Topic: Nancy-Ann DeParle

Jay Carney tapped for White House press secretary

Veteran journalist Jay Carney, currently serving as Vice President Biden's communications director, is expected to become President Obama's new press secretary.

To pass healthcare reform, Democrats may go it alone

Party leaders may have settled on a healthcare reform strategy: muscle through legislation with only Democratic votes. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will face defections.

White House hits back at Howard Dean attack on healthcare reform bill

White House officials responded forcefully Thursday to former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean’s call to defeat healthcare reform bill.

Obama team battles to portray healthcare reform as cost-cutting

House and Senate bills on healthcare reform include most cost-cutting ideas that have surfaced in recent years, asserts Obama's budget director.

Health reform has a new messenger: Biden

With Obama tied up at the UN, Vice President Biden is out front on health reform. On Wednesday, he reassured seniors in suburban Maryland about their Medicare coverage.

The emptiness of Obama's pragmatism

Policy devoid of clear ethical theory creates a nation without principle, and a nation without principle is a nation on stilts.

Undaunted by the economy, Obama presses ahead on healthcare reform

His introduction of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) for secretary of health and human services marks an attempt to press for reforms even amid the economic crisis.

Obama kicks off health care week with two nominations