Day: December 11, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama said on Thursday that no one on his staff had been involved in any deal-making with the governor of Illinois.

CHICAGO, Dec. 11 — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich remained silent and out of sight Thursday, a pariah in his own state, as the drama he created swirled ever faster around him.

In his dual roles, Daschle will craft a health care plan and implement it as HHS secretary.

Senate Republicans refused to support a bill endorsed by the White House and Congressional Democrats.

President-elect Barack Obama said that he and his aides had nothing to do with the Blagojevich scandal.

A bipartisan panel of senators has concluded that former defense secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and other top Bush administration officials bear direct responsibility for the harsh treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, and that their decisions led to more serious abuses in Iraq and elsewhere.

Barack Obama presented former Senator Tom Daschle as his choice for secretary of health and human services.

Majority of Illinois voters want the scandal-plagued gov. to immediately resign. See also: Questions censored

Conservative group mulls litigation. See also: Lugar doesn’t want to call Bill Clinton

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