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NYT: Clinton said to be unsure about Cabinet
GOP's Stevens loses Alaska Senate seat
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens loses re-election bid
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the downfall of a Washington political power and Alaska icon who couldn't survive a conviction on federal corruption charges. His defeat by Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich moves Senate Democrats within two seats of a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority....
Schwarzenegger opens climate summit with Obama
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger opened his international climate change summit on Tuesday by upstaging himself with an even bigger political star - President-elect Barack Obama....
Holder is Obama's top choice for attorney general
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for attorney general is Eric Holder, a former No. 2 Justice Department official in the Clinton administration and Obama campaign aide who would become the first African American to serve as the nation's chief lawyer....
McCain to seek 5th Senate term
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. John McCain, whose presidential bid was snuffed out two weeks ago by President-elect Barack Obama, is setting up a political action committee as a first step in running for a fifth term in the Senate....
McCain returns to Senate, is welcomed by Kerry
f WASHINGTON (AP) -- The red-and-blue Senate trolley rolled up to the Capitol basement Tuesday, a lone senator in the front seat checking a piece of paper before slipping it back into his jacket pocket....
Lessons of the Lieberman saga
Minnesota set to begin recount in US Senate race
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Minnesota's deadlocked U.S. Senate race will edge closer to resolution on Wednesday as an army of election workers begin a statewide recount of more than 2.9 million ballots....
NBC: Holder tagged for attorney general
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