Chicago(US), Dec. 31: Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has named former state Attorney General Roland Burris to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U. S. Senate, stunning lawmakers both in his home state and in Washington.
Blagojevich told a press conference in Chicago that Burris was a candidate of "unquestioned integrity" and urged the public not to "allow the allegations against me to taint this good and honest man."