majikthise.typepad.com - 12/2/2008
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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,
retired Marine Gen. Jim Jones, is giving hope to energy companies ...
A Fairly Conservative Jim Jones as National Security Advisor
openleft.com 12/2/2008 — A few months ago at an event for a group of youngish Democrats in DC, I ran into one of General Jim Jones's staffers at the US Chamber of Commerce. It's odd to find a Democrat at the US Chamber of Commerce, since that is one of the most partisan ...
Obama's Relationship With Emil Jones--It's, Uh, Complicated
blogs.tnr.com 12/11/2008 —
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 ...
Spike Lee: DC is ‘Chocolate City’
newsbusters.org 1/17/2009 — Discussing “post-racial” inauguration, CNN doesn’t call Lee on outdated racial term.
By Matt Philbin and Erin Brown The Culture & Media Institute January 16, 2009
We’ve heard ad nauseam from a hopeful media -- Daniel Schorr of NPR, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Can James Jones Survive a Second Round of Attacks and "Longer Knives"?
thewashingtonnote.com 6/12/2009 —
I am here in London where I'm participating in an interesting forum sponsored by the Princeton Project on National Security and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Transatlantic Program , I've received not just one email -- but three -- ...
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 ...
A "Smart Power" Cabinet
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 12/2/2008 — The takeaway from Barack Obama's national security team rollout this morning is holism .
Announcing, at once, an attorney general, the homeland security chief, Obama's defense chief, his chief diplomat, his chief negotiator and his chief ...
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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Transition: Obama's security team —
First Read 12/2/2008
The New York Times on yesterday’s national security rollout: "In deference to Mrs. Clinton’s stature (and later the others), Mr. Obama gave her an opportunity to make a statement from the lectern, something he did not do with any of his economic ...
Greene: The words that Obama now hears —
CNN Political Ticker 12/2/2008
Scott Olson/Getty Images
ABOARD THE CNN EXPRESS
CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN)– You wonder if he's getting used to the sound of it yet.
“Mr. President-elect,” Hillary Clinton said to him this week, “thank you for this honor.”
You wonder if he has ...
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