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Tammy Duckworth Celebrates 'Alive Day' Five Years After Black Hawk Crash

The Washington Post | Ed O'Keefe | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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Five years ago this week, an insurgent shot down the Army Black Hawk helicopter that Tammy Duckworth was co-piloting in Iraq. Now an assistant secreta...

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HouseQuake: Rahm Emanuel Is Star Of Documentary About 2006 Elections

The New York Times | Peter Baker | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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Before there was Rahm Emanuel, the relentless White House chief of staff, there was Rahm Emanuel, the relentless House Democratic campaign strategist ...

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What Happens When the VA Actually Cares About Vets

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

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During the last administration, it took major scandals to get anything fixed in the Department, and then it was never corrected at this level.

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End of Life Counseling? Had That in My Twenties

Hal Donahue | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

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Early in my service I was told, "When a jet crashes, often the boots are all we can find." Such was my not-so-subtle introduction to the need for end of life planning.

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Arne Duncan Pledges To Stay Out Of Decisions Involving Chicago Schools

ProPublica | Posted 06.01.2009 | Chicago

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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who was head of Chicago's public schools, promises not to participate in any matter "in which Chicago Public Schoo...

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Duckworth Nomination Held Up By GOP Senator

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A Republican senator has delayed President Barack Obama's nomination of Tammy Duckworth, an injured Iraq war helicopter pilot, to b...

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Tammy Duckworth: Obama's Assistant Veterans Affairs Secretary

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Tammy Duckworth, the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs director, was nominated by President Barack Obama on Tuesday to serve ...

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Harry Reid: The Most Corrupt of the Corrupt?

Jeff Norman | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

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It now seems fair to consider the possibility that Reid and his allies might have decided to oppose any Blogojevich appointee ( as an act of political vindictiveness

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Blagojevich Disregards Obama's List Of Candidates For Senate Seat

thehill.com | Posted 02.02.2009 | Chicago

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Barack Obama believed that seven candidates were "highly qualified" to succeed him in the Senate, but the two people Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D)...

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A "Deal" with Obama? It Takes Two to Blago

Rick Horowitz | Posted 01.25.2009 | Politics

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Why was Rod Blagojevich so convinced his deals were being shot down by the Obama folks, when the Obama folks claim they didn't even know deals were being suggested?

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Keep Him Honest

Gautam Dutta | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

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If it wants to maintain control, the Democratic Party simply cannot afford to take any community for granted, whether Asian American, Latino, or African American.

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Tammy Duckworth Being Pushed For Veterans Affairs Secretary

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

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A grassroots effort is underway for Barack Obama to appoint Tammy Duckworth, a veteran of the Iraq War and onetime congressional candidate, as Secreta...

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Obama's Replacement: Blagojevich Mulls Senate Pick

The Huffington Post | Ben Goldberger | Posted 12.09.2008 | Chicago

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Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Indictment News Updates, 12-9-08: ILLINOIS GOVERNOR CHARGED WITH TRYING TO SELL OBAMA'S SEAT ARRESTED THIS MO...

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Obama's Replacement: Decision By Committee?

Posted 12.04.2008 | Chicago

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Lynn Sweet reports that Gov. Blagojevich is "mulling appointing a search committee to advise him on who he should appoint" to replace Barack Obama in...

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Obama's Senate Replacement Contenders

CQ Politics | Catharine Richert | Posted 11.24.2008 | Chicago

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No matter who wins the White House, somebody's leaving the Senate. Should the Democratic ticket win, Illinois and Delaware are in for replacement sen...

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Obama, McCain, and Our Veterans

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Many may not know that Obama's name was placed in nomination by a man who identified himself as "a life-long Republican and an Iraq war veteran." His name is Michael Wilson; he served as an Air Force medic.

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Democrats Fight Back

Bob Burnett | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

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Wednesday - So far, all of the Democrats' Denver convention objectives have been met: the convention logistics have been flawless; Michelle Obama's sp...

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The Convention -- What I Saw

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

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If unity is what the Democrats were looking for, they got it. The roll call vote was not expected to yield any surprises, and yet it did -- the timing was exquisite.

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Lynn Sweet: Chicagoans To Tell Obama's Story At Convention

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 09.19.2008 | Chicago

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When Alexi Giannoulias was an undergraduate at the University of Chicago in the mid-1990s, one of the guys he would play pick-up basketball games with...

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Here's My Take Results: Your Ideal Administration Cabinet

Jennifer Bogut | Posted 07.29.2008 | Home

Who is in your dream Administration, and what role would they play? I JUST finished tabulating the results you sent in as part of our new "What's Your Take" community feature.

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For McCain A Candidate's Military Pedigree Hasn't Always Mattered

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

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For the third straight day, Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign has raised a ruckus over comments suggesting that his military service may not, i...

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