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For Obama, a Trusted Voice Who Knows the Terrain
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Kerry on Taxes: You Can't Be Trusted to Invest Your Own Money
Kerry on Taxes: You Can't Be Trusted to Invest Your Own Money
corner.nationalreview.com — Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Kerry on Taxes: You Can't Be Trusted to Invest Your Own Money [... Mark Hemingway ] 02/10 08:45 PM (more) Kerry on Taxes: You Can't Be Trusted to Invest Your Own ...
Can Republicans Be Trusted?
Can Republicans Be Trusted?
notesfromagrumpyoldman.blogspot.com — Paul Krugman Clarence Page Eugene Robinson Charles Krauthammer So,suppose you have a company that provides security, and... lived off of fat no-bid contracts from a Republican administration.Say you had some employees who were observed killing innocent civilians in Iraq and your company was ... (more) Can Republicans Be Trusted?
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Craig Takes Control of Vetting Process
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... After several problems with nominees, the White House counsel is assuming oversight of vetting for Obama's future picks. Calls Daschle's withdrawal a “massive disappointment,” says getting it right with new nominee is “obviously ... a priority of this president.”       ...

Inside Obama's Vetting Process: What Went Wrong?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Considered in a historical context, that aide added, the Daschle stumble may have been politically dramatic but it was hardly unusual. Certainly, the Obama administration is already moving on. On Friday, the Washington Post reported that president's chief counsel Greg Craig would be taking over the reins of the vetting process. His task will be to ensure that the next HHS nominee and other appointees -- including Labor Secretary Designee Hilda Solis, who has also be befuddled by tax problems (in this case, her husbands) -- do not stumble off the road to confirmation. ...

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