cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com - 11/19/2008
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CNN Correspondent CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Sen. Tom Daschle to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the former Senate Majority Leader has indicated he wants the job, three sources close to the transition told CNN Wednesday. The sources, ...
prospect.org - 11/19/2008
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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 ...
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TOM DASCHLE: HEALTH CZAR.
voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/19/2008
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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 ...
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Obama Picks Daschle for HHS
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Another Insider Named to Obama Cabinet
QandO —
... that a powerful and well-connected former Senate leader would be employed by such a firm, with such an "arm" and never be called to aid in any Captiol Hill lobbying effort. But apparently that’s the fiction that’s going to be foisted upon us and the WaPo is content to run up the first trial balloon. Memo to WaPo - no sale. His wife is a registered lobbyist and will accordingly resign from her firm to prevent any "conflict of interest". How nice. CNN reports: The sources, who are in a position to know, said that Daschle ...
11/20: How Are Obama's Cabinet Picks Playing?
Blogometer —
... , liberal bloggers are quite comfortable with the prospect of ex-Deputy AG Eric Holder as AG. They've also welcomed reports that Obama plans to tap ex-SD Sen. Tom Daschle as HHS Sec. They believe that Obama's desire to appoint someone with as much legislative experience as Daschle indicates that he is serious about ...
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Daschle at HHS = Good News for Health Reform
blogs.tnr.com 11/19/2008 — So much health care news, so little time to blog. But let me weigh in on the news, via, CNN, that Tom Daschle will be Secretary of Health and Human Services . He will also serve as the White House point person on health care reform . This is a ...
Obama Names Tom Daschle as HHS Secretary
patterico.com 11/20/2008 — [Guest post by DRJ]
The Chicago Tribune reports Barack Obama has named former Senator Tom Daschle to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services. (Perhaps this explains in part Obama’s revised lobbyist rules that focus on the area of ...
Daschle to Be Named HHS Secretary (Officially)
blogs.tnr.com 12/11/2008 — Barack Obama will be holding a press conference in Chicago on Thursday. And it's safe bet that most of the political world will be watching to hear Obama give his first extended remarks about the Rod Blagojevich scandal. But Obama will be making ...
Report: Obama Picks Daschle For Health And Human Services
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/19/2008 — Tom Daschle, who suffered a major downfall when he went from being Senate Democratic Leader to losing his own seat in 2004, is now enjoying a comeback of sorts -- Barack Obama has reportedly tapped Daschle to be his new Secretary of Health and Human ...
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org 11/20/2008 —
It doesn’t come as a shock to see that Tom Daschle will be tapped as HHS Secretary . The more interesting news is the notion that Daschle “will also reportedly be given a policy portfolio that stretches beyond the department in order ...
Why do we need a tax cheat as head of the HHS?
betsyspage.blogspot.com 2/1/2009 — Sure, maybe we needed Geithner at Treasury. Some well-respected people thought he was the perfect nominee and, in a time of crisis, the president needed to have the man he wanted at Treasury. But Tom Daschle? How unique are his skills? As Yuval Levin ...
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obsidianwings.blogs.com 2/2/2009 — by hilzoy What is it with these people and their taxes? First Geithner, now Daschle : " Thomas A. Daschle, nominated to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, did not pay more than $128,000 in taxes over three years, a ...
Daschle will be Secretary of HHS
politico.com 11/19/2008 — Former Senator Majority leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) will be secretary of HHS in the Obama administration.
Obama picks Daschle as health secretary: CNN —
Reuters: Politics 11/19/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former U.S. Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle to be Health and Human Services secretary, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing sources close to Obama's transition team.
Daschle to head HHS —
First Read 11/19/2008
From NBC's Andrea MitchellNBC News has confirmed that Tom Daschle -- the former Democratic Senate leader who backed Obama early in the Democratic nomination fight -- has been tapped to be the next secretary at the Department Health and Human ...
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