Obama's Filling The White House, And Early

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marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 11/17/2008

Obama's Filling The White House, And Early

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The Obama transition office dropped more senior staff appointments this morning. The names are interesting in themselves -- an ideologically diverse passel of people -- but, again, what's remarkable, at least for a Democrat, is how early Obama is staffing his White House. Most of Bill Clinton's ...

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