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Tax issues shadow Obama health nominee Daschle

 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's choice to spearhead U.S. healthcare reform, Tom Daschle, paid more than $100,000 in back taxes for a three-year period, setting up a potential roadblock to his nomination, documents showed on Friday. (link)

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