thenation.com - 11/25/2008
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I hate to say I told you so, but here it goes. In late September, in this column , I criticized Barack Obama for what I called a "pathetic" debate with John McCain, in which Obama got nearly everything about foreign policy wrong: "He checked all the boxes. Barack ("Senator McCain is right") ...
openleft.com - 11/25/2008
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openleft.com —
The most important appointment decision Obama will make
during the transition, bar none, is who becomes, or
remains, Secretary of Defense. As I have noted in the past , the Department of Defense oversees the expenditure of 52% of all discretionary ...
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The Debate Over Gates
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
thewashingtonnote.com - 11/26/2008
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thewashingtonnote.com —
Bob Gates is keeping his Pentagon perch (which
has been quite clear for some time). I had
moved close to the view that Gates should go. My thinking at the time was that Gates played a vital role "Out-Cheneying Cheney" in the last couple of ...
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Robert Gates: Should He Have Stayed?
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Tomgram: Frida Berrigan, Who Rules the Pentagon?
TomDispatch —
... "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 favors yet more spending for the Pentagon. The reputed leading candidate for Director of the CIA, John Brennan, now head of the National Counterterrorism Center, was ...
Who Rules the Pentagon?
Antiwar.com Original —
... "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 favors yet more spending for the Pentagon. The reputed leading candidate for director of the CIA, John Brennan, now head of the National Counterterrorism Center, was ...
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