washingtonmonthly.com - 12/1/2008
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CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN.... Hilzoy mentioned this overnight, but it's worth re-emphasizing, since it's likely to be today's big story. At 10:40 a.m., the president-elect will introduce the leaders of his national security team, and while they come from...
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
topics.nytimes.com - 11/25/2008
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topics.nytimes.com —
Gen. James L. Jones, a former commander of
all NATO forces, is being considered for a number...
of top foreign policy jobs in the Obama administration: secretary of state, secretary of defense or national security adviser. General Jones combines a ...
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James L. Jones News - The New York Times
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 12/1/2008
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wonkroom.thinkprogress.org —
General James L. Jones, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.),
whom President-elect Barack Obama today selected to be his...
national security adviser , currently runs a U.S. Chamber of Commerce energy policy front group. Jones is president and chief executive ...
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Jim Jones’ Chamber Of Commerce Organization Promotes ...
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... With President-elect Barack Obama set to announce his national security team this morning, bloggers debate whether national security will look much different under the new administration. Others, meanwhile, debate President Bush's potential legacy as Iraq's liberator. A sea change in national security policy is on the way with Obama's new team, Political Animal's Steve Benen asserts, citing a ...
Obama's Foreign Policy Team Signals Change
Newshoggers.com —
... Steve Benen points to the over-arching strategy: "a sea change when it comes to the influence of U.S. power abroad -- emphasizing prevention, bringing some new fiscal discipline to the Pentagon budget, making a new commitment to diplomacy, bringing stability to failed states to prevent a vacuum filled by terrorists" and all "with a decidedly non-liberal team of officials". ...
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org 12/1/2008 — Well here’s a story that certainly brought a smile to my face :
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westernfrontamerica.com 12/9/2008 — Well, now. Isn't this interesting! Obama's change is not exactly the change many on the political left had expected of him. Some on the left are even claiming that Obama's foreign policy, what little we know of it yet, is akin to that of George Bush's father, George H. W. Bush. Obama ...
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Change the Pentagon Doesn't Believe In
motherjones.com 11/26/2008 — 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, ...
Meet the New Boss …
opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com 11/27/2008 — Pundits try to glean the meaning of Barack Obama's decision to keep Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in his post.
Plus ça; change
balloon-juice.com 2/18/2009 — The Note last week:
The (stimulus) bill will be judged a political success not simply if it becomes law, but if it’s deemed ‘bi-partisan,’
The Note in March 2005 :
Despite some public opposition to Congress’s ...
Obama's rebukes Bush years with Clinton
swamppolitics.com 12/2/2008 — by Frank James
What message should we take away from President-elect Barack Obama's choices for his national-security team?
One is that his presidency will be far different than the past eight years. By his choices, he's rebuking the ...
The New Team
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 11/26/2008 — Okay, the new national security team is now officially unofficially leaked . We’ll have General James Jones as National Security Adviser with Tom Donilon as his Deputy. And Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, with James Steinberg as her ...
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First Read 12/1/2008
Due to the tragic news from the weekend in India, USA Today notes there's no better day than today for Obama to unveil his national security team, which can be best described as foreign policy pragmatists or realists.
The Washington Post: ...
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