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Published 2/16/2009 at L.A. Times - Politics

But the Illinois senator also says federal investigators want to talk to him about his appointment. > Sen. Roland Burris tried Sunday to quell new questions about his controversial appointment to the Senate, insisting he shouldn't be blamed for only recently detailing his conversations about the job with five associates of disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich. (link)

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