the-reaction.blogspot.com - 11/18/2008
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By Michael J.W. Stickings According to the NYT , "President-elect Barack Obama's advisers have begun reviewing former President Bill Clinton's finances and activities to see whether they would preclude the appointment of his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, as secretary of state." I still ...
change.gov - 11/18/2008
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change.gov —
Combat Employment Discrimination: Obama and Biden will work
to overturn the Supreme Court's recent ruling that curtails
racial minorities' and women's ability to challenge pay discrimination. They will also pass the Fair Pay Act, to ensure that women ...
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Civil Rights | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team
marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 11/18/2008
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marcambinder.theatlantic.com —
The vetting of Hillary Clinton is ongoing, delicate,
sensitive and private -- but not, according to people
with direct knowledge of the work, acrimonious. Despite press reports about former President Bill Clinton's resistance to turn over ...
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Clintons Cooperating With Obama Vetting; Clinton's Real ...
motherjones.com - 11/19/2008
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motherjones.com —
I was agnostic on the matter of Hillary
Clinton's possible appointment as secretary of state--until last night.
If Barack Obama, the president-elect, wanted to pull a Team of Rivals play, that had seemed fine to me. And placing Clinton in Foggy ...
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Obama's First Drama: Hillary Clinton
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Vetting Bill, Considering Hillary
The Moderate Voice —
... the job. If he doesn’t get State, wouldn’t he make a fine AG?
So… will it be Hillary? The good people at MSNBC’s First Read make a good point: “Has the momentum for a Hillary appointment gotten to the point where the only way this doesn’t happen is if Clinton says no? Obama can’t pull the offer (even if he hasn’t officially made it) at this point, right?”
Hmmm… probably right.
(Cross-posted from The Reaction.)
Allies and Rivals: Will Hillary Be Secretary of State?
The Moderate Voice —
... with Hillary at their meeting in Chicago last week, and Bill is apparently being vetted with respect to his many international dealings and connections — and now one newspaper (and one newspaper alone), Britain’s Guardian, is reporting that Hillary will ...
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