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Obama Close to Naming Clinton and Gen. James Jones to Key Cabinet Posts, Sources Say
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Sources: Obama picks Daschle, Napolitano for Cabinet posts
Sources: Obama picks Daschle, Napolitano for Cabinet posts
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Sources: Obama picks Daschle, Napolitano for Cabinet posts
Sources: Obama picks Daschle, Napolitano for Cabinet posts
cnn.com — Barack Obama's team is made up of a lot of people who also worked for former President... Bill Clinton. (more) Sources: Obama picks Daschle, Napolitano for Cabinet posts
James L. Jones' energy views worry some environmentalists
latimes.com — James L. Jones is Obama's new national security advisor. But he leads an institute that has challenged... global warming. > When President-elect Barack Obama ... (more) James L. Jones' energy views worry some environmentalists
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Tomgram: Frida Berrigan, Who Rules the Pentagon?
TomDispatch — ... The leading candidate for National Security Advisor is General James L. Jones, former Marine Corps commandant and NATO commander, who remained "publicly neutral" during the presidential campaign and is known to be personally close to John McCain and, evidently, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates as well. Not surprisingly, he ...

Who Rules the Pentagon?
Antiwar.com Original — ... by the likes of Newt Gingrich and Henry Kissinger. The leading candidate for national security adviser is Gen.James L. Jones, former Marine Corps commandant and NATO commander, who remained "publicly neutral" during the presidential campaign and is known to be personally close to John McCain and, evidently, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates as well. Not surprisingly, he ...

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