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Washington, DC -- Barack Obama told voters during the presidential election that he wanted to work with both sides of the abortion debate to reduce the number of abortions. Yet, over the weekend, he picked a top staffer for one of the biggest pro-abortion groups to become his communications director. The selection of Ellen Moran, the executive director of Emily's List, to become the White House communications director makes it clear that the only agenda Obama plans to communicate as president is more abortions.

Ellen Moran, executive director of EMILY’s List, was named White House communications director by President-elect Obama on Saturday. Moran, a well-known grassroots organizer, has also managed statewide Democratic campaigns and managed the Wal-Mart corporate accountability campaign for the AFL-CIO. EMILY's List, one of the most important Democratic constituency groups, says it is "dedicated to building a progressive America by electing Democratic pro-choice women to office." As expected, the White House press secretary will be Robert Gibbs, a top strategist on Obama's campaign who helped chart his leap from the U.S. Senate to the presidency. Dan Pfeiffer, the campaign communications director,...

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama has named Ellen Moran to be his director of communications at the White House. Basically, she will be in charge of getting Obama's message out. She is currently executive director of the Washington group EMILY's List - a group that backs female candidates who support abortion rights. She also has worked for the AFL-CIO.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ellen Moran, owner of a solid resume in Democratic politics, is no longer on speaking terms with John Kerry and his campaign aides.It's not that she's got a problem with the Democratic presidential candidate - quite the opposite. She's in line to run a multimillion-dollar effort funded by the party to help him win the White House - and barred by law from coordinating strategy with his campaign."We're in the planning phases and no final decisions have been made about what we're doing," Moran said Friday. She stressed that even the decision to establish a party-funded independent...