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Gen. Jim Jones talks about achieving consensus

 

Published 12/1/2008 by rsinderbrand at CNN Political Ticker

Jones was named Obama's pick for national security advisor Monday. WASHINGTON (CNN) – The new National Security advisor, Gen. Jim Jones, says the challenge he will face in working with high-profile Cabinet members — including the new secretary of state, Sen. Hillary Clinton, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates — will be to achieve consensus [...] (link)

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