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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.
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Bye Bye "Buy American"? Not So Fast.

By Marc Ambinder

Feb 4 2009, 8:20 AM ET Comment

A lot of sudden friction among allies of Barack Obama last night when the president told ABC's Charlie Gibson that the so-called Buy American provisions ought to be cut out of the stimulus bill.  Democratic and labor sources say that the White House will clarify Obama's remarks today.


The upshot: Obama doesn't want to get rid of them entirely; he wants modifications. Remember, Obama campaigned on these provisions, he attacked McCain's stances on them, and his campaign even printed stickers that said "Buy American, Vote Obama." So -- stay tuned.
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