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huffingtonpost.com - 12/9/2008
Paul Rieckhoff: Shinseki for VA Secretary: A Bold Choice
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During the campaign, President-elect Obama promised to make veterans' issues a priority if elected. While campaign promises are a dime a dozen, I sincerely hoped that our veterans and their families could rest assured that the tremendous challenges they are currently facing would finally be ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 12/8/2008
Terror, recession, oh, workout fiend Obama's still a smoker
— latimesblogs.latimes.com — While you were watching football this morning and afternoon President-elect Barack Obama had a busy day, though... part of it was pre-recorded on Saturday. We have three news videos below, plus the transcript of Obama's Sunday morning interview on ... (more) Terror, recession, oh, workout fiend Obama's still a smoker

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tnr.com - 12/11/2008
Obama vs. Osama
— tnr.com — Around the time of the November election, John Nagl, a retired Army Colonel, took a helicopter ride... across Afghanistan. What he saw below worried him. Nagl, who is 42 with trim brown hair and academic eyeglasses, spent three years in Iraq, including ... (more) Obama vs. Osama

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We Need A Hero: Shinseki for Veterans’ Affairs
attackerman.firedoglake.com - 12/7/2008
We Need A Hero: Shinseki for Veterans’ Affairs
— attackerman.firedoglake.com — A source close to the presidential transition just confirmed to me that Eric Shinseki, the Army chief... of staff who stood up to Donald Rumsfeld and told the truth about the real military costs of the Iraq war, will be Veterans Affairs secretary. ... (more) We Need A Hero: Shinseki for Veterans’ Affairs

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