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Brent Scowcroft and Obama's Middle East Policy
americanthinker.com - 11/25/2008
Brent Scowcroft and Obama's Middle East Policy
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The possibility that Brent Scowcroft will become the eminence grise of the Obama Administration may chill supporters of Israel this winter.
iht.com - 11/24/2008
The 'blogfather' of Iran
— iht.com — Hossein Derakhshan, a former journalist, blatantly defied the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by visiting Israel and... writing about it on his Farsi blog. (more) The 'blogfather' of Iran

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soccerdad.baltiblogs.com - 11/24/2008
Iran's "blogfather" arrested
— soccerdad.baltiblogs.com — Abraham Rabinovich writes: What surprised me about Hossein Derakhshan when I interviewed him in a café on... Jerusalem's Emek Refaim Street two years ago was that the self-exiled Iranian, who was arrested this month during a visit to Tehran on suspicion ... (more) Iran's "blogfather" arrested

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washingtonpost.com - 11/21/2008
Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski - Obama and Arab-Israeli Peace
— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from... the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski - Obama and ...

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Israel Matzav:  The eminence grise of Obama's foreign policy team

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The eminence grise of Obama's foreign policy team
Israel Matzav — ... At The American Thinker, Ed Lasky describes the likely influence of Brent Scowcroft on the incoming Obama administration. Lasky is not exaggerating. When I went to search for Scowcroft's picture above, the second suggested Google result (after Scowcroft's name) was "Brent Scowcroft, Obama." Scowcroft is bad news for Israel. And his populating the lower echelons of the State Department with people who think like him could last long after Scowcroft is dead and buried. Why does Scowcroft hate Israel so much? One reason might be his ...

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Scowcroft Advising Obama
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The Scowcroft Factor
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Great News: Obama Consulting With Scowcroft on Israel-Palestine — TPMCafe
I can hardly think of anyone I'd rather have our new President talking to about foreign policy than Brent Scowcroft. Here is a shorthand way to understand Scowcroft's foreign policy views. Take everything you hate about the neocons and think "exact opposite" and you have Scowcroft. He was ...
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by Frank James That President-elect Barack Obama has been talking to Brent Scowcroft, the first President Bush's National security Adviser, is worth knowing. The Wall Street Journal reported that Obama has been talking with Scowcroft for some time. The relationship between the ...
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Many of the Republicans emerging as potential members of the Obama administration have professional and ideological ties to Brent Scowcroft, a former national-security adviser turned public critic of the Bush White House. Mr. Scowcroft spoke by phone with President-elect Barack Obama last ...
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Many of the Republicans emerging as potential members of the Obama administration have professional and ideological ties to Brent Scowcroft, a former national-security adviser turned public critic of the Bush White House. Mr. Scowcroft spoke by phone with President-elect Barack Obama last ...
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Scowcroft Protégés on Obama's Radar - WSJ.com The relationship between the president-elect and the Republican heavyweight suggests that Mr. Scowcroft's views, which place a premium on an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord, might hold sway in the Obama White House. Defense Secretary ...
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We noted that he was advising President-elect Obama and now the Wall Street Journal says "many of the Republicans emerging as potential members of the Obama administration have professional and ideological ties to Brent Scowcroft, a former national-security adviser turned public critic of the ...
Scowcroft Advising Obama — The Hollywood Liberal
Scowcroft Advising Obama CNN reports that President-elect Obama "is getting foreign policy advice from an unlikely source: Republican Brent Scowcroft, who was national security adviser in the first Bush administration." "Two sources familiar with the conversations confirm ...
Obama Reaches Out To Bush 41 Veteran Scowcroft For Advice — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Democratic sources say that former Bush 41 National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft is one of the people whom Barack Obama has been consulting about how to craft his national security team. Knowledgeable sources say Obama reached out to Scowcroft two days ago to discuss defense and national ...
Obama Reaches Out To Bush 41 Veteran Scowcroft For Advice — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
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