huffingtonpost.com - 12/5/2008
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Sen. Dick Durbin said Friday he will recommend another term for corruption-busting federal prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald if he wants to stay on as Chicago's U.S. attorney.
Durbin told a news conference that he first wants to sit down with the city's top federal prosecutor and ask him ...
post-gazette.com - 12/5/2008
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post-gazette.com —
Despite a new administration coming into power, U.S.
Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan said she plans to stick
around. "It doesn't serve justice for all the U.S. attorneys to submit their resignations all at one time," she said yesterday. U.S. attorneys ...
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Buchanan doesn't plan to step down as U.S. attorney
thinkprogress.org - 12/5/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
Mary Beth Buchanan was appointed by President Bush
to serve as U.S. attorney in Pittsburgh in Sept.
2001. Buchanan has held several significant posts within the Bush/Ashcroft/Gonzales Justice Department, most notably serving as director the Executive ...
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A New Attorney Scandal? Bush-Appointed U.S. Attorney ...
commentarymagazine.com - 12/5/2008
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commentarymagazine.com —
Barack Obama is toying with the idea of
making a speech from an Islamic capital within his
first 100 days in office. The scuttlebutt is all about finding the right one. (The consensus is Cairo–which is a terrible idea. An Obama speech there ...
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Obama’s Muslim Speech
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Is Dick Durbin’s Support of a Pardon for Ryan Groundwork for an Obama Pardon of Blago?
Firedoglake —
... for former Illinois GOP Governor George Ryan. At the same time, he publicly stated his support for keeping Chicago US Attorney Pat Fitzgerald in office, "if that's what he [Pat] wants to do". ...
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Obama’s Statement on Job Losses —
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Bush worried about automakers —
Reuters: Politics 12/5/2008
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EU urged to seize Obama security opportunity —
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Bush urges Congress to help automakers —
Reuters: Politics 12/5/2008
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