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Obama Transition Teams Scrutinizing Federal Agencies

 
Wearing yellow badges and traveling in groups of 10 or more, agency review teams for President-elect Barack Obama have swarmed into dozens of government offices, from the Pentagon to the National Council on Disability. (link)

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