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13
See, e.g.,
http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4263810
[accessed April 25, 2009].

14
Lynn Sweet, “President-elect Obama sixth press conference,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

15
Jeff Zeleny, “Richardson Endorses Obama,”
New York Times
, March 21, 2008; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

16
Lynn Sweet, “President-elect Obama sixth press conference,” op cit.

17
David Plotz, “Energy Secretary Bill Richardson,”
Slate
; available online at:
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18
“Richardson Admits Errors in Wen Ho Lee Case Contradicting Earlier Stance,”
Democracy Now!
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

19
Toby Smith, “One-Time Prospect Acknowledges Draft Info Wrong,”
Albuquerque Journal
, November 24, 2005; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

20
Michelle Malkin, “How not to honor a fallen hero,” michelle-malkin. com, May 28, 2007; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

21
“National Media Getting Wind of ‘Dollar Bill’ Richardson’s Role in Peregrine Scandal,”
New Mexico Republicans
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22
James Ridgeway, “Bill Richardson: In Big Oil’s Pocket?”
Mother Jones
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

23
Martin Z. Braun and William Selway, “Grand Jury Probes Richardson Donor’s New Mexico Financing Fee,”
Bloomberg News
, December 15, 2008; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

24
“Richardson withdrawal leaves cabinet gap,” NBC News, January 6, 2009; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

25
Ibid.

26
James Ridgeway, “Why Did Obama’s Transition Team Ignore Bill Richardson’s Long History of Dubious Dealings?”
Mother Jones
, January 4, 2009; available online at:
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/01/why-did-obamas-transition-team-ignore-bill-richardsons-long-history-dubious-dealings
[accessed April 25, 2009].

27
Sen. Tom Daschle, Congressional Record, May 7, 1998, p. S4507. Cited in “Daschle On Tax Cheats: IRS Should Enforce Laws,”
RealClear-Politics
, February 3, 2009; available online at:
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. [accessed April 25, 2009].

28
“Driving Mr. Daschle,”
Wall Street Journal
, February 2, 2009; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

29
Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Robert Pear, “Daschle Knew of Tax Issues Over Car Use Last June,”
New York Times
, February 1, 2009; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

30
Ceci Connolly and Paul Kane, “Daschle Faces Questions From Senators on Tax Glitch,”
Washington Post
, February 2, 2009; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

31
Jonathan Weisman, “Daschle Paid $100,000 in Back Taxes During HHS Vetting,”
Wall Street Journal
, January 30, 2009; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

32
Michelle Levi, “Obama Says Sorry. A Lot.” CBS News Political Hot-sheet, February 4, 2009; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

33
Jonathan Weisman, “Daschle’s Confirmation Bogs Down in Committee,”
Wall Street Journal
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wsj.com/article/SB123199063403384785.html
[accessed April 25, 2009].

34
Toby Harnden, “Tom Daschle: symbol of Barack Obama’s hypocrisy,”
UK Telegraph
, February 2, 2009; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

35
David Herbert, “Killefer Cites Tax Problems In Ending CPO Bid,”
National Journal
, February 3, 2009; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

36
“Obama spokesman defends ethics standards,” Associated Press, February 3, 2009; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

37
“Timothy Geithner, alone and working night and day,” AFP, March 8, 2009; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

38
“Treasury secretary’s choice for deputy withdraws,” Associated Press, March 5, 2009; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

39
Deborah Solomon, “Top Treasury Candidates Pull Out,”
Wall Street Journal
, March 6, 2009; available online at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123629285769044959.html
[accessed April 25, 2009].

40
Robert Schmidt and Rebecca Christie, “Geithner Effort to Staff Treasury Hit by Nazareth’s Withdrawal,”
Bloomberg News
, March 6, 2009; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

41
George Stephanopoulos, “Staff Trouble At Treasury Department?” ABC News, March 6, 2009; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

42
“Democratic National Cmte: Top Contributors,”
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

43
George Stephanopoulos, “Third Top Treasury Pick Withdraws From Consideration,” ABC News, March 13, 2009; available online at:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/03/another-top-tre.html
[accessed April 25, 2009].

44
Matthew Karnitsching and David Enrich, “A Lawyer for All Wall Street Navigates Tempestuous Times,”
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45
Andrew Ross Sorkin, “A Rich Education for Summers (After Harvard),”
New York Times
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

46
Deborah Solomon, “Treasury’s Top Candidate to Run TARP Drops Out,”
Wall Street Journal
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

47
Michael R. Crittenden, “UPDATE: OTS Acting Director Polakoff Put On Leave,” Dow Jones Newswires, March 26, 2009; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

48
Michelle Malkin, “The strange sacking of a top Treasury official,”
michellemalkin.com
, March 27, 2009; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

49
“EPA Statement on Jon Cannon,” Environmental Protection Agency, March 26, 2009; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

50
“America’s Clean Water Foundation Incurred Costs for EPA Assistance Agreements X82835301, X783142301, and X82672301,” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General, February 20, 2007; available online at:
http://www.epa.gov/oigearth/reports/2007/20070220-2007-4-00045_glance.pdf
.

51
Ibid.

52
Alan Guebert, “EPA wants millions back from NPPC partner,”
The Prairie Star
, June 21, 2007; available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

53
Lindsay Barnes, “Torpedoed: Pork politics and the undoing of an Obama nominee,”
The Hook
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http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/13/torpedoed-book-keeper-pork-led-to-cannons-exit/
[accessed April 25, 2009].

54
Ibid.

55
Eli Lake, “Foreign ties of nominee questioned,”
Washington Times
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

56
Jon Chait, “Obama’s Intelligence Blunder,”
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57
Michael Goldbfarb, “The Realist Chas Freeman,”
Weekly Standard
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58
“Intelligence Failure,”
National Review
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59
“Democracy, Peace, and the War on Terror: U.S.-Arab Relations, Post-September 11,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy Conference Keynote (2002); available online at:
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[accessed April 25, 2009].

60
Gabriel Schoenfeld, “Obama’s Intelligence Choice,”
Wall Street Journal
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61
Rich Lowry, “Chas of Arabia,”
National Review
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