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Published 12/11/2008 by Paul C. Light at Wash Post Federal Page
Even as Washington celebrates the credentials and smarts of President-Elect Barack Obama's early picks, concerns are growing that his cabinet and White House staff will tilt heavily toward elitism. How can the president's appointees understand the nation's economic pain when they grew up in priv...
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