Two Appointments to the Food and Drug Administration

From Firedoglake.com:
In his weekly address last Saturday, President Obama announced two superb appointments (In his weekly address, President Barack Obama announced the appointments of Dr. Margaret Hamburg as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and Dr. Joshua Sharfstein as the Principal Deputy Commissioner, as well as the creation of a new Food Safety Working [...]

Big 3 Automakers Find a Bit More Love in the House

In a New York Times article by Bill Vlasic and David Stout, it is reported that Richard Wagoner of General Motors, Robert Nardelli of Chrysler and Alan Mulally of Ford found Barney Frank’s House Financial Services Committee more receptive following the announcement that another 553,000 Americans lost their jobs during November 2008.
As you listened to [...]