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OBAMA TO ANNOUNCE NEW VA CHIEF ON SUNDAY,

DEC. 7, AIDES SAY -- News conference will be at 2PM (EST)

to mark the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks.

 

 

We have two stories.

First story here... http://www.reuters.com/a
rticle/newsOne/idUSTRE4B51CA20081206

Story below:

Your comments accepted at bottom of page.

 

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Obama to name veterans affairs chief Sunday: aides



CHICAGO (Reuters) - Barack Obama will announce his choice to head the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs at a planned news conference on Sunday, aides to the president-elect said on Saturday.

Obama is scheduled to hold a news conference in Chicago at 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT) on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks.

Obama pledged during his presidential campaign to improve services for retired U.S. military men and women if he won the White House.

The news conference is his latest in a string of announcements of appointments to his Cabinet and other top administration posts.



(Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Eric Beech)

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Second story here... http://www.bloomberg.com/ap
ps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a69TV.IEfC6E&refer=home

Story below:

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Obama to Announce Pick for Veterans Affairs Secretary Tomorrow

By Julianna Goldman



Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama will announce his choice to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs tomorrow at a news conference in Chicago, according to a Democratic aide.

Obama’s pick will join him at the press conference scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Chicago time, to commemorate the 67th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, according to the aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Possible choices to lead the department include Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran who lost a 2006 bid for Congress and serves as director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs; former U.S. Senator Max Cleland of Georgia, a disabled Vietnam veteran who led veterans affairs under President Jimmy Carter; Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska; and Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown, an Iraq War Veteran.

On Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, leaving more than 2,400 servicemen dead and destroying most of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The surprise strike drew the U.S. fully into World War II.

Obama has moved quickly to fill out his Cabinet. Last week he named New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson as Commerce secretary, New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary and New York senator Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will remain at the Pentagon, and Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano will head Homeland Security. Obama named former Justice Department official Eric Holder as attorney general.

Former South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle has accepted Obama’s offer to become Health and Human Services secretary, though the selection hasn’t been formally announced.

Cabinet secretaries are subject to Senate confirmation, once they are formally nominated, after Obama takes office on Jan. 20.

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