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	<title><![CDATA[Obama Nominating Seattle Police Chief as Drug Czar]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ethan-nadelmann/obama-nominating-seattle_b_173921.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>According to the <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2009/03/white_house_cheat_sheet_the_ca.html?hpid=topnews"><em>Washington Post</em></a> President Obama is set to nominate Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske as Drug Czar today. The <em>Post</em> also reports that the Obama administration will remove the position's Cabinet-level status -- overturning an elevation of the office under President George W. Bush. The <em>Post </em>says the decision to nominate him was delayed over the last month as information of drug arrests involving his stepson emerged. </p>

<p>While I'm disappointed that President Obama has nominated a police...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-04-11T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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