Washington, Dec 7 : U. S president-elect Barack Obama’s former campaign manager David Plouffe is writing a book about the historic election victory.

More than 18 publishers have expressed interest in the book.

The book has been tentatively titled The Audacity To Win, a reference to Obama''s million-selling The Audacity of Hope, reports Politco. com

Washington, Dec. 7: The Bush administration is preparing to present President-elect Barack Obama with a lengthy, classified strategy review aimed at reversing the gains that militants have made in destabilizing Afghanistan and Pakistan.

To be presented to Obama''s top national security advisers in the next week or two, the review is expected to contain several options, including telling Pakistan''s military that if it wants billions of dollars in American aid will depend on the military''s being reconfigured to effectively fight militants.

New York, December 7 : President-elect Barack Obama’s speechwriter has sent an apology to Hillary Clinton for stretching out to feel a cardboard imitation of the junior United States Senator.

Jon Favreau, who has been appointed as the director of White House speechwriting, had been snapped as he was touching the lively reproduction of Clinton at a recent gathering.

The 27-year-old’s inappropriate photo had hit cyberspace through Facebook though it was later pulled off, reports the New York Post.

Washington, Dec. 7 : U. S. President-elect Barack Obama has received the most positive campaign news coverage on the main network news shows in the 20-year history of such studies conducted by the Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA).

A Washington Times report says Obama received 68 percent positive evaluations from the four major networks.

London, Dec 7 : After watching English politician Tony Blair win the IOC votes for the London Olympics, Chicago is now hopeful that President-elect Barack Obama will be able to swing the 2016 Games their way.

Chicago, which is Obama’s adopted city, has won his favour, and he has committed to a visit to Copenhagen in October next year, when the IOC will vote.

“I can think of no better place to hold the 2016 Games than in this most American of America’s cities,” Times Online quoted Obama as saying.

Washington - US president-elect Barack Obama on Saturday announced parts of his economic recovery plan aimed at saving or creating 2.5 million jobs through investments in infrastructure and technology.

In his weekly radio address, Obama reflected on news Friday that more jobs had been lost in November than in any month since 1974 and stressed that the United States will be able to weather the economic crisis.