina that killed 85 people. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 24, 2009
Afghan Finance Minister Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal said Monday that President Hamid Karzai is the clear winner of last week's presidential election, citing empirical evidence to back up his claims. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 5, 2009
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has lost three members of his Cabinet in three days, adding to a heap of political casualties that originally grew out of an expense claims scandal The latest dropout, James Purnell, has called on his former boss to "stand aside to give our party a fighting chance ". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 3, 2009
Let's try this again, shall we? Tom Daschle didn't make the cut, but President Obama has a new contender for secretary of health and human services. Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who may be vulnerable to attacks on the abortion issue, faces a potentially challenging confirmation process. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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