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JFK-Obama oddities: the cover of LIFE, the number 44, perhaps ...

Berkeley :: CA :: USA | about 14 hours ago | Political News

Posted by Punditty

When President-elect Barack H. Obama takes office on Jan. 20, 2009, he will become the first United States president born after the midpoint of the 20th Century. Both George W. Bush and Bill Clinton were born in 1946. John F....

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Dem sources: Clinton to help Hillary get State job

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 8 hours ago | Political News

Posted by cooldiponline

CHICAGO – Former President Bill Clinton has offered several concessions to help Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton , his wife, become secretary of state , people familiar with President-elect Barack Obama 's transition vetting process said Wednesday. Clinton has agreed to...

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Tom Daschle Cabinet Nomination May Upset SD Prairie Dogs

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 5 hours ago | Political News

Posted by onlinebusinesswoman

Today is a proud day for my home state of South Dakota. One of our very own (not only from South Dakota, but also from my home town of Aberdeen), former Senator Tom Daschle, has accepted the nomination as President-Elect...

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Obama names first black attorney-general

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 7 hours ago | Political News

Posted by pranay

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama, the U. S. president-elect, has named Eric Holder, a long-time lawyer, to be attorney-general, which would make him the first African-American in the post. Mr. Holder, who was deputy attorney-general in the Clinton administration, will head...

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Obama picks Daschle as health secretary

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 6 hours ago | Political News

Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

In this August 2008 file photo, former Senate majority leader Tom Daschle speaks during the Democratic National Convention in Denver. (Charles Dharapak/Associated Press) Rumours continue to circulate about who else might make up Obama's administration when he succeeds U.S.

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Clinton to accept offer of secretary of state job

Newcastle :: WA :: USA | about 3 hours ago | Political News

Posted by vishnughimire

Hillary Clinton plans to accept the job of secretary of state offered by Barack Obama , who is reaching out to former rivals to build a broad coalition administration , the Guardian has learned. Obama's advisers have begun looking into...

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BREAKING NEWS!!!--Tom Daschle to become Health Sec, by Biodun Iginla, ...

Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 1 hour ago | Political News

Posted by BiodunIginla

by Biodun Iginla, BBC News, Paris _____________________________________________________- Wednesday, November 19, 2008 -- 12:34 PM ET/5:34 PM GMT/UTC/ZULU ----- A senior aide to President-elect Barack Obama said that former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle would be Mr. Obama's nominee for...

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Politics, by Biodun Iginla, BBC News, Paris, France

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 2 hours ago | Political News

Posted by BiodunIginla

If you have trouble reading this e-mail, go to: http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/11/19/politics/politicsemail/index.html November 19, 2008 Featured Articles Daschle to Be Nominee for Health Post in Obama Cabinet By HELENE COOPER and PETER BAKER Tom Daschle , the former South Dakota senator,...

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McCain wins Missouri in close race against Obama

New York City :: NY :: USA | about 3 hours ago | Political News

Posted by vishnughimire

The Associated Press Published: November 19th, 2008 12:19 PM | Updated: November 19th, 2008 12:19 PM JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republican John McCain has defeated President-elect Barack Obama in Missouri - the last state to be decided in the 2008...

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Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama with racial epithet

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 9 hours ago | Political News

Posted by LewisStanley

Al-Qaida 's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, using a demeaning racial term implying that the president-elect is a black American who does the bidding of whites. The message appeared...

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