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5 hired after Obama vouched for them

Springfield : MO : USA | about 1 month ago  
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Staff Reporters President Obama has distanced himself from scandal-tainted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. But as an Illinois state senator, Obama went to bat for more than a dozen people to get state jobs or promotions in Blagojevich's administration, according to...
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  • News Source: Tulsa World | about 1 month ago
    Ill. — A published report indicates former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's office maintained a list of 5,700 state job applicants with political sponsors — and hired or promoted 2,500 of them. The Chicago Sun-Times reported Friday that many of...
  • News Source: Chicago-Sun Times | about 1 month ago
    Staff Reporters President Obama has distanced himself from scandal-tainted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. But as an Illinois state senator, Obama went to bat for more than a dozen people to get state jobs or promotions in Blagojevich's administration,...
  • News Source: Chicago-Sun Times | about 1 month ago
    Staff Reporters On his first full day as governor in 2003, Rod Blagojevich ordered a freeze on state hiring. Only essential jobs would be filled, he said, promising to rein in a record state budget deficit and put an end to what he called "taking...
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