swampland.blogs.time.com - 11/21/2008
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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 has been advising Obama on National ...
commentarymagazine.com - 11/26/2008
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commentarymagazine.com —
According to the latest news reports, President-elect Obama
will nominate a national security team next week that...
is stunning in its moderation. The headliners–Bob Gates staying at Defense, Hillary Clinton becoming Secretary of State, retired ...
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Obama’s Picks
blogs.abcnews.com - 11/20/2008
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blogs.abcnews.com —
FROM JAKE TAPPER AND MARTHA RADDATZ: Democratic sources
tell ABC News that President-elect Obama appears to be...
turning to two retired four-stars for his National Security Adviser and his Director of National Intelligence. Marine Gen. James L. Jones ...
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Retired Four-Stars Leading Candidates for Obama's ...
online.wsj.com - 11/29/2008
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online.wsj.com —
The names floated for Barack Obama's national security
team "are drawn exclusively from conservative, centrist and pro-military...
circles without even a single -- yes, not one! -- chosen to represent the antiwar wing of the Democratic party." In his ...
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Obama's War Cabinet
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Jones for NSA?
Political Animal —
... be reflective of two huge Obama priorities. First, Afghanistan. As NATO Commander, Jones ceaselessly lobbied the European allies for greater assistance in the Afghanistan war. Second, energy security. Jones is widely known to be an advocate of alternative energy sources, and, as Politico notes, chairs an energy task force for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. And of course there's the good optics of such a well-respected general being Obama's closest White House aide on foreign policy." Joe Klein added that Jones "refused a series of major positions offered by the Bush ...
Interesting Party You Got Here
Balloon Juice —
... This is also why I am being patient about the Obama picks- folks on the progressive left are also correct when they point out that many of the Obama economic picks were, well, wrong about many things. Likewise, the conventional wisdom about his national security team is also something to keep an eye on. ...
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CNN Political Ticker 11/21/2008
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CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN)– There were a couple of groups of guys in Chicago during the last seven days, all while the Barack Obama transition efforts ...
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