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Stephen Colbert Gets Vetted

The host of “The Colbert Report” asks a vetting veteran of the Clinton administration, “What if you have a dark secret, but also an unquenchable thirst for power?”

Posted on Nov 19, 2008 READ MORE


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Obama’s Choose Your Own VP Adventure

The New York Times sheds some light on the back-room dealings, global developments and veep-vetting sessions that went into whittling down Barack Obama’s short list of vice presidential candidates to the final contender, who heard Obama’s final pitch while at the dentist’s office.

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