Posted on 01/26/2005 7:33:29 PM PST by immigrationreformactivist
"I'm not going to be predisposed to working on the administration's priorities if they're not interested in helping out Illinois veterans," Obama said.
The freshman Democrat plans to hold town hall-style meetings with veterans in Evergreen Park on Friday and Springfield on Saturday to prepare for confirmation hearings for Jim Nicholson, the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican who was recently nominated by President Bush to be secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department.
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