Ethics and the Obama Administration
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2009-02-04/ethics-and-obama-administration
Tom Daschle withdraws from consideration for HHS Secretary amid controversy over taxes and large earnings from government-regulated industries. President Obama's pick for chief performance officer also withdraws over tax problems, but Timothy Geithner has been confirmed as Treasury Secretary despite problems of his own. A discussion on what Obama promised to do to clean up government, his record so far, and what's in the public's best interest.
Guests
Melanie Sloan
executive director, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Norman Ornstein
is resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute; coauthor with Thomas Mann of "The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track."
Ceci Connolly
reporter, The Washington Post.
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