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Obama fills out Cabinet with two more picks

President-elect Barack Obama named his transportation, trade and labor choices Friday, saying the three new members of his team "will help craft a 21st-century economic recovery plan."

In picking Illinois Rep. Ray LaHood as his transportation secretary, Obama added a second Republican to his Cabinet. He named California Rep. Hilda Solis to be secretary of labor and Ron Kirk, the former mayor...

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