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Remainders: Resignation
Ben Smith's Blog — ... considering. Chuck Todd makes the negative case for Hillary. Kornblut says people involved consider her the "top contender." Andrew Sullivan likes it because it means Clinton won't be "left to fester." Jonathan explores the crippling consequences, in the Palin case, of campaign secrecy. Dean's out of the running for HHS. Obama spreads the campaign wealth around the campaign staff. Ackerman profiles Susan Rice. Obama is resigning relatively early. Obama ...

On the trail of transition
The Reaction — ... " I got a timely e-mail from The Washington Independent on Susan Rice. It is by Spencer Ackerman and titled, "A Window Into Obama's Foreign Policy." The piece examines the manner in which President-elect Obama's chief foreign policy transition adviser, Susan Rice, might influence U.S. foreign relations during the upcoming years, if she joins the administration. I was happy to discover that my post turned out to be fairly prescient regarding some of the specifics. ...

Susan Rice For A Resurgent UN Post?
Newshoggers.com — ... trusted foreign policy advisor, is set for the post of UN ambassador in an Obama administration that would perhaps elevate that position back to being a cabinet post as it was during the Bill Clinton years. Spencer Ackerman writes: it can be assumed fairly that Obama intends to return the U.N. to a position of centricity in U.S. foreign affairs. That’s, in my opinion, a very good thing for both the U.S. and for global security. And in a profile of Rice a couple of weeks ago, Spencer wrote: “After eight years of ...