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December 4, 2008, 2:45 pm
Dec. 4: U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican from South Florida, hangs up on President-elect Barack Obama, thinking the call is a hoax. MSNBC's Willie Geist reports.
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December 4, 2008, 1:38 pm
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NEW YORK - Alaska governor Sarah Palin was a victim of it , and so was Cuban leader Fidel Castro . But when Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen received a call from a man identifying himself as President-elect Barack Obama, she refused to take part in what she thought was a prank call and hung up, twice. It turned out, this was no prank caller, it was the real deal. Apparently Obama was ...
December 4, 2008, 1:28 pm
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Obama calls; congresswoman hangs up on him - Detroit Free Press
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December 4, 2008, 10:56 am
Florida Congresswoman hangs up phone on Obama - ABC Action News
MIAMI (AP) -- A Florida congresswoman was so determined not to be "punked" that she hung up on the president-elect. The Miami Herald reports that Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (ih-lay-AH'-nah rahs LAY'-tih-nehn) got a call yesterday from a man ...
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