swamppolitics.com - 12/2/2008
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by Frank James
What message should we take away from President-elect Barack Obama's choices for his national-security team?
One is that his presidency will be far different than the past eight years. By his choices, he's rebuking the presidential management style of President Bush who ...
topics.nytimes.com - 11/25/2008
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topics.nytimes.com —
Gen. James L. Jones, a former commander of
all NATO forces, is being considered for a number
of top foreign policy jobs in the Obama administration: secretary of state, secretary of defense or national security adviser. General Jones combines a ...
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James L. Jones News - The New York Times
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 12/1/2008
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General James L. Jones, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.),
whom President-elect Barack Obama today selected to be his
national security adviser , currently runs a U.S. Chamber of Commerce energy policy front group. Jones is president and chief executive ...
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Jim Jones’ Chamber Of Commerce Organization Promotes ...
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Breaking ... Obama team vetting food tasters
The Reaction —
... shaking hands with any Cabinet member. More, as this story develops ... Bonus Links CNN: Obama rolls out national security team Robert Stein: Clintons Front and Center Again Mary Ann Akers: It Hurts To Be John Kerry Today Katharine Q. Seelye: Live Blog: Presenting the National Security Team Frank James: Obama rebukes Bush years with Clinton Kevin ...
I wonder how they can still say this with a straight face
Brilliant at Breakfast —
... On the one hand, one could wonder why Barack Obama was willing to open this door again and provide both the Republicans and the frothing mad dogs of the media with this kind of Clintonian obsession point this early in the game. But Obama has shown during the campaign that while Maureen Dowd may think of him as "Obambi", he is nobody's pushover, and he he made that clear yesterday: ...
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