newsbusters.org - 12/4/2008
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On Thursday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith talked discussed the Obama transition with Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer, who observed: "...a lot of people said this is going to be a very extremist president and all that, that he's a very liberal Democrat , but as we have seen in ...
esquire.com - 12/3/2008
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esquire.com —
The just-tapped Secretary of Commerce shares intimate new
stories on how Barack Obama saved his ass before...
he became his boss, Saddam Hussein's guile, Bush's charm, racial politics and more.
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Bill Richardson: What I've Learned
blogs.abcnews.com - 12/3/2008
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blogs.abcnews.com —
President-elect Barack Obama expressed his deep dissapointment for
the loss of Bill Richardson's beard in a press...
conference to announce the New Mexico governor's nomination as secretary of commerce. "We're deeply disappointed with the loss of the ...
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Obama Expresses Sorrow with Loss of Richardson Beard
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