time.com - 12/1/2008
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A testament to both Obama's needs as a young and untested Commander-in-Chief and the political abilities of Gen. James Jones, Jones will fill one of the most powerful positions in America: National Security Advisor
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
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 12/1/2008
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
Clearly, the most noteworthy thing about General Jim
Jones, apparently Barack Obama’s choice to be National Security...
Adviser, is that for someone about to get such an important post very little is known about him. But due to some weird ...
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He’s In Love With Jim Jones Whoah
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... , his pick for secretary of state, and Robert M. Gates, who Mr. Obama has asked to stay on as defense secretary. Along with Gen. James L. Jones, the future national security adviser , the three appointees will form the nucleus of the Obama administration’s efforts in the international arena. The Times’s ...
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