In Transition, Tangle of Ties to Lobbying

New York Times by David Kirkpatrick | Nov. 15, 2008 (News Report)

President-elect Barack Obama has imposed stricter conflict-of-interest restrictions on his White House transition team than any president before him. But a list of transition team members that his office made public on Friday includes a complicated tangle of ties to private influence-seekers. Full Story »

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Leo Romero
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 by Leo Romero - Nov. 16, 2008

Some of Obama's people were palin around with lobbyists - this article doesn't say much more than that. Still, it's good to attempt scrutiny. For more depth, see NYT's series "The New Team" (linked here).

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