http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington News, analysis, color and photography from Cox Newspapers' Washington Bureau en-us kherman@coxnews.com 2009-02-04T13:58:25-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2009/02/04/mayors_back_sti.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Twenty-one U.S. mayors met today with top Obama administration officials to express their support for the economic stimulus package. After the meeting, the mayors discussed the challenges they face as their cities deal with the economic crisis. Watch the... 10594803@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2009-02-04T13:58:25-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2009/01/28/obama_and_the_c.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington President Obama huddled at the White House today with corporate CEOs as he sought - and got - support for his economic stimulus package about to begin a potentially perilous path through Congress. After the session, the president and... 10394303@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2009-01-28T13:00:31-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2009/01/23/white_house_sta.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington The “stakeout” is a staple of White House coverage. Traditionally, folks who meet with the president - and want to talk to the press about it - head to the stakeout position just outside the West WIng. Here’s a... 10276103@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2009-01-23T12:49:19-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2009/01/22/a_new_president.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Here’s White House press secretary Robert Gibbs at his first daily briefing for the building’s press corps. Topics du jour include why President Barack Obama did a replay of the oath of office and why the president is keeping... 10257803@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2009-01-22T16:28:07-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2009/01/22/obama_rescinds.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington As expected, President Barack Obama moved quickly to rescind a George W. Bush executive order that gave presidential heirs the right to block release of White House records. In a Wednesday executive order, Obama revoked a Nov. 1, 2001 Bush... 10246603@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2009-01-22T11:46:09-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2009/01/21/putting_the_ina.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington I’m back on the Greyhound bus, on our way out of Washington and back to New York. The driver got everybody’s attention with a crack about how the bus was bound for West Virginia. New Yorkers on the bus, clutching... 10212803@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ Inauguration 2009-01-21T10:22:15-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2009/01/21/the_bush_rally.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington A wrap of the day’s events in Midland as George W. Bush came home.... 10206503@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2009-01-21T00:16:59-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2009/01/20/w_the_end_1.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Here’s what it looks like when the featured guest is gone, the crowds have left and a lone letter on the ground serves as a reminder of an administration and a welcome-home rally now in the past.... 10204103@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2009-01-20T21:56:46-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2009/01/20/bushs_flight_ho.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Here’s former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and former FEMA Director Joe Allbaugh discussing the flight from Washington to Midland with George W. Bush. Watch the video to see which one of them got a kiss from Bush.... 10203303@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2009-01-20T21:15:09-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2009/01/20/trying_to_get_o.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington The inauguration took place hours ago, but it’s proven a pain to get around the District even now. Yes, there were no disasters today as far as I know and the Capitol Police seemed to have done a great job... 10196503@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ Inauguration 2009-01-20T16:27:11-05:00