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POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Wednesday Dec. 24th, 2008

 

Published 12/24/2008 by shannanb at CNN Political Ticker

CNN: Bush pardons 19, commutes sentence of meth dealer President George W. Bush granted pardons Tuesday to 19 citizens charged with a variety of crimes, but none was prominent. CNN: Biden to chair economic transition team meeting Vice President-elect Joe Biden will chair a meeting of the presidential transition team's top economic advisers on Tuesday, as the incoming [...] (link)

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