motherjones.com - 11/26/2008
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Washington Dispatch: President-elect Obama wants to slash wasteful military spending. To Pentagon bureaucrats, defense contractors, and congressional porkers, this means war. By Bruce Falconer November 21, 2008 As the Obama transition continues, there's much speculation as to whom the ...
motherjones.com - 12/1/2008
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motherjones.com —
Barack Obama's national security team--at this early stage--presents
more questions than answers. His selection of Hillary Clinton...
to be secretary of state has been a much-chewed-over topic of pundit puzzlement . And with the Monday morning unveiling ...
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The Curious Retention of Robert Gates
mudvillegazette.com - 11/26/2008
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mudvillegazette.com —
First, your U.S. history trivia for the day:
Henry Lewis Stimson, Secretary of War throughout World War...
Two under Democrat Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, was a Republican. ***** And now back to the news. If the rumors are true, then Politico ...
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Gates Stays on at Pentagon?
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 11/26/2008
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com —
From NBC's Athena Jones CHICAGO -- In response
to criticism that he is departing from his promise...
to bring change to Washington because several members of his economic team were Beltway insiders, Barack Obama said today that his team would ...
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Obama: Change comes from me
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The 4% Doctrine
Obsidian Wings —
... Bruce Falconer highlights just how difficult it is to rein in spending on the expensive - and often underperforming - big ticket items: ...
Obama and Defense Spending
Open Left - Front Page —
... "Waste": Obama promised to cut "tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending" from the military budget. While this could be typical campaign rhetoric to make unidentified cuts in "waste" that everyone believes exist but no one believes applies to them, it could also be a real promise. ...
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Obama, Chicago, and the eyes of the world —
CNN Political Ticker 11/26/2008
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