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voices.washingtonpost.com - 1/14/2009
Live from the Clinton Confirmation Hearing
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, flanked by Sens. Richard Lugar and John Kerry. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) By Glenn Kessler 4:26 p.m. It's over. Clinton clearly passed with flying colors. "We anticipate trying to move ...
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/20/2009
No Confirmation Vote for Clinton
— thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com — One of Hillary Rodham Clinton's Republican colleagues blocked a vote on Mrs. Clinton's nomination, citing ethical questions... arising from donors to her husband's charitable foundation. (more) No Confirmation Vote for Clinton

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dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/21/2009
Live-Blogging the Geithner Confirmation Hearing
— dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com — Tuesday's presidential inauguration may have mesmerized the nation, but today's confirmation hearing of Timothy F. Geithner, President... Obama's nominee to be Treasury secretary, is expected to captivate Wall Street. (more) Live-Blogging the Geithner Confirmation Hearing

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Land mines ahead at Clinton confirmation
politico.com - 1/12/2009
Land mines ahead at Clinton confirmation
— politico.com — Hillary Clinton is intent on downplaying old disagreements with Barack Obama and parrying questions about her husband’s... overseas entanglements, aides say. (more) Land mines ahead at Clinton confirmation

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Brilliant at Breakfast:  Where was Richard Lugar's concern about the Bush-Saudi connections?

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Where was Richard Lugar's concern about the Bush-Saudi connections?
Brilliant at Breakfast — At Hillary Clinton's confirmation hearing yesterday, Republican Sen. Richard Lugar said that the Clinton Global Initiative "exists as a temptation for any foreign entity or government that believes it could curry favor through a donation" and that "the bottom line is that even well-intentioned foreign donations carry risk for U.S. foreign policy." ...

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