Topic: Gary Locke

US Senate confirms Locke as China ambassador

US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke won unanimous Senate confirmation Wednesday as ambassador to Beijing, becoming the first Chinese American to hold the prestigious and difficult diplomatic post.Locke, whose grandfather came from China to the United States on a steamboat, promised during his ...

Locke vows to raise rights concerns with China

Gary Locke, the nominee to be the next US ambassador to China, promised Thursday he would be a forceful advocate for human rights while seeking broad cooperation with Beijing.Locke, the commerce secretary who would be the first Chinese-American ambassador to Beijing, told ...

Mona Lee Locke

Mona Lee Locke is the wife of former Governor of Washington Gary Locke . Obama likely to name Locke to Commerce (February 23, 2009) Gary Locke is President Barack Obama 's choice for Secretary of Commerce. (February 25, 2009) Elected into office ...
White House communications director leaving to become Commerce chief of staffWhite House communications director Ellen Moran is stepping down to be chief of staff to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, becoming the first senior adviser to President Barack Obama to leave the West ...

Bobby Jindal Gets an Honor and Maybe a Curse

Bobby Jindal has been selected to deliver the televised Republican response to Barack Obama's February 24 address to Congress, which means Jindal will now be the subject of a wave of news stories hyping him as a rising national star.Take it away, ...
Name by name, Obama's Cabinet taking shapeDay by day, name by name, President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet is taking shape, and other top jobs are being filled.A look at who has made the list and who is being talked about for jobs that ...