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The Return of the Liberal Hawk?
Weekly Standard Blog — That's the claim that author Derek Chollet makes in this blog-post. A friend of mine isn't convinced. He writes: "Chollet tries to argue that an Obama administration will follow the same centrist foreign policy that President Clinton pursued in his second term, which he characterizes as resting on three pillars: 'Embracing globalization and trade; promoting democracy; and developing a concept on the use of force that turned the usual liberal debate about using military power on its head - instead of the burden of proof falling on those ...

What Does It Mean When. . .James Steinberg Painted His House in March?
The Washington Note — ... chores. I care less about the implications of what they are doing to their own homes than what they could to fix up America. Steinberg, Rice, and Gregory Craig look better to me every day, particularly in contrast to some that John McCain has brought into and expelled from his circle -- and I hope that the Obama national security team expands to consider other excellent talents like James Dobbins, R. Nicholas Burns, Wendy Sherman, Antony Blinken, Derek Chollet, Kurt Campbell, Flynt Leverett, Michele Flournoy, Joe ...