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News from the Gulag Archipelago
the talking dog —
... over her client al-Ghizzawi's request for release of his medical records (which, because they would embarrass the government, are the deepest of state secrets, never to be revealed, especially to the ill detainee or his counsel.) And finally, President-elect Obama appears poised to renominate Gulag-meister and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to another term , of which he is expected to serve at least a year. Sec Def. Gates has certainly said he's with the program on closing GTMO; we'll see if that really comes to pass. Like our friends from Missouri, I suspect you'll have to ...
Times: Gates to Stay at Defense
Daily Kos —
Peter Baker and Thom Shanker at The New York Times write: Obama Plans to Retain Gates at Defense Department: President-elect Barack Obama has decided to keep Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in his post, a show of bipartisan continuity in a time of war that will be the first time a Pentagon chief has been carried over from a president of a different party, Democrats close to the transition said Tuesday. More fuel for the belief that even Democrats think Democrats are weak on defense and only Republicans can serve as Secretary of Defense. If Gates stays the full four years, it would ...
And The Netroots Will Explode In 5, 4, 3, 2 . . .
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
1.
Of course, I have to believe that if Barack Obama did not
actually believe that the surge overseen by Secretary
Gates really has been successful, he would not have
consented to keep the Secretary on. By agreeing to retain Secretary
Gates at the Pentagon, the President-elect has not-too-subtly
endorsed the very surge and counterinsurgency efforts he spent time
denouncing on the campaign trail.
One wishes that he would finally admit as much. The votes have
been cast, they have been counted, the Electoral College will meet
and certify the results and Barack Obama will go ahead and become
the 44th President of the United States. I ...
Obamedia Watch: Cute Lil' Icon When Page One Does The One
The Corner on National Review Online —
[image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS [image] [image] Wednesday, November 26, 2008 [image] Obamedia Watch: Cute Lil' Icon When Page One Does The One [ Andy McCarthy ] And these right-wing nutjobs say the media's biased can you imagine? The 44th President Obama Plans to Retain Gates at Defense Department By PETER BAKER and THOM SHANKER ... 11/26 04:47 AM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2008. All Rights Reserved. Home | ...
And The Netroots Will Explode In 5, 4, 3, 2 . . .
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
1. Of course, I have to believe that if Barack Obama did not actually believe that the surge overseen by Secretary Gates really has been successful, he would not have consented to keep the Secretary on. By agreeing to retain Secretary Gates at the Pentagon, the President-elect has not-too-subtly endorsed the very surge and counterinsurgency efforts he spent time denouncing on the campaign trail. One wishes that he would finally admit as much. The votes have been cast, they have been counted, the Electoral College will meet and certify the results and Barack Obama will go ...
Gates
Political Animal —
GATES.... As has been widely reported, Barack Obama will keep Defense Secretary Robert Gates at his post next year. This is not a surprise -- speculation about Gates staying on was common even before the election -- but it is unprecedented : this will be the "first time a Pentagon chief has been carried over from a president of a different party." The details of the arrangement, which has not yet been formally confirmed, are still somewhat elusive. The Washington Post ...
Report: Some Obama Advisers Worried About Message Keeping Gates Would Send
TPMDC —
So it turns out that during internal deliberations about whether to keep Robert Gates as Defense Secretary, even some of Barack Obama's own advisers expressed the worry that we hit on yesterday: That keeping him risks sending the message that Democrats can't be trusted to run the military.
From today's New York Times report on the Gates pick:
But it also stirred a debate inside Mr. Obama's circles, where some advisers worried that the decision to turn to a Republican appointee -- something President Bill Clinton did in naming William S. Cohen to the defense post in 1997 -- would reinforce the notion ...
Obama's National Security And Foreign Policy Team
Newshoggers.com —
By Cernig
Following the S.O.P. of making the leak the story, the Obama transition team has now unofficially officially announced the headliners for national security and foreign policy roles.
Secretary of Defense Bob Gates; Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; National Security Adviser Gen. James L. Jones: ...
The Millman Chart and the GOP
Ross Douthat —
... have, it seems. Now the question is whether the GOP can endure as a Wilsonian-Jacksonian coalition, or whether it needs a strong infusion from another quadrant to be viable politically and (especially) capable of effective governance. ...
