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newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 11/15/2008
Durbin has private lunch with Obama | Clout Street - local political coverage
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Posted by John Chase at 3:30 p.m. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin had lunch with President-elect Barack Obama today and said they talked about everything from Obama's potential cabinet to his replacement as the junior senator from Illinois. The pair got together in the Kluczynski Federal Building downtown ...
newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 11/13/2008
Obama will resign Senate seat Sunday | Clout Street - local political coverage
— newsblogs.chicagotribune.com — UPDATED AT 1:50 p.m. Posted by John McCormick and Rick Pearson at 1:35 p.m. President-elect Barack Obama... said today he will step down from his Senate seat effective this Sunday. The decision adds to the pressure on Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a fellow ... (more) Obama will resign Senate seat Sunday | Clout Street - ...

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newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 11/12/2008
Durbin talks about daughter's death before election | Clout Street - local political coverage
— newsblogs.chicagotribune.com — Posted by Ray Long at 4:30 p.m. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said today that his daughter's... death the weekend before the election served as a reminder that family is more important than politics. Illinois' senior senator lost his 40-year-old ... (more) Durbin talks about daughter's death before election | ...

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Obama Has Private Lunch With Durbin, Tapes Interview
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Senator Dick Durbin had lunch with President-elect Barack Obama Friday and told reporters that they discussed a range of issues, including the makeup of Obama's cabinet and his replacement in the Senate. From the Tribune's account: Durbin, speaking to reporters about an hour later after an unrelated school event, declined to name names that came up at lunch. But he said Obama "is assembling what I consider to be the strongest team for a president's cabinet in modern memory." The cabinet will include Republicans as well as Democrats, ...

Obama Has Private Lunch With Durbin, Tapes Interview
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — Senator Dick Durbin had lunch with President-elect Barack Obama Friday and told reporters that they discussed a range of issues, including the makeup of Obama's cabinet and his replacement in the Senate. From the Tribune's account: Durbin, speaking to reporters about an hour later after an unrelated school event, declined to name names that came up at lunch. But he said Obama "is assembling what I consider to be the strongest team for a president's cabinet in modern memory." The cabinet will include Republicans as well as Democrats, ...

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