| P2008 Calendar. Highlights on the Road to the White House |
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| Mon. Dec. 1 | President-elect Obama announces national security team: Sen. Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State; Robert Gates to continue on as Secretary of Defense; Eric Holder as Attorney General; Gov. Janet Napolitano as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; Susan Rice as Ambassador to the United Nations; and General Jim Jones, USMC (Ret) as National Security Advisor. (remarks) |
| Tues. Dec. 2 | -President-elect Obama and Vice-President-elect Biden meet
with governors at a meeting hosted by the
National Governors Association in
Philadelphia, PA. (remarks) -Runoff in the Georgia U.S. Senate race; Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R) re-elected. |
| Wed. Dec. 3 | |
| Thurs. Dec. 4 | |
| Fri. Dec. 5 | Bureau of Labor Statistics reports
533,000 jobs lost in November, most since Dec. 1974, and unemployment
rate in November was 6.7%. |
| Sat. Dec. 6 | In his weekly radio address President-elect Obama outlines five points of his economic recovery plan. (transcript) |
| Sun. Dec. 7 | |
| Mon. Dec. 8 | |
| Tues. Dec. 9 | Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-IL) arrested on corruption charges including conspiring to sell the Senate seat recently vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. |
| Wed. Dec. 10 | House passes
automaker rescue legislation by a vote of 237-170; major provisions
include $14 billion in emergency loans and creation of a "car czar." |
| Thurs. Dec. 11 | Automaker rescue legislation fails to obtain requisite 60 votes in the Senate. |
| Fri. Dec. 12 | |
| Sat. Dec. 13 | |
| Sun. Dec. 14 | |
| Mon. Dec. 15 | Electors meet in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. (First Monday after the second Wednesday in December). > |
| Tues. Dec. 16 | |
| Wed. Dec. 17 | |
| Thurs. Dec. 18 | |
| Fri. Dec. 19 | -President Bush
announces the Treasury Department will assist the domestic automobile
industry with loans from the Troubled Asset Relief Program. -President-elect Obama finishes announcing the members of his Cabinet. |
| Sat. Dec. 20 | |
| Sun. Dec. 21 | |
| Mon. Dec. 22 | |
| Tues. Dec. 23 | |
| Wed. Dec. 24 | Deadline for receipt of electoral votes at the National
Archives. |
| Thurs. Dec. 25 | |
| Fri. Dec. 26 | |
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