washingtonpost.com - 1/6/2009
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Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, January 6, 2009; Page A01
blogs.abcnews.com - 1/4/2009
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Sources tell ABC News that officials on the
Obama Transition Team feel that before he was formally...
offered the job of commerce secretary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson was not forthcoming with them about the federal investigation that is looking...
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Obama Team Feels Richardson Wasn't Forthcoming About ...
washingtonmonthly.com - 1/4/2009
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RICHARDSON FALLOUT?.... OK, so Bill Richardson is out
as Commerce Secretary, and the Obama transition team will...
no doubt have to scramble to quickly find a capable replacement. (Atrios and Matt both seem interested in the gig. The confirmation hearings...
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Richardson fallout?
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Did Obama Seriously Vet Richardson?
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] From the Washington Post this morning: Sources within the transition and the Justice Department said that Richardson had played down the importance of the probe and did not reveal that his office and staff could be at risk. The seriousness of the matter became apparent after the FBI began its own background check on Dec. 2. The news in this is the Post's report that the FBI background check began on December 2. Why is that news? Because Barack Obama formally announced the Richardson nomination, with Richardson standing at his side, on December 3. Now perhaps the Post has ...
FBI Agents Probing Richardson Bumping Into Each Other?
TPMMuckraker —
... Buried in a Washington Post story on the incipient infighting between the Obama and Richardson camps about who's to blame for the aborted Commerce Secretary nomination, there's an interesting advance on the deeper story itself. ...
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Text of Obama’s Remarks on Bill Richardson
blogs.wsj.com 12/3/2008 — Here are remarks by President-Elect Barack Obama in Chicago announcing Bill Richardson as his choice for secretary of commerce.
As prepared for delivery.
Last week, Vice President-Elect Biden and I began the process of ...
Richardson Withdraws as Commerce Nominee
nytimes.com 1/4/2009 — Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew his nomination as commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation into the awarding of a state contract in New Mexico. >
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 ...
Transition: How Panetta's playing —
First Read 1/6/2009
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 ...
Agenda: Wooing Republicans —
First Read 1/6/2009
The L.A. Times plays up the positive comments Congressional Republicans made about the tax cut plans within Obama's stimulus plan.
The Washington Post also led with Obama's efforts to woo congressional Republicans. "Obama officials said they ...
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