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Faculty Experts Available to Provide Analysis and Perspective on Presidential Inauguration and Transition
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

Faculty members from The University of Texas at Austin are available to provide expert perspectives on presidential inaugural and transition issues, including policies, economics, and defense and foreign policy issues.

Newswise: Expert Available to Discuss Parallels Between the Obama Inauguration and the FDR Inauguration
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Expert Available to Discuss Parallels Between the Obama Inauguration and the FDR Inauguration
Binghamton University, State University of New York

Binghamton University professor David Louis Cingranelli is available to discuss the parallels between the Obama inauguration and the inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933. Topics include rising political tensions, the economic crisis, and rampant anti-Americanism abroad.

Released: 9-Jan-2009 1:00 PM EST
Politics, History, Int'l Affairs, Terrorism, and Security
George Washington University

The following are GW experts available to discuss Presidential history, American politics, African-American history, first ladies, international affairs, terrorism, homeland security, and emergency preparedness.

Newswise: Retired Ambassador Offers Insight on Foreign Relations
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Retired Ambassador Offers Insight on Foreign Relations
University of Kentucky

Ambassador (ret.) Carey Cavanaugh, who worked under Clinton and Bush, is available to discuss diplomacy under the Obama administration.

Released: 9-Jan-2009 1:00 PM EST
Higher Gas Taxes Should Be Administration Priority, Energy Expert Says
University of Delaware

Americans' bad energy consumption habits are an epidemic. Founder of University of Delaware's Energy Institute suggests best way to curb the habits is taxation.

Released: 9-Jan-2009 1:00 PM EST
Experts Available to Discuss Topics Related to Presidential Inauguration
Syracuse University

Syracuse University faculty experts are available to discuss topics related to the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration. Satellite broadcast interviews can be arranged from campus.

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Will Obama be a Great President?
Boston College

Boston College Political Science Professor Marc Landy has studied the greatness of America's presidents.

Released: 9-Jan-2009 1:00 PM EST
Stylistic Changes Predicted for Obama Administration
Texas Tech University

Change may be Obama's mantra, but one Texas Tech political scientist says don't expect the Roosevelt administration.

Newswise: Obama Signals New Era in Nation’s Struggle with Self-Identity
Released: 9-Jan-2009 1:00 PM EST
Obama Signals New Era in Nation’s Struggle with Self-Identity
Vanderbilt University

America's struggle over competing visions of nationhood involving race is a giant step closer to resolution with Obama's inauguration, says historian Gary Gerstle. He's the author of American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century, recently recommended on NPR as one of the best books for understanding the nation's new civic movement.

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What’s for Lunch on Inauguration Day? Ask Liz Goldsmith
Florida State University

After being sworn in as the 44th president, Barack Obama will head inside to the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall to join family members, guests and Congressional leaders for the inauguration luncheon, in keeping with a tradition introduced by Harry S. Truman and embraced by every subsequent president except Jimmy Carter.



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