nytimes.com - 1/5/2009
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Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico withdrew as the commerce nominee amid a grand jury inquiry. >
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 —
... Bill Richardson has been described as voluntarily withdrawing from consideration as Commerce Secretary due to an impending federal investigation of contracts awarded to a company with ties to the New Mexico Governor. ...
The Richardson vetting
Political Animal —
... : Barack Obama's transition team pressed Bill Richardson about a federal probe into "pay-to-play" allegations against his office -- the same investigation Richardson cited Sunday in withdrawing his name as commerce secretary. But a Democratic source said Obama's questioners came away empty handed. "Those guys were pressed for information and they gave nothing," the source said. Given this, it seems the Obama team moved forward based on Richardson's word that the concerns over CDR Financial Products and David Rubin wouldn't prove to be problematic. The governor was mistaken. ...
Richardson Withdrawal: Well-Timed, Or a Little Late?
Opinionator —
Barack Obama promised to be a uniter, and his handling of Bill Richardson’s now-aborted appointment as Commerce secretary seems to have had that effect on the blogosphere, in the form of universal displeasure. “With an almost audible sigh of relief barely two weeks before his inauguration Obama, in a printed statement that won’t provide archival video footage, said he accepted the resignation-before-actually-taking-office ‘with deep regret,’ ” ...
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nytimes.com 12/4/2008 — Secretary of commerce may not be the job Bill Richardson hoped for on his tumultuous journey this year, but Barack Obama said on Wednesday that it was not a consolation prize, either. >
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usatoday.com 1/6/2009 — 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 ...
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thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 1/4/2009 — NBC News and The Associated Press are reporting that New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has withdrawn his name as the commerce secretary nominee because of an investigation.
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First Read 1/4/2009
From NBC’s Domenico Montanaro Bill Richardson has withdrawn his name from nomination for Commerce Secretary, citing an ongoing grand jury investigation in his home state. NBC’s Lisa Myers ’
reported last month on the grand jury investigation: ...
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