suntimes.com - 12/4/2008
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Please stay in Chicago, Mr. Duncan. The nation is poised for urgently needed new direction under the leadership of President-elect Barack Obama and his Cabinet. It's clear that Arne Duncan has the vision, on-the-ground experience and passion to be a great United States secretary of education. ...
Transition: Arne Duncan's day
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 12/16/2008 —
Obama is going local for his Education secretary -- Chicago public schools chief Arne Duncan, “who over seven years maintained a positive story line for the troubled district," the Los Angeles Times reports. More: "Since 2001, when Chicago Mayor ...
Arne Duncan To Be Named Education Secretary
cbs2chicago.com 12/15/2008 — President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Chicago Public Schools Chief Arne Duncan to head the Department of Education. Obama is expected to make the announcement at Dodge Renaissance Academy Tuesday morning.
update... OBAMA SLAM-DUNCANS EDUCATION
gregpalast.com 12/17/2008 — FOUL CHOICE OF BASKETBALL BUDDY FOR EDUCATION SECRETARY
by Greg Palast
[New York. Tuesday, December 16, 2998]
Hey, you Liberal Democrats. You may have won the election, but you're getting CREAMED in the transition.
Today, President-elect ...
Why Obama Gets an "A" for Choosing Duncan
blogs.tnr.com 12/17/2008 — Arne Duncan wasn't Mayor Richard Daley's first choice to
lead Chicago's
public schools in 2001. But when Daley's top pick declined the offer, he turned
to Duncan, who at the time was young and relatively unknown to the public, despite
having served ...
Arne Duncan
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 12/16/2008 —
Arne Duncan always seemed like the obvious choice for Secretary of Education to me. He works in Chicago, just like Obama. Obama knows him personally. He went to Harvard and he plays basketball. On top of that, he’s had a good record in ...
Duncan to join Obama Cabinet -
chicagotribune.com 12/16/2008 — Chicago Public Schools chief Arne Duncan , who over seven years maintained a positive story line for the troubled district, will join longtime basketball buddy Barack Obama 's Cabinet as secretary of education, a transition source said. Obama's ...
Arne Duncan to be named Obama Education Secretary
blogs.suntimes.com 12/15/2008 — WASHINGTON--President elect Barack Obama will tap Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan on Tuesday to be his Education Secretary, a transition official told the Chicago Sun-Times. The appointment will come during a press conference at a Chicago school, ...
Duncan to Education
blogs.tnr.com 12/16/2008 — Following up on an earlier post , NYT is now reporting that Arne Duncan , head of Chicago's public schools, has been tapped as Obama's education secretary. After being a frontrunner for weeks, Duncan will likely be introduced at a press conference ...
Obama picks Duncan for Education
swamppolitics.com 12/16/2008 — by John McCormick
President-elect Barack Obama will name Chicago Public Schools chief Arne Duncan as his Secretary of Education at a West Side news conference Tuesday morning, a transition official said.
The two men are friends and often play ...
'Gay High School' Could Be Used By Conservatives Against Arne Duncan
huffingtonpost.com 12/17/2008 — David Brody of CBNNews has a post up describing on possible point of contention between religious conservatives and President-elect Barack Obama's pick for the Department of Education, Arne Duncan: his support for Pride Campus, a proposal for a ...
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