Videos of president-elect Obama and Gov. Bill Richardson

Well, it looks like we got the video-thingy problem solved from our original Obama announcement post here.

So here, a day late but still free of charge, are the two videos involving the appointment of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to become president-elect Barack Obama's secretary of Commerce.

The first video here is a brief description of the news event in Chicago on Dec. 3. Click on the "Read more" line below to see WGN-TV's full 17-minute coverage of the announcement, including the beardless Richardson's remarks and a few questions from the media to Obama.

--Andrew Malcolm

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