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Published 12/19/2008 by Al Kamen at Wash Post Federal Page

President-elect Barack Obama 's expected announcement today of his last three Cabinet-level picks -- outgoing Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.) as secretary of transportation, former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk as U.S. trade representative and Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-Calif.) as secretary of labor -- ends the first... (link)

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