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What’s on Deck: Obama Sides Against Blagojevich on Scandal

By Jackie Sonnenberg

CHICAGO— President-elect Barack Obama told America on Thursday morning about his stance regarding his former Illinois Senate seat and the new scandal with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Obama said he didn’t talk with Blagojevich about the plans previous to his arrest and neither did anyone in his party. When the Illinois governor was arrested after his scheme of corrupted deals, Obama declared in a statement that he was as “appalled and disappointed as anyone”. read more »

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