Probe causes void in Obama Cabinet
China Daily | Updated: 2009-01-06 07:41
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President-elect Barack Obama and his commerce secretary-designate New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson at a conference in Chicago in December 2008. AP |
The Cabinet that US President-elect Barack Obama picked on a fast track has an unexpected opening, with New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, Obama's choice for commerce secretary, withdrawing under pressure of a federal investigation into how his political donors landed a lucrative transportation contract.
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