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Obama Picks Chicago's Schools Chief For Cabinet

 
President-elect Barack Obama will nominate Chicago schools executive Arne Duncan as his education secretary at an event in the city today, transition aides said, and is expected to tap Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.) to serve as secretary of the interior later this week, all but finalizing his selecti... (link)

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