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huffingtonpost.com - 12/3/2008
Greg Craig State Department: What Could Have Been
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Six months ago, as the bitterly fought Democratic primary came to a close, it would have been a fools-errand of sorts to imagine an Obama administration with Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. Indeed, when the political world began speculating about the Obama foreign policy team, the ...
spectator.org - 12/4/2008
Don't Confirm Her!
— spectator.org — The idea of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State ought to make conservatives tremble with foreboding. It... is truly bizarre to see so many on the right unquestioningly accepting a notion that just a year ago would have been laughable, namely that ... (more) Don't Confirm Her!

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CNN’s Campbell Brown Lectures Obama For Brushing Off Media’s Questions
newsbusters.org - 12/2/2008
CNN’s Campbell Brown Lectures Obama For Brushing Off Media’s Questions
— newsbusters.org — On Monday’s “No Bias, No Bull” program, CNN’s Campbell Brown lashed out at President-Elect Barack Obama for... his flippant response to a reporter’s question: “Mr. President-Elect, reporters, we hope, are going to ask you a lot of annoying questions ... (more) CNN’s Campbell Brown Lectures Obama For Brushing Off ...

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thenation.com - 12/1/2008
Why Obama's Got "Complete Confidence" In Clinton
— thenation.com — So it will be Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The senator from New York, who lost the... Democratic nomination to Barack Obama because she supported authorizing President Bush to attack Iraq when her rival from Illinois opposed the move, will now ... (more) Why Obama's Got "Complete Confidence" In Clinton

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Taylor Marsh:  From Media Clamor to Clinton Reality

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From Media Clamor to Clinton Reality
Taylor Marsh — ... Sam Stein has a nice dishy post on former Clintonite Greg Craig. Politico’s John H. Harris and Glenn Thrush dub HRC a "survivor." Really? Who knew? ...

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