Politics

Commerce nominee withdraws, cites 'irresolvable conflicts'

2009-02-13T16:33:00.000-08:00

Commerce nominee withdraws, cites 'irresolvable conflicts'

By Mimi Hall and John Fritze, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — President Obama called it "something of a surprise" after Republican Sen. Judd Gregg withdrew his name from consideration as Commerce secretary Thursday, leaving the White House scrambling to fill a second empty Cabinet slot.
"The truth, you know, Mr. Gregg approached us with interest and seemed enthusiastic," Obama told The State-Journal Register of Springfield, Ill., before speaking at a dinner honoring Abraham Lincoln.

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McCain: 'Move beyond' disappointment

2009-02-06T10:39:00.000-08:00

McCain: 'Move beyond' disappointment

PHOENIX — In the shadow of desert mountains, Republican John McCain warmly congratulated President-elect Barack Obama late Tuesday and urged the nation to rally around its new president.
"It's natural, tonight, to feel some disappointment," McCain said at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, flanked by running mate Sarah Palin, his wife, Cindy, and other family members. "But tomorrow, we must move beyond it and work together to get our country moving again."

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Michelle Obama keeps focus on her family

2009-01-30T08:15:00.000-08:00

Michelle Obama keeps focus on her family

CHICAGO — On the day she became the next first lady, Michelle Obama worked her usual double shift: campaigner and mom.
As she has since her husband, Democrat Barack Obama, started running for president 20 months ago, Michelle Obama toggled on Tuesday between campaigning and wrangling the couple's two daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7.

She voted with her husband, greeted by news reporters and a long line of voters. She took so long to fill out the paper ballot that Barack Obama joked afterward, "I had to check to see who she was voting for." Then she dropped her children at school

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Analysis: Obama tries to keep political tone civil

2009-01-30T08:13:00.000-08:00

Analysis: Obama tries to keep political tone civil

WASHINGTON — He's had Democrats and Republicans over for cocktails, reached out to Muslims on an Arab TV network and tried to show sensitivity when issuing a decision on abortion funding. And on Sunday, he's having members of Congress over to the White House to watch the Super Bowl.
In just 10 days in office, President Obama has taken a host of steps to tamp down the often-harsh political tone in Washington and fulfill his promise to preside over a new era of civility.

"I cannot remember any president coming in so determined to do all the little things to change the tone in Washington," American University political scientist Allan Lichtman says.

Whether the effort will work remains to be seen. Virtually every president vows to try. Few succeed.

"Every one of them tries to set a tone that's friendlier, more open, more inviting," says University of Texas presidential historian Bruce Buchanan. "But people get past the kumbaya moments and they start arguing policy. And then the question is whether you can do it civilly."

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Paterson Picks Gillibrand as NY's Next U.S. Senator

2009-01-23T08:35:00.000-08:00

Paterson Picks Gillibrand as NY's Next U.S. Senator

By MICHAEL GORMLEY
Associated Press Writer

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Gov. David Paterson has picked Democratic U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to fill New York's vacant U.S. Senate seat, an aide to the governor said early Friday, a day after Caroline Kennedy abruptly withdrew from consideration.

Gillibrand, a second-term lawmaker from upstate New York, will be named to fill the seat vacated when Hillary Rodham Clinton resigned to become secretary of state in the Obama administration, the aide said, speaking on condition of anonymity because an announcement hadn't been made. An announcement was scheduled for later Friday.

Gillibrand's office didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.

She was considered one of the top contenders in Paterson's selection process, along with Kennedy and state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

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Officials: Obama to reverse abortion policy

2009-01-23T08:10:00.000-08:00

Officials: Obama to reverse abortion policy

WASHINGTON - Officials say President Barack Obama will sign an executive order Friday ending the ban on federal funds for international groups that promote or perform abortion.

The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorize to pre-empt Obama's announcement.

The so-called "Mexico City policy" bans U.S. taxpayer money from going to international family planning groups that either offer abortions or provide information, counseling or referrals about abortion. It is also known as the "global gag rule," because it prohibits taxpayer funding for groups that even talk about abortion if there is an unplanned pregnancy.

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Bush warns of U.S. enemies in farewell address

2009-01-16T08:06:00.000-08:00

Bush warns of U.S. enemies in farewell address

WASHINGTON — President Bush used his farewell address Thursday to stress that the nation has not suffered a major terrorist attack since Sept. 11, 2001. But the threat remains, he said, and will be President-elect Barack Obama's biggest challenge.
"Our enemies are patient and determined to strike again," Bush said in a nationally televised address from the White House.

Bush, who listed the Iraq war as one of his efforts to combat terrorism, said he understands disagreement with some "tough decisions" he made, "but I hope you can agree that I was willing to make the tough decisions."

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Bush, Obama and 3 ex-presidents gather

2009-01-07T16:55:00.000-08:00

Bush, Obama and 3 ex-presidents gather

WASHINGTON - An entire generation has gone by since the nation last saw this tableau of American history: every living U.S. president together at the White House.

Consider it time for a reunion among the members of one of the world's most elite clubs, plus the one man about to join it - Barack Obama.

Picking up on an idea from Obama, President George W. Bush on Wednesday was hosting a lunch for the incoming president and the three former presidents: Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. It will be the first time all the presidents have gathered at the White House since 1981.

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Obama to meet with lawmakers, former presidents

2009-01-02T10:01:00.000-08:00

Obama to meet with lawmakers, former presidents

CHICAGO (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama will meet with congressional leaders to discuss his economic stimulus plan and other legislative issues soon after his arrival in Washington in the coming days.
Obama and his family planned to fly to Washington on Sunday after their holiday vacation in Hawaii and a stopover in Chicago.

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Obama plans $500B economic package

2008-12-17T08:29:00.000-08:00

Obama plans $500B economic package

WASHINGTON - Congressional Democrats and President-elect Barack Obama are laying the groundwork for quick enactment in January of a giant, two-year economic rescue package that will total about a half-trillion dollars.

His economic team in place, Obama has tasked his aides with assembling an ambitious measure to not only swiftly pump money into the battered economy, but also create 2.5 million new jobs, send a tax cut to the poor and middle class, and make massive government investments in energy-saving and other technologies designed to pay for themselves in the long run.

Some senior Democratic lawmakers put the cost of the package as high as $700 billion, a figure Obama's team calls premature and several Democratic aides said was unlikely. One top Democratic congressional official, speaking on condition of anonymity because talks on the economic rescue measure are ongoing, said it will probably cost between $400 billion and $500 billion over two years.

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Clinton visits State Department office for first time

2008-12-09T07:52:00.000-08:00

Clinton visits State Department office for first time

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Yahoo! Buzz Digg Newsvine Reddit FacebookWhat's this?WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday made her first visit to the State Department since she was named to be America's next top diplomat and planned to dine with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
President-elect Barack Obama's choice for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, was also visiting the State Department's headquarters in Washington's Foggy Bottom neighborhood on Monday. Both Clinton and Susan Rice were meeting with members of the transition team and senior State Department personnel, officials said.

Clinton was to have dinner at Condoleezza Rice's apartment at the exclusive Watergate complex later Monday, the officials said. Rice said on Sunday that she thinks Clinton will do a great job as secretary of state.

It was not clear if Clinton and Susan Rice — who had strained relations during the Democratic primaries because Rice early on supported Obama for the presidential nomination — would meet together on Monday, although the transition offices are in a relatively confined area of the building.

There has been speculation that the tension between the two women may carry over into the Obama administration, particularly because the president-elect intends to elevate the U.N. envoy position to a cabinet post, on par with the secretary of state.

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Va. governor turns down possible Obama appointment

2008-12-04T16:36:00.000-08:00

Va. governor turns down possible Obama appointment

RICHMOND, Va (AP) — Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Thursday he won't leave office early to take a possible appointment as President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of education.
In his monthly radio call-in show on Richmond's WRVA and the Virginia News Network, Kaine restated his intent to remain in Virginia through the end of his term in January 2010.

News reports Thursday listed Kaine among potential appointees.

"I saw that in the news this morning and it was news to me," Kaine said. "I've never heard myself mentioned for education secretary."

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Obama names budget director, promotes restraint

2008-11-25T11:19:00.000-08:00

Obama names budget director, promotes restraint

By David Jackson, USA TODAY
CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama announced more members of his economic team and pledged a review Tuesday of all federal spending, saying "if we are going to make the investments we need, we also need to shed the spending we don't need."
Obama named Peter Orszag to head the Office of Management and Budget and named Rob Nabors as deputy director. At a news conference to announce the appointments, Obama again recited a familiar campaign pledge — to go over the federal budget "line by line" to cut wasteful spending and obsolete programs.

"Given the extraordinary circumstances that we find ourselves in, however, I think it is important for the American people to know we are putting together a first-class team, and that we don't intend to stumble into the next administration. We intend to hit the ground running," Obama said.

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Obama volunteers plan to keep in touch

2008-11-21T09:22:00.000-08:00

Obama volunteers plan to keep in touch

Now what? That's the question for millions of volunteers who worked to elect Barack Obama — and for the organization that mobilized them.
Through innovative use of online social networks, the Obama campaign ended up with more than 2 million registered users on its MyBarackObama.com website. That database, plus the millions more e-mail addresses the campaign collected through events and fundraising, could be a valuable resource for the Obama administration.

The Obama transition team and the remaining campaign organization are keeping in touch with volunteers online, soliciting their opinions about their campaign experiences, asking volunteers to share war stories, and inviting them to write about their "vision" for the country. The campaign and transition websites this week asked visitors to click on a link to donate to victims of California wildfires — resulting in more than 100,000 hits.

Campaign manager David Plouffe this week sent an e-mail survey to those registered with the campaign website, asking how people want to remain involved and what issues they care about. Keeping Obama supporters engaged and active through the Obama transition website change.gov is "our first priority," transition spokesperson Jen Psaki says.

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Clinton, eyed for secretary of State, meets with Obama

2008-11-14T12:40:00.000-08:00

Clinton, eyed for secretary of State, meets with Obama

WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama has met in Chicago with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is under consideration for secretary of State.

A Democratic official says the two former presidential rivals met Thursday afternoon in Obama's downtown office. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to release the information.

The motorcade of Clinton, who receives Secret Service protection as a former first lady, was seen leaving the office complex shortly before Obama left for the day. Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines would say only "Senator Clinton had no public schedule yesterday."

Obama has surrounded himself with several former staffers of Bill Clinton's presidency. Some of them are pushing Hillary Clinton as secretary of State. Other senators, including Democrat John Kerry of Massachusetts and Republican Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, also are thought to be under consideration.

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Biden: Whatever He Says, McCain Is Just Like Bush

2008-10-17T17:19:00.000-07:00

Biden: Whatever He Says, McCain Is Just Like Bush

MESILLA, NM — John McCain may have told his Democratic rival at Wednesday’s debate that he’s no George Bush, but Joe Biden isn’t buying it.

“He doth protest too loudly,” Biden told the crowd in Southern New Mexico — a state Bush won by a mere 6,000 votes in 2004. “If it looks like a duck, if it quacks like a duck, if it walks like a duck, it’s a duck. Ladies and gentlemen, in these last 3 debates, looked like a duck to me, folks.”

“He always turns to Barack and says when have you challenged your party? And Barack has,” Biden said. “I’d turn to John and say John, when have you challenged President Bush on any major economic initiative? Tell me, when?”

Biden also scolded McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin, who said at a North Carolina fundraiser on Thursday that she likes visiting the “pro-America areas” of the country. “It’s disappointing, and I hope it’s a slip of the tongue and she doesn’t mean it,” Biden said. “Folks, it doesn’t matter where you live, we all love this country.”

“We know how damaging the politics of division that continues to be practiced by the McCain, how damaging this policy of division has been. It’s time to put this behind us,” he said. “We are one nation, under God, indivisible. We are all patriotic. We all love our country in every part of this country. And I’m tired. I am tired, tired, tired, tired of the implications about patriotism.”

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Live From New York, It's the Real Sarah Palin

2008-10-17T17:01:00.000-07:00

Live From New York, It's the Real Sarah Palin

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is set to appear on this week's broadcast of "Saturday Night Live," the entertainment show that has featured a popular parody of the Alaska governor by former cast member Tina Fey.

Palin will appear Saturday on the show hosted by actor Josh Brolin, who plays President Bush in director Oliver Stone's new movie, "W."

A John McCain campaign spokeswoman, Jill Hazelbaker, on Friday confirmed Palin's appearance but offered no details about what the Alaska governor will say or do.

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Cindy McCain: Obama waging dirty campaign

2008-10-10T11:19:00.000-07:00

Cindy McCain: Obama waging dirty campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cindy McCain has accused Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama of running "the dirtiest campaign in American history."
In remarks reported Tuesday by The Tennessean, she said she initially did not want her husband John McCain to seek the Republican presidential nomination after a brutal primary struggle in 2000 against George W. Bush.

"The days of Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill are what we need to look to: a divided government but a government that needs to agree to disagree," Cindy McCain told reporters after visiting children at a Nashville hospital and prior to the presidential debate. "We're now seeing polarizing factions, people politicizing things that should be about what's best for America. Instead, they're doing what's best for themselves."

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Biden: McCain plan bails out banks

2008-10-10T11:15:00.000-07:00

Biden: McCain plan bails out banks

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Thursday that Republican John McCain keeps switching responses to the economic crisis and now advocates a plan for troubled mortgages that would "reward banks and lenders for their greedy behavior."
Biden has increasingly tried to paint McCain as "lurching" from one position to another in a bid to convince voters that he would be incapable of addressing the nation's economic woes.

"Now he's gone to the point of actually wanting to reward banks and lenders for their greedy behavior," Biden said. "Ladies and gentlemen, this is not a steady hand."

McCain has proposed to devote $300 billion — nearly half the recently enacted financial rescue package — to buying troubled mortgages at face value from financial institutions. McCain promotes it as a way to help homeowners.

But Barack Obama's running mate said the real winners would be the banks that made the bad loans.

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House Plans Second Vote on $700 Billion Bailout

2008-10-03T09:47:00.000-07:00

House Plans Second Vote on $700 Billion Bailout

House Plans Second Vote on $700 Billion Bailout

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WASHINGTON --
Rejected once amid public fury about bailing out reckless financiers, a $700 billion rescue package is getting a second chance in the House as voters anxiously ponder an economic meltdown that could wipe out their ability to borrow, plunder their savings and put them out of work.

Republicans and Democrats were jumping aboard the bailout as the House sped toward a make-or-break vote - a much-anticipated do-over after the plan met with a stunning defeat Monday, triggering a historic stock market plunge.

It was still unclear, though, whether leaders would have the dozen or so supporters needed to pass the measure.

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Poll: McCain still ahead in his home state

2008-10-01T08:56:00.000-07:00

Poll: McCain still ahead in his home state

PHOENIX (AP) -- Republican John McCain is still ahead of Democrat Barack Obama in the race for Arizona, but his lead has narrowed slightly in the last month, according to a poll released Tuesday.

The poll shows 45 percent of those surveyed will probably vote McCain, while 38 percent said they will likely cast ballots for Obama. Independent candidate Ralph Nader got 1 percent.

Sixteen percent were undecided, according to the poll by KAET-TV and Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

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McCain, Obama Call For Greater Bank Security

2008-10-01T08:54:00.000-07:00

McCain, Obama Call For Greater Bank Security

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WASHINGTON -- Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain worked to cool the partisan heat of the financial crisis, with both calling for Congress to regroup and act quickly to prevent a feared financial collapse and foster confidence in the banking system.

The stock market embraced the new tenor, rocketing upward nearly 500 points on Tuesday, but nearly frozen credit markets -- where businesses turn to raise money -- showed no sign of a thaw.

Not since Franklin D. Roosevelt was voted into the White House in the depths of the 1930s Great Depression have presidential hopefuls found themselves in such uncertain economic times and under so much pressure to assure voters they are best able to prevent a feared financial meltdown.

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Bailout negotiators trying again

2008-09-26T08:59:00.000-07:00

Bailout negotiators trying again

By Sue Kirchhoff and Ken Dilanian, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — No one said it would be easy.
Congressional negotiators are trying again Friday to reach a deal on a plan to rescue the financial industry, after the White House's $700 billion rescue plan appeared to fall apart late Thursday. A convergence of financial concerns, presidential politics and partisan rancor created an unexpected Washington drama with the nation's economic future hanging in the balance.

"There is no disagreement that something substantial must be done," President Bush said Friday morning at a brief White House appearance. "The legislative process is sometimes not very pretty, but we are going to get a package passed. We will rise to the occasion, Republicans and Democrats will come together and pass a substantial rescue plan

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Young voters, solidly behind Obama, registering in droves

2008-09-24T09:22:00.000-07:00

new national poll says young adults age 18 to 29 overwhelmingly prefer Sen. Barack Obama over Sen. John McCain in the race for the White House.

Obama leads McCain 56 percent to 29 percent with 13 percent undecided and the remaining 2 percent supporting third-party candidates Ralph Nader and Bob Barr.

The Washington, D.C.-based Rock the Vote, a political-advocacy group, conducted the random telephone poll of 500 young people shortly after the Republican National Convention ended on Sept. 4. The poll had a 4 percentage-point margin of error.

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World must stand united against terrorism

2008-09-23T09:15:00.000-07:00

Bush: World must stand united against terrorism

From staff and wire reports
UNITED NATIONS — President Bush warned the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that it cannot simply pass resolutions after terror attacks but must "keep terrorist attacks from happening in the first place."
Addressing world leaders here for the last time, Bush said multinational organizations such as the U.N. must deal more forcefully with the terrorist threat that most recently struck Pakistan. While crediting the U.N. for past efforts, he said, "We must not relent until our people are safe from this threat to civilization."

"The United Nations and other multilateral organizations are needed more urgently than ever," Bush said.

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Obama vows to cut contracts by 10 percent

2008-09-22T09:35:00.000-07:00

Obama vows to cut contracts by 10 percent

By: Mike Allen

The presidential candidates have gotten in a bidding war over promises to trim federal fat, with both using the issue to try to portray themselves as the one to shake up Washington at a time when voters are disgusted with government.

Sen. Barack Obama announced Monday that he would cut federal spending on contractors by “at least 10 percent" — an effort to move in on his rival’s signature issue of budget earmarks.

“Barack Obama will reform federal contracting and reduce the number of contractors, saving $40 billion a year,” says his 11-page “Plan to Reform the Greed and Excesses of Washington.”

The plan – which he was unveiling at midday in Green Bay, Wis. — also says Obama "will require each federal agency to defend each of its noncompetitive contracts to the Office of Management and Budget.”

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Country First or Obama First

2008-09-19T09:29:00.000-07:00

McCain: “Country First or Obama First?”
by Mosheh Oinounou
GREEN BAY, WI — Using his starkest language to date to define the election for voters, Sen. McCain said Thursday that Americans have a simple choice when they cast their ballots in November.

“Country first or Obama first,” McCain told more than 11,000 supporters at rally alongside Gov. Palin. “When it comes to cutting taxes for seniors, for working families, for small businesses my opponent didn’t put the hardworking people of this country first. When it came time to support our troops fighting to protect our freedoms and way of life my opponent said he’d never deprive them of the funds they needed to fight and then did just that.”

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Politics

2008-09-18T14:38:00.000-07:00

McCain Camp Slams Obama Ads Linking Candidate to Limbaugh

John McCain and Rush Limbaugh are both slamming Barack Obama’s campaign for linking the two in a series of newly released Spanish-language ads that blast McCain as a two-faced, anti-immigrant lawmaker intolerant of Hispanics.

Limbaugh lambasted McCain for an entire summer two years ago over McCain’s sponsorship of an immigration reform bill that included a temporary guest worker program and path to citizenship for illegal aliens

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2008-09-16T08:39:00.000-07:00

McCain Seeks 9/11-Style Commission to Study Wall Street Excesses by FOXNews.com
WASHINGTON — John McCain on Tuesday called for a high-level, Sept. 11-style commission to study the current economic crisis as his campaign released an economic plan to reform Wall Street by demanding more transparency and accountability.

Meanwhile, Barack Obama’s campaign released a new television ad asking, “How can John McCain fix our economy if he doesn’t understand it’s broken?” Obama continues to hit McCain on his remark Monday that “the fundamentals of our economy are strong.”

The Arizona senator has been widely criticized for a seemingly upbeat outlook while the stock market was on its way to a 500-plus point loss and new troubles arose for investment banks.

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2008-09-15T12:00:00.000-07:00

Paulson: Banking system is 'sound'
Treasury Secretary says he doesn't rule out future finance bailouts, though he never considered one for Lehman.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson described the commercial banking sector as "sound," and said Monday he doesn't rule out additional government bailouts for the future.

"We're working through a difficult period in our financial markets right now as we work off some of the past excesses," said Paulson in a press conference in Washington. "But the American people can remain confident in the soundness and the resilience of our financial system."

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