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Published 12/15/2008 at Reuters: Politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama had no contact with scandal-hit Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his advisers did not have "inappropriate" discussions with the governor's staff about filling Obama's vacant Senate seat, Obama's office said on Monday.
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