google.com - 11/20/2008
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21 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) Barack Obama is likely to choose Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano for the job of secretary of homeland security, top Obama advisers and several Democrats said Thursday as the shape of the president-elect's Cabinet begins to emerge. The Obama advisers cautioned that no ...
politico.com - 11/20/2008
usatoday.com - 11/20/2008
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usatoday.com —
Senior department officials have "not provided the oversight
needed" to ensure that purchases "with important national security...
objectives" function properly and stay on budget, according to Congress' Government Accountability Office (GAO). The GAO ...
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Report criticizes Homeland Security
washingtonmonthly.com - 11/20/2008
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NAPOLITANO TO DHS.... There were widespread hopes that
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) would find a role...
in the Obama administration, so the overnight news was encouraging. Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) has been chosen to serve as secretary of...
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Napolitano to DHS
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Leakage Fallout: Pritzker's A No Go
Hotline On Call Part Deux —
... Other leakage du jour: AZ Gov. Janet Napolitano for Homeland Security chief and KS Gov. Kathleen Sebelius for Labor Dept. Sec. ...
KS-Sen, KS-Gov: Statewide Recruitment Thread
Swing State Project —
GOP Sen. Sam Brownback is retiring from the Senate in 2010, and Dems have one big name on the bench who could actually make a race of his open seat -- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who will be conveniently term-limited out of office that same year. However, Sebelius is also being rumored as a possible Secretary of Labor choice in Obama's cabinet, and if he makes that move, that would likely take her out of contention. Accepting a Cabinet job and quitting after, say, twelve months to run for elected office again strikes me as something that would probably be frowned upon. (Yes, I'm ...
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