wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 12/1/2008
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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 officer of the U.S. Chamber Institute for 21st ...
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
suntimes.com - 12/8/2008
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suntimes.com —
For the first time, outgoing Illinois Senate President
Emil Jones is saying he would like President-elect Barack
Obama's U.S. Senate seat. "Yes, I am interested,'' Jones said on WBBM-AM's "At Issue," which aired Sunday. Obama's replacement should be ...
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Jones joins bidding for Obama Senate seat :: CHICAGO ...
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Energy Policy: Hopefully Not Keeping Up With General Jones
Matthew Yglesias —
... I had known that General James Jones had, since retirement, involved himself in some kind of Chamber of Commerce energy project. I didn’t have great hopes for a Chamber of Commerce energy project, but I hadn’t realized what a real stinker it was until I read Brad Johnson’s writeup. It’s some bad stuff. Presumably Jones will have his hands full doing the National Security Advisor’s job and let’s hope folks with sound views on climate and energy get picked to do those jobs. ...
A Fairly Conservative Jim Jones as National Security Advisor
Open Left - Front Page —
... of his energy center to get a sense of this man's priorities and thought processes. While I don't know him or how he works, after reading Jones's transition plan I have come to share the Center for American Progress's Brad Johnson's hope that Obama is setting energy policy and Jones is on the periphery of any policy formulation role. ...
12/2: Outrage From The Left? Not Exactly...
Blogometer —
... who worries about NY Sen. Hillary Clinton 's hawkishness, there's another who claims that her foreign policy views are essentially the same as Obama's. For every blogger who questions Obama's decision to keep Robert Gates as Defense Sec., there's another who argues that the decision is indicative of Obama's seriousness about reforming the Pentagon. Even Gen. James Jones -- whose energy organization has drawn sharp criticism from numerous liberal bloggers -- has his defenders . The bottom line? While ...
Chamber of Commerce Secretly Trying to Take Down Labor Appointee
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... on the issue of climate change that seeks to kill the most drastic (and likely most necessary) legislation in favor of business-friendly alternatives. I don't doubt that the Chamber does a lot of good work, particularly for small businesses. But on issues like labor and global warming, it is part of the problem. ...
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Obama's Relationship With Emil Jones--It's, Uh, Complicated
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Besides worsening his own legal problems, one of the things Rod Blagojevich accomplished when he (allegedly) shopped around Barack Obama's Senate seat was to highlight the president elect's relationship with Emil Jones, the outgoing president of ...
He’s In Love With Jim Jones Whoah
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 12/1/2008 — 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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majikthise.typepad.com 12/2/2008 — Barack Obama picked a national security adviser who fought the Senate climate change bill tooth and nail when he worked for the Chamber of Commerce: President-elect Barack Obama’s choice for national security adviser,
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Good News
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 12/1/2008 — Well here’s a story that certainly brought a smile to my face :
Yet all three of his choices — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as the rival turned secretary of state; Gen. James L. Jones, the former NATO commander, as national security ...
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 ...
Jim Jones vs. Dick Holbrooke?
weeklystandard.com 4/24/2009 — Following up on Joe Klein's statement against interest yesterday regarding the apparently tenuous position of Jim Jones as National Security Adviser, Laura Rozen also hears that Jones isn't exactly meshing with the rest of the Obama team:
Several ...
Energy Policy: Hopefully Not Keeping Up With General Jones
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 12/2/2008 —
I had known that General James Jones had, since retirement, involved himself in some kind of Chamber of Commerce energy project. I didn’t have great hopes for a Chamber of Commerce energy project, but I hadn’t realized what a real ...
Zinni to Jones: Stick It
weeklystandard.com 2/5/2009 — Just how badly did the Obama team treat Anthony Zinni? FP 's Laura Rozen quotes Zinni saying that the president actually called to congratulate him on his appointment. Zinni then proceeds to "unload" on the administration's handling of the affair:
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