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time.com - 6/15/2009

Dennis Ross, Iran Envoy, to Leave Post for Expanded Role

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In the midst of the post-election turmoil in Iran, Obama's special adviser on Iran will move to the National Security Council

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blogs.tnr.com - 6/15/2009

Dennis Ross, Out As Special Envoy To Iran; Was He Ousted Because He's A Jew Or A Bit Hawkish On ...

— blogs.tnr.com — The news that Dennis Ross, long time State Department strategist and peace processor, is being bounced as... special envoy to Iran comes from an article by Barak Ravid in the reliable (at least on these matters) Ha'aretz . The story seems to ... (more) Dennis Ross, Out As Special Envoy To Iran; Was He Ousted ...

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redstate.com - 6/15/2009

Brad Sherman (D-CA) Takes On Obama Over Iran Funding

— redstate.com — The Blue Dog Democrats have genuinely boxed themselves in lately on their consistency regarding Iran. On September... 25, 2007, all the Blue Dog Democrats who were then in Congress voted in favor of H.R. 1400, the Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007. ... (more) Brad Sherman (D-CA) Takes On Obama Over Iran Funding

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prospect.org - 6/15/2009

Is Iran's Election America's Problem?

— prospect.org — The theft of Iran's presidential election raises more foreign-policy implications than any clean result could have.... (more) Is Iran's Election America's Problem?

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Ross's role
Ben Smith's Blog — Time confirms and expands this morning's news: Dennis Ross, the Obama Administration's special adviser on Iran, will be leaving his post at the State Department to become a senior adviser at the National Security Council with an expanded portfolio, Administration officials tell TIME. The new White House position puts him closer to the center of foreign policy power, placing him in the top ranks of Obama's in-house aides, said an Administration official. "He is closer to being able to provide advice to the President," the official said. But Ross' exact ...

Dennis Ross Is Moving To The White House
Swampland — ... that Dennis Ross is moving from the State Department, where he was a special adviser on Southeast Asia (read: Iran), to the National Security Council. Read our story here . Administration advisers say it is a promotion: "He is closer to being able to provide advice to the President," said one about Ross's new role. Several questions remain unanswered: Why the move? What will his new brief be the NSC? Will he still be working on Iran? Or Middle East peace, which he has worked on for years?

the fault, dear Brutus, is not in our czars
Sisyphus Shrugged — ... Actual Title: Special Advisor for Iran, the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia [Worked for Reagan, Bush 1, and Clinton. Founded AIPAC. Played with PNAC. Actually special advisor to ...

the fault, dear brutus, is not in our czars
Whiskey Fire — ... Actual Title: Special Advisor for Iran, the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia [Worked for Reagan, Bush 1, and Clinton. Founded AIPAC. Played with PNAC. Actually special advisor to ...