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Ever run across the name Eric WHitaker before?

from:
http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/barack-obama-operation-board-games-for-slumlords/

I did not have any formal discussions with Tony,” Obama said, “beyond one individual, and that was Dr. Eric Whitaker, who ultimately became the head of the Illinois Department of Public Health and who had been a longtime friend of mine, who I had known since he was getting his master’s at Harvard and I was at the law school there.”

“He had expressed an interest in that post,” Obama informed the Tribune.

“I think he had applied separately,” Obama said, “but I don’t recall whether I called Tony or he called me.”

“And I simply said, ‘I think this guy is outstanding and is certainly somebody who is worthy of an interview,’” he added.

“And was it your understanding that Tony was going to effectuate that?” the Tribune asked.

“No,” Obama said. “What I knew was, and I don’t think this has been disputed, that he was one of a number of people within the Blagojevich circle who were, you know, helping to screen or interview potential candidates for administration posts.”

The job Obama recommended for his friend paid about $150,000 a year. However, Eric Whitaker is now an executive vice-president of the University of Chicago Medical Center, according to the March 9, 2008, Sun-Times. That would be the same employer that pays Michelle Obama a salary of close to $350,000 as a vice president.