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briefingroom.thehill.com - 11/20/2008
Group: Daschle Appointment Could Violate Rule
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Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Dachle's (D-S.D.) reported selection as secretary of health and human services could violate one of the rules set out by President-elect Barack Obama's transition team, consumer advocacy group Public Citizen said this afternoon. Daschle's work as a public policy ...
TOM DASCHLE: HEALTH CZAR.
prospect.org - 11/19/2008
TOM DASCHLE: HEALTH CZAR.
— prospect.org — CNN is reporting that Tom Daschle will not only be Health and Human Services Secretary, but also... health reform czar under the Obama administration. This is huge news, and the clearest evidence yet that Obama means to pursue comprehensive health ... (more) TOM DASCHLE: HEALTH CZAR.

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Daschle to Be Health Secretary
online.wsj.com - 11/19/2008
Daschle to Be Health Secretary
— online.wsj.com — Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle accepted Obama's offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.... (more) Daschle to Be Health Secretary

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voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/19/2008
Obama Picks Daschle for HHS
— voices.washingtonpost.com — Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. (Susan Walsh / Associated Press) By Ceci Connolly and Chris Cillizza... President-elect Barack Obama has chosen his close confidant and former Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle to serve as secretary of the ... (more) Obama Picks Daschle for HHS

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