foxnews.com - 2/3/2009
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Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination for health and human services secretary, after fielding mounting criticism over his failure to pay more than $130,000 in taxes. President Obama stood by Daschle Monday, telling reporters that he "absolutely" supports the former South Dakota senator. But ...
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From NBC's Athena JonesBreaking News: Tom Daschle has
withdrawn his name to be President Obama's HHS secretary. More information
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Daschle withdraws nomination
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Dwayne Horner: Daschle Withdraws
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Former Senator Tom Daschle has withdrawn his name from nomination to be the Health and Human Services Secretary in the Obama Administration. With the New York Times ...
Tax Cheat Daschle Crumbles, Withdraws Nomination
JammieWearingFool —
... has a good roundup. As we've been noting for days now, Daschle would be considered a criminal by the standards the rest of us live under. Maybe now he should be prosecuted. OK, I'll stop dreaming. DeMint told FOX News that Daschle's failure to pay $134,000 in federal taxes reflects a "problem with integrity" that the government cannot afford to tolerate. DeMint spoke out against Daschle as a number of prominent newspapers, including The New York Times, called for the South Dakota Democrat to drop his bid. DeMint said he came to that conclusion after it became "obvious" that ...
Breaking: Daschle Drops Out As Obama’s HHS - With Video
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
FOX:
Daschle Withdraws Nomination for Health and Human Services Secretary
Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination for health and human services secretary, and President Obama has accepted.
DEVELOPING …
Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination for health and human services secretary, and President Obama has accepted.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination to be Health and Human Services secretary.
That’s according to a joint White House statement from President Barack ...
Tom Daschle Withdraws As HHS Nominee
Wizbang —
Another one bites the dust. Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination for health and human services secretary, after fielding mounting criticism over his failure to pay more than $130,000 in taxes. President Obama stood by Daschle Monday, telling reporters that he "absolutely" supports the former South Dakota senator. But the president accepted Daschle's withdrawal Tuesday morning. It was unclear whether Daschle, with his deep network of ties in the Senate stemming in part from his time as majority leader, would have been able to weather the criticism in confirmation. Senators ...
I Guess the GOP Only Had Room to Allow One Tax Cheat in the Cabinet
The Sundries Shack —
You see what happens when conservatives dig in their heels? We don’t get tax cheats in the Federal Government . So Tom Daschle won’t be the Secretary of Health and Human Services, but he’s still in the mix to coordinate the President’s efforts to socialize our health care system. He’s far more dangerous in that role than he could ever be at HHS. Daschle’s news is especially good because he wasn’t the first Obama nominee who withdrew today because they didn’t pay their taxes. His would-be “Chief Performance Officer”, Nancy Killefer, ...
Reasonably sober
Belmont Club —
The tax compliance problems of Tom Daschle , Nancy Killifer , Timothy Geithner and Charlie Rangel provide an interesting backdrop to Judea Pearl’s article about the contrast between the idealism of public life and its harsh reality. Judea Pearl was Daniel Pearl’s father and is dismayed at how cynicism has become the new normal; how even terrorism can be spun into respectable behavior. Neither he, nor the millions who were shocked by his murder, could have possibly predicted that seven years later his abductor, Omar Saeed Sheikh, according to several ...
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Daschle Withdraws
voices.washingtonpost.com 2/3/2009 — By Anne E. Kornblut Tom Daschle has withdrawn from consideration to be Secretary for Health and Human Services, the White House said.
Who Will Obama Pick for HHS Secretary? —
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
There is quite a bit of speculation about the likely nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services: Marc Ambinder : "The White House and Gov. Phil Bredesen of Tennessee are in serious
discussions about the Health and Human Services Secretary position;
Bredesen is being vetted for the job." ...
Source: Patrick Not in Running for HHS —
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Since former Sen. Tom Daschle withdrew from his nomination to be secretary of health and human services on Tuesday, speculation has begun about who President Barack Obama will tap for the post.
One name that arose early was Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D). Patrick is a close friend of ...
Dodd Says He Doesn't Want HHS Job —
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Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), one of the early, leading possibilities to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, took himself out of consideration Tuesday after nominee Tom Daschle's withdrawal.
Dodd is the second-most senior Democrat on the Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ...
Daschle Drops Out —
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
Memo to anyone still angling for a top position in the Obama administration: Pay your taxes. Tom Daschle is the latest political player to find himself out of the running —in his case, to head the Department of Health and Human Services—after his own tax issues came to light. ...
Kerry On Daschle’s Withdrawal —
The Democratic Daily
As Stuart has noted in the post below, Tom Daschle has withdrawn from consideration as the nominee for for Secretary of Health and Human Services. Daschle’s full statement on his withdrawal is here .
I’m a little torn about all of this, it seems we’re having a spell of ...
Report: Daschle Out as HHS Nominee —
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Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) has withdrawn his name from consideration for Health and Human Services secretary, MSNBC is reporting.
Daschle has faced controversy in recent days after the revelation that he failed to pay over $100,000 taxes on a car and driver provided by a ...
Tax Cheat Daschle Out! —
Gateway Pundit
We're going to miss those sporty red glasses. Tax cheat Tom Daschle withdrew his nomination today for Health and Human Services Secretary today. Breitbart reported: Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination to be Health and Human Services secretary. That's according to a joint White House ...
NYT: Daschle Should ‘Step Aside’ —
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The New York Times editorial board called for Tom Daschle to remove himself from consideration to become President Barack Obama’s secretary of health and human services on Tuesday because of his failure to pay over $100,000 in taxes.
“[N]ew facts have come to light — involving his failure to pay ...
Obama On Daschle —
Daily Kos
In case you were wondering where the President stands on the Daschle nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services (from the White House press office): Q: Mr. President, do you stand behind Tom Daschle? Do you still stand behind Tom Daschle? THE PRESIDENT: Absolutely.
Kerry: Daschle's Tax Error 'Innocent' —
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Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) dubbed Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) nominee Tom Daschle's tax error an "innocent" one today, issuing a statement in support of Daschle's nomination.
"Months ago, Tom personally and proactively addressed the taxes issue and took all necessary steps to ...
Daschle's Late Tax Bill: $140,167 —
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Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), President Obama's nominee to be secretary of Health and Human Services, paid $140,167 in back taxes and interest while being considered for the Cabinet post, according to a Senate Finance Committee report obtained by Fox News.
Most of the tax ...
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