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NBC NEWS says Obama’s VEEPSTAKES includes a list of twenty that includes: Sen. Clinton; Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., who was Secretary of the Navy during the Reagan Administration; retired Gen. Wesley Clark, who unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004, retired Gen. James Jones, a former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO; a Vietnam veteran who is critical of the number of troops currently in Afghanistan, has held independent posts in both the Democratic Congress and the Republican-run State Department; Gen. Tony McPeak, who was Air Force chief of staff during Operation Desert Storm; retired Maj. Gen. Scott Gration, who flew repeated combat missions and has worked with Obama on a range of military issues since before he began his presidential campaign; Richard Danzig, who was Navy secretary under President Clinton; Hugh Shelton, who was former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Senators John Kerry, John Edwards, Evan Bayh, Bill Nelson, Jack Reed, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, Tom Daschle, and Sam Nunn. Also making the list are Governors Kathleen Sebelius, Mark Warner, and Tim Kaine.

Ohio Governor Strickland said he would not accept a VP nomination, and Eliot Richardson’s name is noticeably absent.

A three-person team had helped Obama manage the vetting process: former first daughter Caroline Kennedy, former Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder, and until Wednesday former Fannie Mae CEO Jim Johnson who resigned over embarrassing revelations Obama said he knew nothing about. They, along with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and other top Democrats, are helping Obama wade through wide-ranging impressions about the people on the list, including the respect they command and their standing with their colleagues.