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washingtonmonthly.com - 12/4/2008
A bipartisan cabinet
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A BIPARTISAN CABINET.... Last week, the Politico ran an item suggesting Barack Obama's cabinet may not have enough Republicans in it. Keeping Defense Secretary Robert Gates at his post isn't quite enough, the argument went, in part because "Gates is...

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Obama National Security Picks Get High Marks
gallup.com - 12/2/2008
Obama National Security Picks Get High Marks
— gallup.com — PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans widely approve of Barack Obama's decisions, announced on Monday, to name Hillary Clinton secretary of state and to ask Robert Gates to stay on as secretary of defense. mwboj_5e_uqnvqhkyovxoq These results are based on a ... (more) Obama National Security Picks Get High Marks

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talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/4/2008
No Transition From Nonesense
— talkingpointsmemo.com — Congressional Quarterly bemoans Obama's broken promise of a bipartisan cabinet since he's only appointed one Republican to one of the top three positions in government -- State, Defense and Treasury ... Now that President-elect Barack Obama's ... (more) No Transition From Nonesense

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online.wsj.com - 11/29/2008
Obama's War Cabinet
— online.wsj.com — The names floated for Barack Obama's national security team "are drawn exclusively from conservative, centrist and pro-military circles without even a single -- yes, not one! -- chosen to represent the antiwar wing of the Democratic party." In his ... (more) Obama's War Cabinet

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News — ... . Obama may also ask former GOP Rep. Jim Leach (Iowa) and Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) to join his administration, notes Washington Monthly's Steve Benen . Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's plan to revive the housing market by offering more cheap credit to mortgage lenders seems to forget that the housing mess was created by an abundance of cheap credit, writes Mark Kleiman at ...

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openleft.com 12/9/2008 — Michael Tomasky writing in the Guardian about how anyone who thought Gates was a bad pick are complete idiots: And people who can't see that Obama needs to reassure the political establishment by doing things like re-appointing Robert Gates at the ...
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