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voices.washingtonpost.com - 1/8/2009
Obama Picks Sunstein to Oversee Regulations
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By Michael D. Shear President-elect Barack Obama will name Cass Sunstein, a close friend and one of the nation's top constitutional lawyers, to a senior-level post in charge of government regulation, a transition official said. A professor of law at Harvard University who became close with Obama ...
chicagotribune.com - 1/8/2009
Barack Obama asks longtime University of Chicago professor Cass Sunstein to join his ...
— chicagotribune.com — WASHINGTON — Cass Sunstein, a longtime University of Chicago legal scholar and prominent author, is set to... take up a key cause in the Barack Obama administration: regulation. The president-elect is expected to name Sunstein—his friend and informal ... (more) Barack Obama asks longtime University of Chicago ...

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boston.com - 1/10/2009
Harvard's Sunstein to oversee regulation - The Boston Globe
— boston.com — In choosing Cass R. Sunstein to lead his regulatory reform effort, President-elect Barack Obama has tapped a... leading public intellectual and legal scholar who has been called a one-man think tank. The 54-year-old Harvard Law School professor is an ... (more) Harvard's Sunstein to oversee regulation - The Boston Globe

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volokh.com - 1/8/2009
Sunstein to Head OIRA:
— volokh.com — The WaPo reports this morning that Cass Sunstein is going to be the OIRA Administrator. This is... really terrific news and continues the remarkable tradition of the extraordinarily high talent... (more) Sunstein to Head OIRA:

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Obama Taps "Regulation Czar"
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... a former colleague, is expected to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Obama has promised a major overhaul of government regulation. Trib: "Sunstein's job description suggests a sweeping agenda."       ...

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