The 100-day sprint
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Daschle: 'I ... will not be a distraction'
By POLITICO STAFF | 2/3/09 1:22 PM
Obama and Daschle’s statements on HHS.
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Daschle pushed Hindery for Obama job
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Hoyer: Daschle tax trouble "an embarassment"
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Republicans stayed mum
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Daschle ‘tearful,' ‘overwrought’
