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Article: Head of Obama's vice presidential vetting team resigns
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- June 11, 2008
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Head of Obama's vice presidential vetting team resigns
WASHINGTON, June 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. presumptive Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Wednesday that the head
of his vice presidential vetting team has resigned.
According to Obama's statement, Jim Johnson, the former CEO of
the mortgage giant Fannie Mae, "did not want to distract in any way
from the very important task of gathering information" about the
vice presidential nominee.
"So he has made a decision to step aside that I accept," the
Illinois senator said.
The three-person team was established last week to manage the
vetting process, including former First Daughter Caroline Kennedy,
former Deputy Attorney ...