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weeklystandard.com - 4/24/2009
Jim Jones vs. Dick Holbrooke?
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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 sources have in recent weeks described Jones ...
NSC news: Jones expands war czar Lute's portfolio
thecable.foreignpolicy.com - 4/23/2009
NSC news: Jones expands war czar Lute's portfolio
— thecable.foreignpolicy.com — U.S. national security advisor Gen. James Jones (ret.) has expanded the portfolio of the holdover NSC war czar Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute , The Cable has learned. In addition to overseeing the Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan portfolios, Lute's NSC empire ... (more) NSC news: Jones expands war czar Lute's portfolio

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politics.theatlantic.com - 4/24/2009
What's The (Invisible?) Jim Jones Up To These Days?
— politics.theatlantic.com — At the bottom of an item about new responsibilities for war czar Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute of the National Security Council, the very-well sourced Laura Rozen writes of National Security Adviser Jim Jones: Several sources have in recent weeks described ... (more) What's The (Invisible?) Jim Jones Up To These Days?

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swampland.blogs.time.com - 4/26/2009
Over-Interpretation
— swampland.blogs.time.com — The bloggerati is just amazing sometimes. The comments of one admirer of Jim Jones in my 100 days piece has now telescoped into Jones in Trouble! The hilariously inaccurate Michael Goldfarb has now ginned up a conspiracy and a confrontation involving ... (more) Over-Interpretation

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Remainders: Goggles
Ben Smith's Blog — Phil Singer suggests Obama can't play both sides on torture. Gonzales protected Harman to protect himself from the Times. Alex Conant corrects to Meghan McCain, signaling perhaps a party establishment that's had enough. Rumors abound that Jim Jones is not fitting in well at the NSA. South Carolina legislators vote to cut $350 million from the state budget to appease Mark Sanford. Bloomberg dislike of safety goggles is traced to Dukakis. Obama was relocated during the plane ...

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