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blogs.wsj.com - 1/13/2009
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Jane Zhang reports on health care.
President-elect Barack Obama said he will nominate William Corr , who has long advocated reducing tobacco use, as deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Corr is the executive director at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and until September was a registered lobbyist for the antismoking group. Among other things, he lobbied Congress to give the Food and Drug Administration, an HHS agency, the authority to regulate tobacco. A ...
thegspot.typepad.com - 1/7/2009
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By Kathy G.By now you've probably heard the
news. Tom Geoghegan* -- author, labor lawyer, and all-round...
mensch -- is running for Congress. With Rahm Emanuel's departure to join Barack Obama's White House, his Congressional seat in Illinois's Fifth ...
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Mr. Geoghegan Goes to Washington
politico.com - 1/14/2009
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politico.com —
President-elect Barack Obama s pick for deputy secretary
of Health and Human Services was an anti-tobacco lobbyist...
as recently as September, a vocation that at least rides the fine line of Obama s ethics principles. As a leader of the Obama HHS ...
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Obama HHS deputy has recent lobbyist past - Chris Frates
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/9/2009
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Buried in today's New York Times piece on
Tom Daschle's confirmation hearing before the Senate health committee...
is a possible revelation on his plans for passing health care reform this year. Daschle, tapped by Barack Obama to head the health and ...
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On Health Reform Process, Daschle Demurs
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... , an adviser on technology issues during the campaign and longtime friend to the incoming president, to become the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. * Obama is going to nominate the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' William Corr as deputy director of the Department of Health and Human Services. Good move. * Lt. Gen. Douglas E. Lute ...
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