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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:06:42 -0800 (PST)

Obama names choice for housing secretary
12/13/08 06:50 AM, EST
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Shaun Donovan, New York City's
former housing commissioner, to be his secretary of Housing and Urban
Development.

U.S. military considers options to deal with Somali pirates
12/13/08 01:09 AM, EST
The Pentagon is looking at options, but there are no plans for U.S.
forces to go ashore in pursuit of pirates in Somalia, a spokesman for
the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday.