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Obama Makes Mistake about Daschle

05 Feb 2009 at 10:08

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From: ToTheCenter.com
http://www.tothecenter.com/index.php?readmore=8680
President Barack Obama sat down with CNN reporter Anderson Cooper Tuesday and admitted he had made a mistake in appointing Tom Daschle as his health and human services secretary. Obama said that Daschle’s tax problems sent the message that powerful people in America can get away with things that ordinary ones cannot, a notion [...]

Ambitious first week ahead for President Obama

20 Jan 2009 at 07:13

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WASHINGTON (CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama will convene a meeting of his top economic advisers on Wednesday, his first full day in office, as the incoming president immediately tries to put the financial crisis at the center of his agenda, senior aides said.

Barack Obama, here Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, plans high-profile [...]

Bill Richardson out as commerce secretary

04 Jan 2009 at 19:05

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Obama said then: “I know that Bill will be an unyielding advocate for American business and American jobs, at home and around the world. And I look forward to working with him in the years ahead.”