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msnbc.com: Politics
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NBC: Daschle to be Obama's HHS secretary
 The former Senate majority leader has been a close adviser to the president-elect throughout the campaign for the White House and recently wrote a book proposing health care improvements.
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NYT: Daschle poses conflict-of-interest test
The choice of Tom Daschle for secretary of health and human services poses questions about how broadly Barack Obama will apply campaign promises to limit conflicts of interest among appointees.
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Ariz. Gov. Napolitano is pick for DHS
 An early Barack Obama supporter from the southwestern part of the country, the former Arizona attorney general is a leading contender for the job of secretary of homeland security.
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Obama pledged change, picks insiders
 President-elect Barack Obama promised the voters change but has started his Cabinet selection process by naming several Washington insiders to top posts.
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Dem sources: Clinton to help wife get State job
 The former president has offered several concessions to help his spouse become secretary of state, including releasing the names of several major donors to his charitable foundation.
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Senate leader calls off vote on auto bailout
 The Senate's top Democrat has called off a planned vote this week on a $25 billion auto industry bailout.
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Obamas to green the White House?
 While hanging new drapes isn't high on the Obamas' list of priorities as they prepare to move into the White House, design experts wonder if the next first family will use the nation's most famous house as a way to back a serious agenda: going green.
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It's North vs. South in Big Three bailout fight
 Should taxpayers in Alabama be asked to help bail out Big Three automakers whose plants are concentrated in Northern states such as Michigan and Ohio? How the auto industry pits North against South.
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Minnesota recount begins
City and county workers across Minnesota have started recounting more than 2.9 million ballots from the state's U.S. Senate race.
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Insurers pitch health coverage mandate
The health insurance industry said Wednesday it will support a national health care overhaul that requires them to accept all customers, regardless of pre-existing medical conditions — but in return it wants lawmakers to mandate that everyone buy coverage.
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