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Daschle Pledges a Bipartisan Reform of Health Care System
Daschle Pledges a Bipartisan Reform of Health Care System
At confirmation hearings, Tom Daschle spoke of a a grass roots, ideology-free approach to the issue. >
Daschle's approach: Anything but Clinton
politico.com — They might sit side-by-side in Barack Obama’s Cabinet room someday, but Tom Daschle didn’t much like Hillary Clinton’s tactics for fixing health care 15 years ago. (more) Daschle's approach: Anything but Clinton
Daschle Lays Out a Plan to Overhaul Health Care
Daschle Lays Out a Plan to Overhaul Health Care
nytimes.com — At a confirmation hearing, Tom Daschle said the task had become more urgent because of the recession. > (more) Daschle Lays Out a Plan to Overhaul Health Care
Tom Geoghegan for Congress
Tom Geoghegan for Congress
jamesfallows.theatlantic.com — Two years ago, I said I was making an exception to the "no active involvement in politics" stance I had maintained through my previous decades of journalistic life. (After leaving a one-time stint in politics in the Jimmy Carter years.) That exception ... (more) Tom Geoghegan for Congress
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The Early Word: The Road To Stimulus
The Caucus — ... on Capitol Hill on Thursday. The Times’s Robert Pear notes that Mr. Daschle, a veteran of the Senate, “graciously answered questions from senators, echoed their concerns and fluently discussed fine points of health policy without consulting notes or briefing books.” The Inauguration And now a word about the inauguration’s sponsors: ...

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nytimes.com 12/11/2008 — Barack Obama presented former Senator Tom Daschle as his choice for secretary of health and human services. >
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Daschle Faces Confirmation HearingWSJ.com: Politics And Policy 1/8/2009
Former Sen. Tom Daschle testified during his confirmation hearing that providing universal health coverage will be integral to the mission of the Department of Health and Human Services and that "the cost of failure is simply too high."
Health secretary pick seeks health care overhaul (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/8/2009
AP - Tom Daschle promised former Senate colleagues on Thursday that as health secretary he would learn from Bill Clinton's failed attempt to overhaul health care, an effort criticized as too long, secretive and hard to understand.
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Tanden will assist Daschle in crafting a major overhaul of the health care system.