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Published 11/11/2008 by Mark Murray at First Read

From NBC's Amna Nawaz and Abby LivingstonJohn Podesta, Obama's White House transition co-chair, today promised the "strictest, most far-reaching" ethics rules "ever applied" to a presidential transition. Podesta made that promise in a press briefing at his staff's offices in Washington, DC. Those rules prevent federal lobbyists from working for the transition in the fields of policy for which they lobbied in the last 12 months. They must also "cease all lobbying activities" while working for the...( read more ) (link)

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