dyn.politico.com - 11/18/2008
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Here's how you can tell the campaign is over and the transition has begun: Barack Obama's aides now wear suits and ties, their desks are in the Federal Building on 6th Street in Washington and Clintonites are everywhere. Obama's victory in the general election produced what his primary ...
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mediamatters.org - 11/17/2008
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How to fire Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Of course, Clinton has not been tapped for the
position, but a number of pundits, in what may be a Beltway first, have wondered out loud about how Clinton would be/could be fired as Secretary of State. ...
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How to fire Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
google.com - 11/21/2008
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google.com —
4 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) President-elect Barack Obama
is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as
secretary of state after Thanksgiving, an aide to his transition said Thursday. One week after the former primary rivals met secretly to ...
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The Associated Press: Aide: Obama on track to nominate ...
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Tomgram: Mike Davis, Keynesian Shock and Awe
TomDispatch —
... You might also be forgiven for concluding that just about no one else in America had ever had any "experience." Late last week, the website Politico.com did some counting and came up with the following: "Thirty-one of the 47 people so far named to transition or staff posts have ties to the Clinton administration, including all but one of the members of his 12-person Transition Advisory Board and both of his White House staff choices." More have been appointed since then, including, as White House Counsel, ...
Today in The Nation: The Clinton Administration
The Nation: Top Stories —
... doing so big time. Looking at lists of early appointees for the transition period and the administration to come, from Rahm Emanuel on down, you might be forgiven for concluding that Hillary had been elected president in 2008. Clintonistas are just piling up in the prospective corridors of power. You might also be forgiven for concluding that just about no one else in America had ever had any "experience." Late last week, the website Politico.com did some counting and came up with the following : "Thirty-one of the 47 people so far named to transition or staff posts have ...
Today in The Nation: Another Clinton Administration
The Nation: Top Stories —
... doing so big time. Looking at lists of early appointees for the transition period and the administration to come, from Rahm Emanuel on down, you might be forgiven for concluding that Hillary had been elected president in 2008. Clintonistas are just piling up in the prospective corridors of power. You might also be forgiven for concluding that just about no one else in America had ever had any "experience." Late last week, the website Politico.com did some counting and came up with the following : "Thirty-one of the 47 people so far named to transition or staff posts have ...
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About those Clinton library donors —
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From NBC's Mark MurrayPolitico's Ben Smith reports that the current focus of the Obama-Clinton negotiations over Bill Clinton's foundation and presidential library is looking forward --not necessarily vetting the past.
Still, it's worth ...
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