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					 <title>Confirmation Hearings Schedule</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/770/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Confirmation hearing dates for Obama Cabinet nominees.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/771/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New Jersey environmental chief Lisa P. Jackson has been nominated Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by President-elect Barack Obama.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Department of the Treasury</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/775/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner has been nominated Treasury Secretary by President-elect Barack Obama.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/775/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Department of Energy</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/776/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Dr. Steven Chu has been nominated Secretary of Energy by President Barack Obama.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/776/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Department of Veterans Affairs</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/777/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[General Eric Shinseki has been nominated Secretary of Veterans Affairs by President-elect Barack Obama.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/777/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Department of Defense</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/778/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Dr. Robert M. Gates has been nominated Secretary of Defense by President-elect Barack Obama.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/778/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Office of Management and Budget (OMB)</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/779/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Peter R. Orszag has been nominated Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/779/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/780/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Leon Panetta has been nominated Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) by President-elect Barack Obama.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-09 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Department of the Interior</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/769/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Sen. Ken Salazar(D-CO)has been nominated Secretary of the Interior by President-elect Barack Obama.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Department of Homeland Security</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/754/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano has been nominated Secretary of Homeland Security by President-elect Barack Obama.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/754/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Department of Agriculture</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/755/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack has been nominated Secretary of Agriculture by President-elect Barack Obama.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2009-01-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Department of Transportation</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/756/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL) has been nominated Secretary of Transportation by President-elect Barack Obama.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/756/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Department of Justice</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/750/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Eric Holder has been nominated Attorney General by President-elect Barack Obama.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/750/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Department of Labor</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/751/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA) has been nominated Secretary of Labor by President-elect Barack Obama.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/751/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Department of Housing and Urban Development</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/752/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Shaun Donovan, New York City Commissioner of Housing Preservation and Development, has been nominated Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by President-elect Barack Obama.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/752/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Department  of Education</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/753/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Arne Duncan, CEO of the Chicago Public School system, has been nominated Secretary of Education by President-elect Barack Obama.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/753/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2009-01-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Department of State</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/747/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) has been nominated Secretary of State and Dr. Susan Rice, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, by President-elect Barack Obama.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/747/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-12-31 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Department of Commerce</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/745/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has been nominated Secretary of Commerce by President-elect Barack Obama.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/745/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-12-31 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Department of Health and Human Services</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/746/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Former U.S. Senator Tom Daschle has been nominated Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services by President-elect Barack Obama.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-12-31 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Kirk named Trade Rep</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/728/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President elect Barack Obama has named former Dallas, Texas Mayor Ron Kirk his U.S. Trade Representative.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/728/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-12-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Names Jackson to head E.P.A.</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/717/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama has named Lisa P. Jackson, chief of staff to New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine and former head of the state’s environmental protection agency, as administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/717/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-12-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Rice to be U.N. Ambassador</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/675/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama made another historic appointment to his historic Cabinet, this time with the naming of Dr. Susan E. Rice as Ambassador to the United Nations. Rice, if confirmed by the Senate, would be the first Black woman to hold the position]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/675/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-12-01 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama creates Economic Recovery Advisory Board</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/670/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama held his third press conference in Chicago in as many days Wednesday, announcing the creation of an Economic Recovery Advisory Board and naming former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker to lead the panel.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-26 02:32:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Barnes Picked for Domestic Policy Council</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/667/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Melody Barnes to fill the role of Director of the Domestic Policy Council in his administration.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/667/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-11-26 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obamas' Friend to be Social Secretary</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/343/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President-elect Obama has picked a close friend of his and wife Michelle Obama to serve as White House Social Secretary. Desiree Rogers, a Chicago businesswoman, will be in charge of the President-elect’s social calendar and events and ceremonies at the White House.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-25 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Richardson to Lead Commerce Dept.</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/344/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has been tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to be the Secretary of Commerce according to several published reports. The former Clinton administration Energy Secretary and Ambassador to the United Nations represents the first high-profile Latino to be appointed to President-elect Obama’s inner circle.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-25 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Names Economic Dream Team</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/345/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Knowing that consumer confidence has been severely shaken and the markets are panicked, resulting in volatile swings, President-elect Obama sought to project the image of a leader in control when he announced his economic “Dream Team” on Monday.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-25 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Right Man for Justice</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/331/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It appears that President-elect Obama has asked Eric Holder, Jr., U.S. District Attorney for the District of Columbia, to be his Attorney General. If Holder is nominated and confirmed he would be the first Black American to serve as the nation’s chief law enforcement officer. We believe it is a wise choice and are confident that Mr. Holder is up to the task.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/331/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-11-19 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Jarrett Named to Obama Staff</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/322/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Chicagoan and Obama confidant Valerie Bowman Jarrett  has been named to the new President's staff.]]></description>
					 <guid>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/322/</guid>
					 <pubDate>2008-11-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Blacks in Line for White House Appointments</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/320/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[As the Obama-Biden Transition team considers possible Cabinet level appointments to the incoming administration, a number of Black Americans’ names are surfacing as possible picks.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Team Starts Agency Review</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/318/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[The Obama-Biden Transition team has started to begin reviewing key federal departments, agencies and commissions in preparation for the Obama administration’s transition to power. An Agency Review Team has been named with three co-chairs: Melody Barnes, who served as the Senior Domestic Policy Advisor for the Obama campaign and Executive Vice President for Policy at the Center for American Progress; Lisa Brown, Executive Director of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy; and Dan Gips, Group Vice President of Global Corporate Development at Level 3 Communications.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obamas Make a House Call</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/312/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[It was only a visit but the short trip President-elect Barack Obama and wife Michelle paid to the White House itself was historic. The soon-to-be first couple called upon President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush for a firsthand look at what will be the Obama’s new home as of January 20, 2009.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-11 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>President-elect holds first press conference</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/304/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[Obama meets with journalists for 20-minute session.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-08 00:00:00</pubDate>
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					 <title>Obama Taps Emanuel for Chief of Staff</title>
					 <link>http://www.northstarnews.com/inauguration_09/obama_administration/article/302/</link>
					 <description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama has named Illinois congressman Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff. In picking the former Clinton administration staffer, Obama appears to be sending an early message that the West Wing of the White House will take a very pragmatic and centrist approach to governing come January.]]></description>
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					 <pubDate>2008-11-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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