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Obama transition sees eye-popping 300,000 resumes

 
Hundreds of thousands of applicants want to work for President-elect Barack Obama. WASHINGTON (CNN) – Just weeks after opening shop, the Obama transition team has been flooded by what looks like an unprecedented wave of hundreds of thousands of resumes from people who want positions in the new president's administration. "We've actually had more than 300,000 [...] (link)

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