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PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post - Nov. 19
19 Nov 2008 04:48:18 GMT
 Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on its front page on Nov. 19. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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Eric Holder, a former Justice Department official who was President-elect Barack Obama's campaign co-chairman, is the leading candidate to serve as the next U.S. attorney general, according to Democratic sources.

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The heads of Detroit's Big Three automakers made a desperate appeal to skeptical lawmakers for $25 billion in emergency loans to forestall the possible collapse of the domestic auto industry, offering to cut their own salaries in exchange for government aid.

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Lawmakers accused Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Tuesday of haphazardly managing the $700 billion financial rescue, as fault lines widened over what the government should try next to contain the fallout of the financial crisis.

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The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing new air-quality rules that would make it easier to build coal-fired power plants, even though half of the EPA's 10 regional administrators formally dissented from the decision and four others criticized the move in writing.

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TORKHAM, Afghanistan - A rise in Taliban attacks along the length of a vital NATO supply route that runs through the border town of Torkham in the shadow of the Khyber Pass has U.S. officials seeking alternatives, including the prospect of beginning deliveries by a tortuous overland journey from Europe.

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