Think Progress

December 2008 Progress Reports

• National Security -- America's Torture Disgrace, December 22, 2008
  Closing Guantanamo and ending torture once and for all.
• Economy -- A Green, Unionized Economic Recovery, December 19, 2008
  Obama nominates Rep. Hilda Solis as Labor Secretary.
• Environment -- Restoring The Land, December 18, 2008
  Obama nominates Sen. Ken Salazar as Interior Secretary.
• Education -- Picking Up The Children Left Behind, December 17, 2008
  Obama nominates Arne Duncan, CEO of the Chicago public schools, as Education Secretary.
• Iraq -- Bush's Failure Tour, December 16, 2008
  Shoe-thrower incident is evidence of Bush's foreign policy failures in Iraq.
• Economy -- Commitment To Affordable Housing, December 15, 2008
  

  Obama names Shaun Donovan as his nominee for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

• Health Care -- Affordable And Accessible For All, December 12, 2008
  The choice of Tom Daschle and Jeanne Lambrew for Obama's health care team show Obama's seriousness about universal coverage.
• Energy -- A Return To Science, December 11, 2008
  

  The choice of Dr. Steven Chu as Energy Secretary reflects Obama's intent to return science to climate policy.

• Justice -- The Need For An Empowered Justice Department, December 10, 2008
  

  Why Gov. Rod Blagojevich's scandal shows the country's need for an independently-minded DOJ.

• International Relations -- A Rocky Roadmap, December 9, 2008
  

  Riots in Hebron and the Israeli peace process.

• Veterans -- A 21st Century Veterans Affairs, December 8, 2008
  

  Ret. Gen. Eric Shinseki nominated as VA Secretary.

• Environment -- Peril In Poznan, December 5, 2008
  The stakes could not be higher at the international climate change conference in Poznan, Poland.
• Economy -- Auto Bailout, Take Two, December 4, 2008
  Detroit's Big Three auto execs head to Washington again to plea for a rescue package.
• Economy -- Pulling The TARP Over Your Eyes, December 3, 2008
  Despite promises from lawmakers and Hank Paulson, the TARP funds do not appear to be receiving much oversight.
• National Security -- On The Path To Sustainable Security, December 2, 2008
  The Obama administration's national security team indicates it will embrace the goal of sustainable security.
• International Relations -- Terrorists Strike Mumbai, December 1, 2008
  

  Last Wednesday, "coordinated terrorist attacks struck the heart of Mumbai, India's commercial capital," kicking off a three-day showdown between gunmen and Indian authorities that left  nearly 200 people dead and over 300 injured, including at least six Americans.