1.0 link 91546 <![CDATA[Obama Wanted Earmarks For Wife's Hospital, Fundraiser's Firm]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/14/obama-wanted-earmarks-for_n_91546.html Media outlets have begun digging into Barack Obama's 2005 and 2006 earmark requests. Obama released them yesterday, and challenged Hillary Clinton to do the same. The New York Times reports:

His campaign's list said the senator had secured $1.3 million of an $8 million request in 2006 for a high-explosive technology program for the Army's Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The list said the program was overseen by General Dynamics.


One of Mr. Obama's top supporters, James S. Crown, serves on...

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