usatoday.com - 1/6/2009
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Notable events leading to New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's withdrawal of his bid to become commerce secretary : Early 2003 : Richardson wins legislative approval of a $1.6 billion highway and transportation construction program called Governor Richardson's Investment Partnership, or GRIP. ...
mysanantonio.com - 1/6/2009
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mysanantonio.com —
After the withdrawal of Bill Richardson's name as
an Obama administration Cabinet nominee, Hispanic leaders say they
expect the president-elect to name another Latino to head the Commerce Department.
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Latinos push Obama on vacant post
briefingroom.thehill.com - 1/6/2009
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briefingroom.thehill.com —
Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire (D) canceled a Tuesday
lunch appearance with the Associated Press late Monday and
two Washington State sources confirmed to The Hill she is in Washington, D.C. The governor's actions over the last 24 hours have ...
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Gov. Gregoire's D.C. Trip Fuels Commerce Speculation
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The Blagojevich Blight: Controversy Threatens To Taint Surrounding Democrats
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... Transition officials have been aware from the start of the problems Richardson faces stemming from a federal investigation into a California financial services company, CDR Financial Products LLC. The investigation was first publicly reported over four months ago. Only recently, however, has the Obama team decided that Richardson's problems are fatal, as the Blagojevich affair has created incendiary conditions. ...
The Blagojevich Blight: Controversy Threatens To Taint Surrounding Democrats
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Transition officials have been aware from the start of the problems Richardson faces stemming from a federal investigation into a California financial services company, CDR Financial Products LLC. The investigation was first publicly reported over four months ago. Only recently, however, has the Obama team decided that Richardson's problems are fatal, as the Blagojevich affair has created incendiary conditions. ...
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My first thought on hearing that New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson had asked President-elect Obama to drop his nomination as Commerce Secretary because of a federal probe into possible pay to play activity in Richardson's office was ...
Richardson: "It was my idea to withdraw" —
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From NBC's Lauren Appelbaum After withdrawing as Obama's nominee for Commerce Secretary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson insisted today he made the choice by himself and was not pressured by the transition team. "It was my idea to ...
Richardson withdrawal disappoints Latinos —
CNN Political Ticker 1/6/2009
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson was a Democratic presidential contender in the primaries.
(CNN) — Bill Richardson's withdrawal from his commerce secretary nomination Sunday didn't just leave a major gap in the new administration, but it also ...
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The Washington Post : “President-elect Barack Obama stunned the national intelligence community by selecting Clinton White House chief of staff Leon E. Panetta, a longtime Washington insider with little intelligence experience, to serve as the ...
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