Recently President Barack Obama has been keeping his commitment to Hilary Clinton befores she joins his cabinet. In the beginning of November she owed about 7.5 million to vendors for her campaign. With the help of Obama she has been able to trim down the debt. Clinton basically has to get rid of this debt before becoming secretary of state because one she does she will not be able to receive any donated money. Obama and his team are doing everything in their effort to make sure her debt is retired before she takes her new job.

Only a few more weeks before President Bush officially leaves office. On Friday December 5th Bush explained that the war an Iraq cost and took much longer than he expected. However he claimed that the world could not have left Saddam Hussein's power unchecked. During his speech he basically defended his middle eastern policies and mentioned what Obama will be able to inherit from them.

January 20th will be here shortly and its the day that Obama officially steps into office. Supposedly tax cuts are suppose to come in early for the middle class. Obama says that tax cuts will be part of the help that is needed to stimulate this economy. However him and his team have not reported what kind of tax cuts the middle class will be receiving. To learn more check out this link: http://biz.yahoo.com/cnnm/081202/120208_obama_stimulus_taxcut.html?.&.pf=taxes