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politicalwire.com — President-elect Obama and Robert Gates are negotiating terms under which the defense secretary would remain as Pentagon chief in his administration, the Financial Times has learned. "Mr Obama, through an intermediary, has approached Mr Gates, who has served as defense secretary under President ...

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Hullabaloo — Beware of Histo-tainment by dday I'm very glad that Matthew Pinsker penned this op-ed today taking a more critical look at Doris Kearns Goodwin's pop pseudo-history "Team Of Rivals". As a yarn, I hear the book is quite good, but as a piece of history it's not exactly true to the source. And since it's become accepted wisdom among the DC chattering class and the politicians they influence, that's a serious problem. There were painful trade-offs with the "team of rivals" approach that are never fully addressed in the book, or by others that offer happy-sounding descriptions of the Lincoln ...

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www.truthdig.com 11/19/2008 — The Financial Times is reporting that Barack Obama is keen to have Robert Gates stay on as defense secretary. The paper says the two are currently negotiating their differences, but then that’s the whole point: Obama wants people who ...
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online.wsj.com 11/21/2008 — But Mrs. Clinton at Foggy Bottom? Can they be serious?
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