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blogs.abcnews.com - 11/5/2008
Obama to Name Napolitano, Peña, Daley to Transition Team
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In addition to the three people who will be running President-elect Barack Obama's transition team -- former White House chief of staff John Podesta, Obama family friend/businesswoman Valier Jarrett, and Obama campaign chief of staff Pete Rouse, as first reported...
directory.presidentialtransition.gov - 11/7/2008
Presidential Transition Team
— directory.presidentialtransition.gov — Message to Presidential Nominees and Appointees, and Members of the President-elect's Transition Team: The Presidential Transition Act... of 2000 (P.L. 106-293) authorizes the General Services Administration (GSA) to develop a transition directory in ... (more) Presidential Transition Team

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swamppolitics.com - 11/5/2008
Obama names transition team leaders
— swamppolitics.com — by John McCormick , updated President-elect Barack Obama made his first announcements for a transition team this... afternoon, saying it will be overseen by John Podesta, Valerie Jarrett, and Pete Rouse. Podesta is a Chicago native and former chief of staff for President Bill Clinton. ... (more) Obama names transition team leaders

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Obama to Name Transition Team
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — ... ABC News reports three people will join a transition team advisory board: Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, former Clinton Transportation and Energy Secretary Federico Peña, and former Clinton Commerce Secretary William Daley. ...

Obama to Name Napolitano, Peña, Daley to Transition Team
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... ABC News: They will add the Arizona Governor, former Clinton Transportation and Energy Secretary and former Clinton Commerce Secretary to the team's advisory board. Announcement expected to be made Wednesday.       ...

Transitioning
Ben Smith's Blog — ... last night that it includes John Podesta, who has been running transition planning,  Valerie Jarrett, Obama Senate chief of staff Pete Rouse. Tapper today adds Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, former Clinton cabinet member Federico Peña, and Bill Daley. ...

Suggestions for Obama's Transition Team
TalkLeft — ... ABC News reports President-Elect Barack Obama has named AZ Gov. and former federal prosecutor Janet Napolitano, former Denver Mayor and Clinton Transportation and Energy Secretary Federico Pena and former Clinton Commerce Secretary William Daley to his transition team. ...

Day-after reading
Jonathan Martin's Blog —   Obama wants Rahm to play bad cop. Zengerle notes the Axelrod connection. Tapper first reported he had offered him the chief of staff job. He announces his transition team. Robert Gibbs, press secretary? More than 71 million watch election coverage. Salter reflects. McKinnon wants Obama to take on the Democrats. Amy Sullivan says Obama's generally successful religious outreach didn't convert the Democrats. The RNC chair fight begins. ...

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