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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 21 > Like his predecessors, Obama taps fundraisers, friends as ambassadors

Like his predecessors, Obama taps fundraisers, friends as ambassadors

By Rob Hotakainen / The Bulletin
June 21, 2009

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama promised change, but he’s following one time-honored tradition: doling out plum ambassadorships to friends and big-money party donors.

So far, Obama’s contributors and friends have been awarded plum posts in Canada, France,....

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