thepage.time.com - 1/20/2009
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The Senate unanimously approves half a dozen Obama nominees with a single vote following the Inauguration.
Vote puts in place Secs. Chu, Duncan, Napolitano, Salazar, Shinseki, Vilsack .
White House budget director Orszag also approved.
innovation.cq.com - 1/15/2009
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Track Obama's Cabinet Nominees Barack Obama began vetting
his choices for a Cabinet before he was even...
elected; his first announcement came just days after Nov. 4. In the past, nearly all Cabinet nominees have been confirmed, and with a Democratic ...
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politicalwire.com - 1/21/2009
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The U.S. Senate confirmed Hillary Clinton to be
President Obama's secretary of state in a 94 to...
2 vote. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was instrumental in urging Republicans to support Clinton. Only Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) voted ...
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Clinton Confirmed
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/23/2009
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... this afternoon. * The Senate unanimously approved the cabinet nominations of Secretaries Chu, Duncan, Napolitano, Salazar, Shinseki, and Vilsack today. OMB Director Peter Orszag was also approved. * On a related note, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) decided to celebrate the first day of the new political era by ...
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