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Obama warns against White House 'groupthink' (Politico)

 

Published 12/1/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News

Politico - CHICAGO – President-elect Obama took a swipe at President Bush and declared “complete confidence” in "my dear friend" Hillary Rodham Clinton as he welcomed the New York senator into his war Cabinet in a remarkable tableau that would have been unthinkable a few months ago.  (link)

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