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Published 12/3/2008 by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney at CNN Political Ticker

WASHINGTON (CNN) — A new national poll suggests that Americans think President-elect Barack Obama's getting it right when it comes to his Cabinet picks, especially when it comes to Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates. Seventy-five percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey approve of Obama's Cabinet choices, with 22 percent disapproving. That's 16 [...] (link)

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