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rollcall.com - 11/19/2008

Obama Taps Daschle for HHS

— rollcall.com — Former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) has been offered the job of Health and Human Services... secretary by President-elect Barack Obama and has accepted the job, according to a Democratic source close to Daschle. (more) Obama Taps Daschle for HHS

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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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cnn.com - 11/19/2008

Sources: Obama picks Daschle to head HHS

— cnn.com — Barack Obama's team is made up of a lot of people who also worked for former President... Bill Clinton. (more) Sources: Obama picks Daschle to head HHS

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Another Insider Named to Obama Cabinet
QandO — If you think Tom Daschle has been hanging out in South Dakota since his Senatorial defeat, think again. He’s been in Washington DC working for the firm Alston & Bird. The WaPo says he’s never been a lobbyists but admits that Alston & Bird have a lobbying arm. Of course it tends to stretch credulity 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 ...

Sec. Daschle
The Corner on National Review Online — ... Wednesday, November 19, 2008 [image] Sec. Daschle [John J. Miller] Apparently he'll head HHS . Phil Gramm once commented to me that he drove by the huge HHS building on his way to the Capitol every day and that it always reminded him of how much Big Government remained to be cut. ...

Signs And Portents On Health Care Reform
Daily Kos — ... in a push for universal health care, saying incremental increases in coverage won't be acceptable. Finally comes today's announcement that According to CNN's Ed Henry, Tom Daschle will serve not just as Secretary of Health and Human Services, but will also be the administration's point person on the push for a universal health care plan. (A push that Rahm Emanuel apparently has gotten behind.) More from WaPo: Daschle, a South Dakota Democrat, will also reportedly be given a ...

Daschle To Head HHS
The Moderate Voice — ... President Elect Obama has chosen former Senator Tom Daschle to head up the Department of Health and Human Services according to news reports. The same reports indicate Daschle is likely to accept. ...

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Matthew Yglesias — ... 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 to help shepherd health-care reform legislation in 2009.” ...

11/20: How Are Obama's Cabinet Picks Playing?
Blogometer — ... ' Matthew Yglesias : "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 to help shepherd health-care reform legislation in 2009.' Needless to say, it makes a ton of sense to ask a former Senate Majority Leader to lend a hand on doing legislative work rather than thinking of him primarily as someone to run the HHS bureaucracy. I don't, however, think you normally see roles formally designated in ...