President-elect Barack Obama is laying a foundation for his new administration, calling on a trusted central bank figure to help create jobs and block the economy from falling deeper into a financial morass not seen in eight decades.
Obama also delved into one of the most pressing foreign policy issues facing his presidency, calling Afghan President Hamid Karzai by telephone and telling him that fighting terrorism there and in the region would be a top priority, Karzai's office said on Sunday.
The Saturday conversation between Obama and Karzai was the first reported contact between the two leaders more than two weeks after the Nov. 4 U.S. election. The …
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