suntimes.com - 12/8/2008
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For the first time, outgoing Illinois Senate President Emil Jones is saying he would like President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat. "Yes, I am interested,'' Jones said on WBBM-AM's "At Issue," which aired Sunday. Obama's replacement should be black, Jones said, because otherwise the U.S. ...
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 12/1/2008
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General James L. Jones, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.),
whom President-elect Barack Obama today selected to be his...
national security adviser , currently runs a U.S. Chamber of Commerce energy policy front group. Jones is president and chief executive ...
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Jim Jones’ Chamber Of Commerce Organization Promotes ...
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 12/1/2008
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
Clearly, the most noteworthy thing about General Jim
Jones, apparently Barack Obama’s choice to be National Security...
Adviser, is that for someone about to get such an important post very little is known about him. But due to some weird ...
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He’s In Love With Jim Jones Whoah
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Obama Mentor Interested in Vacant Senate Seat
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... Illinois State Sen. Emil Jones (D) said he's interested in filling the seat left open by his protege, President-elect Barack Obama. Jones indicated his interest for the appointment on WBBM-AM radio on Sunday. Jones, who is black, said the seat should be filled by an African-American since the Senate would otherwise have only white members. Jones initially sparred with Obama when he first entered the state senate in the 1990s, but he eventually gave Obama a ...
Who Is Candidate 5?
The American Scene —
... I think it’s Emil Jones. “Joined the bidding” indeed, my friend! Of course, I should give the guy the benefit of the doubt. And I do. Perhaps this was all a misunderstanding. By “something tangible,” Candidate 5 may well have promised some handmade crafts or a craypa self-portrait. ...
Who is “Senate Candidate Number 5″?
Sister Toldjah —
... , who expressed interest in the seat this past Sunday? If so, it sounds like Blago might have been heeding the advice/threats ...
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