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Published 12/18/2008 by Michael A. Fletcher and Philip Rucker at Wash Post Obama Administration
President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.) to become transportation secretary, adding a second Republican to a key position in his administration, according to senior Democratic officials.
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