[lbo-talk] Labor?

[Doug Henwood]

So Labor's really at the bottom of the list, isn't it? Spend $100  
million, send scores of thousands out to work the phones and knock on  
doors, and you don't even get the time of day!

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Obama to name veterans affairs chief Sunday: aides

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Barack Obama will announce his choice to head the  
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs at a planned news conference on  
Sunday, aides to the president-elect said on Saturday.

Obama is scheduled to hold a news conference in Chicago at 2 p.m. EST  
(1900 GMT) on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor  
attacks.

Obama pledged during his presidential campaign to improve services for  
retired U.S. military men and women if he won the White House.

The news conference is his latest in a string of announcements of  
appointments to his Cabinet and other top administration posts.