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Published 12/24/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
Politico - It seemed like a typical day: a trip to the gym, back home for a shower, and then a press conference followed by a day in the Chicago transition office. But last Thursday, President-elect Barack Obama was interviewed for two hours by two FBI agents and two federal prosecutors investigating charges that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich had tried to sell off the Senate seat Obama vacated after winning the presidency.
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