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Published 11/21/2008 by Spencer S. Hsu at Wash Post Obama Administration

President-elect Barack Obama's pending selection of Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) as secretary of homeland security was greeted yesterday as a sign that the new Democratic administration will fundamentally change the tone of the nation's post-Sept. 11 approach to domestic security. (link)

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