themoderatevoice.com - 1/5/2009
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The news that New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson was withdrawing his name from consideration as Obama administration Commerce Secretary represents a painful political toe-stubbing by President Elect and his team, which had earned a reputation for almost superhuman precision during the primary and ...
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 ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 1/5/2009
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New Mexico Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew his
name as Commerce Secretary-designate this afternoon for the new...
administration of President-elect Barack Obama . With an almost audible sigh of relief barely two weeks before his ...
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Billygate: Why Obama dumped Gov. Richardson now
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Richardson Forced to Withdraw?
Open Left - Front Page —
... Maybe this was the idea of the President-elect or maybe it was chief of staff designate Rahm Emanuel, who experienced the political costs of transition controversies in 1992 as a senior advisor to President Clinton: ...
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