cnn.com - 11/20/2008
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Barack Obama's team is made up of a lot of people who also worked for former President Bill Clinton.
prospect.org - 11/19/2008
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prospect.org —
CNN is reporting that Tom Daschle will not
only be Health and Human Services Secretary, but also
health reform czar under the Obama administration. This is huge news, and the clearest evidence yet that Obama means to pursue comprehensive health ...
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TOM DASCHLE: HEALTH CZAR.
voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/19/2008
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Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. (Susan Walsh
/ Associated Press) By Ceci Connolly and Chris Cillizza
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen his close confidant and former Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle to serve as secretary of the ...
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Obama Picks Daschle for HHS
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Penny Pritzker: Commerce Secretary?
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... ventures. But some of Ms. Pritzker's business dealings may also raise tough questions during any confirmation process. She was involved in running and overseeing Superior Bank, an Illinois institution co-owned by her family that was at the forefront of turning subprime loans into securities, the risky practice at the heart of the financial crisis. The bank collapsed in 2001 after regulators discovered accounting irregularities that overstated its assets.
CNN also reports that Pritzker is the leading candidate to head the Commerce department: ...
Penny Pritzker: Commerce Secretary?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... ventures. But some of Ms. Pritzker's business dealings may also raise tough questions during any confirmation process. She was involved in running and overseeing Superior Bank, an Illinois institution co-owned by her family that was at the forefront of turning subprime loans into securities, the risky practice at the heart of the financial crisis. The bank collapsed in 2001 after regulators discovered accounting irregularities that overstated its assets.
CNN also reports that Pritzker is the leading candidate to head the Commerce department: ...
Janet Napolitano: Homeland Security Secretary?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... CNN is reporting Wednesday night that Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano is leading the running to become Obama's secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. ...
Janet Napolitano: Homeland Security Secretary?
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... CNN is reporting Wednesday night that Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano is leading the running to become Obama's secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. ...
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corner.nationalreview.com 11/20/2008 — I can see why Obama would ask Arizona Gov. Janet Naplitano to head Homeland Security -- she's about as close as any Democrat governor can get to appearing hawkish on illegal immigration. Of course, there's little substance to that appearance -- yes, ...
Obama signals priority with Daschle pick —
Reuters: Politics 11/19/2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama selected Tom Daschle, a heavyweight former senator, to be his health secretary on Wednesday, while former President Bill Clinton took steps to help secure his wife the nation's top diplomatic job. ...
Obama signals priority with Daschle pick —
Reuters: Politics 11/20/2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama selected Tom Daschle, a heavyweight former senator, to be his health secretary on Wednesday, while former President Bill Clinton took steps to help secure his wife the nation's top diplomatic job. ...
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