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Transition Terror How vulnerable are we to a terrorist attack during the transition to the new administration? Michael Scheuer, former chief of the CIA’s ...

Federal News Network Staff

November 17, 2008 6:30 pm

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Transition Terror

How vulnerable are we to a terrorist attack during the transition to the new administration? Michael Scheuer, former chief of the CIA’s Osama Bin Laden unit and author of the book “Imperial Hubris,” told me on today’s show that we’re thinking about that possibility the wrong way.

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Post Office Problems

Federal News Radio told you about the $2.8 billion shortfall at the US Postal Service for fiscal 2008. That information came out of a meeting of the USPS Board of Governors last week. After the meeting, Federal News Radio’s Max Cacas talked to Alan Kessler, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Postal Service, and USPS Chief Financial Officer Glen Walker.

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Overseeing the Overseer

The man in charge of the Treasury Department’s Troubled Asset Relief Program is Neel Kashkari, Interim Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability and Assistant Secretary for International Economics and Development at the agency. He testified about changes to the TARP at a hearing of the House Oversight Committee’s Domestic Policy subcommittee.

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Not Just a Bunch of Limos

This weekend’s G-20 summit here in Washington did more than just jam up traffic. The leaders of the 20 countries released a communique that crystalized the ideas they discussed at the meeting. Ralph Bryant, Senior Fellow for Economic Studies and Global Economy and Development at the Brookings Institution, provided some analysis.

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