onthehillblog.blogspot.com - 12/1/2008
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Top Democrats and Republicans alike are praising President-elect Barack Obama's selections to lead his national security team, which includes Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) to be secretary of state, Bob Gates to remain as secretary of defense, Eric Holder as attorney general, and Arizona Gov. Janet
Gates agrees to stay on under Obama (Mike Allen/The Politico)
memeorandum.com 11/26/2008 —
Mike Allen / The Politico :
Gates agrees to stay on under Obama — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has agreed to stay on under President-elect Obama, according to officials in both parties. Obama plans to announce a ...
Obama’s Picks
commentarymagazine.com 11/26/2008 — 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 ...
The New Team
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 11/26/2008 — Okay, the new national security team is now officially unofficially leaked . We’ll have General James Jones as National Security Adviser with Tom Donilon as his Deputy. And Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, with James Steinberg as her ...
Report: Gates To Stay At Defense
talkleft.com 11/26/2008 — Reports say : Defense Secretary Robert Gates has agreed to stay on under President-elect Barack Obama, according to officials in both parties. Obama plans to announce a national-security team early next week that includes Gates at the Pentagon and ...
Gates Staying as SECDEF
outsidethebeltway.com 11/26/2008 — It’s being widely reported that Bob Gates has agreed to stay on, at least for a time, as Secretary of Defense. Politico’s Mike Allen fills in the rest of the foreign policy team:
Obama plans to announce a national-security team early ...
Obama's National Security And Foreign Policy Team
crooksandliars.com 11/27/2008 — Thanks to Faiz at Think Progress for the vid. 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 ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/1/2008 — Obama Rolling Out National Security Team
Barack Obama and Joe Biden will be holding a 10:40 a.m. ET press conference today in Chicago, where Obama will be rolling out his foreign-policy team: Hillary Clinton as Sec. of State, current Sec. of Defense ...
The consummation
politico.com 12/1/2008 — It's no surprise but still, for those of us who covered the primary for 18 months, extraordinary: Tomorrow morning at 10:40 eastern, according to the transition, Obama will announce his national security team, expected to includes Jim Jones, Robert ...
Obama names Clinton Sec. State
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 12/1/2008 —
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro President-elect Obama officially announced his national security team today, naming Hillary Clinton , a top rival for the Democratic nomination who he sparred with on foreign policy, as his Secretary of State.
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The Curious Retention of Robert Gates
motherjones.com 12/1/2008 — Barack Obama's national security team--at this early stage--presents more questions than answers. His selection of Hillary Clinton to be secretary of state has been a much-chewed-over topic of pundit puzzlement . And with the Monday morning unveiling ...
McCain's team too?
politico.com 12/2/2008 — A provocative point from First Read : "[O]f the three big national security posts, it's possible a President McCain could have picked Jones and Gates as well."
And Clinton, as my colleague Jonathan Martin points out, is hardly a sop to ...
Obama’s Big Cabinet Rollout: Clinton, Holder, Gates, Napolitano
firedoglake.com 12/2/2008 — From Team Obama’s press release:
CHICAGO – President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden officially announced key members of their national security team today: nominating Senator Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, selecting ...
Limbaugh calls Obama's selection of Clinton 'a brilliant stroke'
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 12/2/2008 — Limbaugh called Obama's selection of Clinton 'a brilliant stroke.'
(CNN) — Rush Limbaugh seems to have given Hillary Clinton his stamp of approval for the second time this year.
The conservative talk show host — who urged ...
Secretary Gates and General Jones in the Obama Administration —
Congress Blog
Despite intense pressure from anti-war activists and Bush administration opponents, Mr. Obama selected a National Security team headlined by pragmatists who recognize the importance of success in Iraq and Afghanistan. His choices of Secretary Gates and General Jones in particular appear to ...
Michael Carmichael: Obama's Opening Gambit —
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
To the dismay of many progressives, Obama named his centrist national security team: Hillary Clinton at State; Jim Jones at the NSC; Susan Rice at the UN; Janet Napolitano at Homeland Security; Robert Gates at the Pentagon and Eric Holder at Justice. Obama's opening gambit led with the ...
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Obama Hearts McCain's National Security Team team?
A provocative point from First Read: "[O]f the three big national security posts, it's possible a President McCain could have picked Jones and Gates as well."
And Clinton, as my colleague Jonathan Martin points out, is ...
Spotlight on National Security Team —
The Reaction
By Carol Gee Things will get less crazy -- Today is a big day for the cause of sanity in U.S. foreign policy. President-elect Barack Obama announced his choices for the new administration's national security team. The news for this post is drawn from foreign newspapers in order to provide ...
Obama's foreign policy and national security team —
The Reaction
By Michael J.W. Stickings Well, here it is . From left to right (photo: NYT) : Holder , Napolitano , Gates , Biden, Obama, Clinton , Jones, and Rice . (Links to some of our pre-nomination posts.) Obama still needs to name his top intelligence officials. Creature is " all for this team ," ...
Obama Unveils Cabinet of Diverse Opinions —
Politicol News
December 1, 2008 2:51 p.m., EST. President elect Barack Obama unveils his key Security Team members today and the line up is a formidable team of some opponents, others are diversely representative of women, men, black, white, and cross political party lines similar to Bill Clinton's cabinet of ...
Hillary at the State Department —
Little Green Footballs
No surprises here, just the expected announcements: Obama announces Clinton, Gates for Cabinet .
CHICAGO – President-elect Barack Obama picked a national security team headed by former campaign rival Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bush administration holdover Robert Gates on Monday, and ...
Obama's National Security Team —
Political Punch
President-elect Obama introduced his national security team today. Pending Senate confirmation they will be: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (already confirmed); Attorney General Eric Holder; National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones (Ret.) (confirmation ...
New national security team takes a bow —
Daily Kos
As announced earlier, Barack Obama rolled out his new national security team this morning in a press conference in Chicago. Via press release, here are his prepared remarks: Good morning. Last week, we announced our economic team, which is working as we speak to craft an Economic Recovery ...
Bipartisan Praise for Obama National Security Team —
News
President-elect Barack Obama's national security team won instant praise from both sides of the aisle Monday.
Obama announced Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as secretary of State, Defense Secretary Bill Gates as his own secretary of Defense, retired Gen. Jim Jones as national security ...
Obama Introduces National Security Team —
The Moderate Voice
I’m listening to it on NPR - right now Joe Biden is speaking:
LISTEN LIVE | Obama Names Hillary Clinton Sec. Of State
The president-elect announces his national security team: Senator Hillary Clinton Sec. of State, Defense Sec. Robert Gates, Eric Holder Attorney General, Arizona ...
Obama names national-security team —
The Swamp
by Frank James
President-elect Barack Obama is announcing his national security team this morning. There are no surprises, all are people whose names were leaked in recent weeks. They are:
Senator Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, selecting Defense Secretary Robert Gates to remain as ...
'A rebalancing of America’s national security portfolio' —
The Reaction
By Creature Obama introduces his national security team: [A]ll three of his choices -- Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as the rival turned secretary of state; Gen. James L. Jones, the former NATO commander, as national security adviser, and Robert M. Gates, the current and future defense ...
Obama Set To Announce Security Team —
Daily Kos
According to several reports, Senator Clinton will be in Chicago today to be formally named as the nominee for Secretary of State. According to Beth Fouhy with the AP , the Obama team negotiated with Bill Clinton to set the following terms: To make it possible for his wife to become the top ...
Obama's National Security Team —
The Latest on Air America
Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State will leave her role as senator and move into the secretary of state position. Sen. Clinton was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election. She has served as the junior senator from New York since January 3, 2001. As ...
Obama To Name National Security Team —
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
President-elect Obama will name his six-person national security team at a Monday press conference in Chicago.
Expected appointments: Sen. Hillary Clinton as secretary of State; Robert Gates to remain secretary of Defense; Eric Holder as attorney general; Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano for ...
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