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Obama to Avoid Democrats' Battle Over Lieberman's Post

 
As Barack Obama prepares to take over the White House, there is one battle the President-elect is choosing to avoid: whether Senate Democrats should oust Joe Lieberman as chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.  (link)

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