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iht.com - 11/20/2008
Who's in the running for Obama administration jobs - International Herald Tribune
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It's Washington's favorite parlor game during a presidential transition: trying to figure out who'll land a top spot in the new administration. President-elect Barack Obama is weighing an array of Washington insiders and outsiders, including some Republicans, for Cabinet and other top positions, ...
iht.com - 11/25/2008
Brennan out of running for top intel post - International Herald Tribune
— iht.com — WASHINGTON : John Brennan, President-elect Barack Obama's top adviser on intelligence, took his name out of the running Tuesday for any intelligence position in the new administration. Brennan wrote in a Nov. 25 letter to Obama that he did not want to ... (more) Brennan out of running for top intel post - ...

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iht.com - 11/19/2008
Last-minute Bush abortion ruling causes furor - International Herald Tribune
— iht.com — WASHINGTON : A last-minute Bush administration plan to grant sweeping new protections to health care providers who oppose abortion and other procedures on religious or moral grounds has provoked a torrent of objections, including a strenuous protest ... (more) Last-minute Bush abortion ruling causes furor - ...

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Four Things
Swampland — ... 3. The Associated Press gives a rundown of who is running for the remaining Obama appointments. It lists John Brennan as the only candidate for CIA director (much to Glenn Greenwald's ...

Brennan at CIA
The Anonymous Liberal — ... To appoint someone as CIA Director or Director of National Intelligence who was one of George Tenet's closest aides when The Dark Side of the last eight years was conceived and implemented, and who, to this day, ...

Obama and the Surveillance Society
Daily Kos — ... To appoint someone as CIA Director or Director of National Intelligence who was one of George Tenet's closest aides when The Dark Side of the last eight years was conceived and implemented, and who, to this day, ...

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