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MCDONNELL ASKS FEDS TO EXTEND HEALTH-CARE DEADLINE
By JULIAN WALKERVirginian-Pilot 11/13/2012On behalf of his fellow Republican governors, Virginia's Bob McDonnell is asking for a federal extension ahead of Friday's deadline for states to say whether they'll set up their own health benefits exchange under the health care act. McDonnell and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, in Las Vegas for Republican Governors Association meetings, made that appeal Wednesday in a joint letter to President Barack Obama.