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washingtonpost.com - 11/19/2008
Naming National Security Team Will Be a Priority for Obama
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washingtonpost.com - 11/12/2008
Guantanamo Closure Called Obama Priority
— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) Guantanamo Closure Called Obama Priority

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Candidates for Obama's National Security Adviser
washingtonpost.com - 11/20/2008
Candidates for Obama's National Security Adviser
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swampland.blogs.time.com - 11/21/2008
National Security Team of Rivals
— swampland.blogs.time.com — Lots of news from Obamaland on the national security front in the past 24 hours--Hillary Clinton "on track" to become Secretary of State, retired General Jim Jones said to become National Security Adviser (while Republican realist Brent Scowcroft ... (more) National Security Team of Rivals

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Naming National Security Team An Obama Priority
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... Wash Post: "If President-elect Barack Obama follows the pattern of most of his modern predecessors, one of the first documents to bear his signature ... will be a directive laying out his administration's national security structure."       ...

The Early Word: How to Pick a Cabinet
The Caucus — ... , the director of the Congressional Budget Office, to be White House budget director. The Washington Post’s Karen DeYoung also lists some of Mr. Obama’s potential choices for the position of national security adviser , including James B. Steinberg, the former Clinton deputy national security adviser and State Department official, retired Marine Gen. James L. Jones, a former NATO commander and Susan E. Rice, who served in the State Department veteran and advised the Obama campaign. But most of the speculation in Washington remains focused squarely on Senator Hillary Rodham ...

Transition News 11/19
The Stump — ... Karen DeYoung explains what Obama's national security structure might look like.  ...

Could Policy Group Heads Be Cabinet Picks?
The Stump — ... for education, and Jim Steinberg and Susan Rice for national security advisor. ...

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