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Time managing editor Rick Stengel (pictured above) is leaving journalism to go work for the State Department, making him at least the 15th 21st reporter to go to work for the Obama administration. Stengel will be the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Politico and Capital New York report. The last high-profile journalist to leave Time for the Obama administration is Jay Carney, who is currently White House press secretary (pictured at right). Update: Thanks to a few tipsters, we've updated with a bigger count. They're listed below. A wave of reporters went to work for...

After several days of slow leaking, Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., March 14 released his report on the Government Reform Committee's investigation of the Clinton pardon scandal. The only portions I've chosen to wallow in are those dealing with the international fugitives Marc Rich and Pincus Green pardons; I'll leave Roger Clinton and the Rodham brothers to others. Regarding the Rich/Green pardons, I was mainly curious how the report would deal with Justice alumnus and former Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder. It is not kind. I will reveal here a bias: from my extensive reporting at the time (and the pieces...