FROM HUFFINGTONPOST.COM: Well, it's been about 15 days since the inauguration, and the "appointing" process has already seen a few slip-ups. They aren't scandals on any grandiose scale, but for a President who spent his campaign focusing on the importance of "ethics" in Washington, they are a bit worrisome. On Tuesday, Tom Daschle became yet another appointee to Obama's cabinet to step down due to misdemeanors and allegations of illegal action. Daschle failed to pay taxes on an expensive limo and driver, and failed to report a hefty $80,000 in consulting income on which he owed taxes. On the same day, Nancy Killefer withdrew her candidacy as chief performance officer due to a "personal tax issue." Recently, Bill Richardson, whom Obama had nominated for Commerce Secretary, stepped down after he was named in an influence-peddling investigation (translation: allegedly, Richardson tried to influence government officials in order to help his own private business pursuits. He maintained his innocence but stepped down anyway.) Sadly, the list goes on. Timothy Geithner, who was confirmed as Treasury Secretary last week, also has a shaky past with the IRS. Furthermore, we all remember Obama rallying against lobbyists who have held or hold government posts - he practically built his campaign around fighting that in order to "clean" Washington. So, when I heard that Obama appointed William Lynn to a high post in the Pentagon, I was perplexed - aren't we talking about the same William Lynn who was a lobbyist from Raytheon, a homeland security firm? And now he's in the Pentagon? Huh.

Obama! What's going on here?

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