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Brit Pol Lashes 'Unreachable' Obama Team

'You have a bunch of people who haven't been in government before,' official gripes

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 11, 2009 4:32 AM CDT

(Newser) – A British government official has ripped Barack Obama's "unreachable" team as leaders scramble to make arrangements with the White House to organize next month's G20 summit in London, reports the Independent. "There is nobody there. You cannot believe how difficult it is,"... Read full story »

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