mererhetoric.com - 11/18/2008
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Picking Well that was totally unpredictable wasn't it? General James L. Jones is widely rumored to be Obama's preferred candidate to be White House National Security Adviser... Jones prepared a report on Israel's policies in the territories... The World Tribune said it "blasted Israel's role" ...
americanforeignpolicy.org - 11/17/2008
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Among the many challenges that will greet President-elect
Obama when he takes office, there are few, if...
any, more urgent and complex than the question of Iran. There are also few issues more clouded by myths and misconceptions. In this Joint Experts' ...
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American Foreign Policy Project
jpost.com - 11/19/2008
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jpost.com —
"We are ready to do whatever is demanded
of us" in order to stop Iran from getting...
a nuclear weapon, IAF commander Maj. -Gen. Ido Nehushtan told German magazine Der Spiegel in an interview published Tuesday. Nehushtan told the magazine that whether a ...
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Israeli Air Force chief: We are ready to deal with Iran ...
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Obama's NSA and CIA Picks
Little Green Footballs —
... Omri Ceren’s headline says it all: Obama’s Top NSA And CIA Picks: Harsh On Israel, Sympathetic To Iran And Hezbollah. ...
Change... Obama's AG Pick Tied to Mark Rich Pardon Scandal
Gateway Pundit —
... thing to reach back to Obama's pastor to raise doubts about his values. But it is quite another to scrutinize the record of his first appointee. "It couldn’t be a bigger mistake." This is not so surprising. After all, Obama sat in church with Reverend G-D Wright for 20 years. He has a long history of making poor choices in regards to associates and friends. Ed Morrissey has more on what the media is reporting on Holder. Mere Rhetoric notes Holder's harsh stand on Israel. ...
Obama’s Top NSA And CIA Picks: Harsh On Israel, Sympathetic To Iran And Hezbollah
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Mere Rhetoric
Well that was totally unpredictable wasn’t it?
General James L. Jones is widely rumored to be Obama’s preferred candidate to be White House National Security Adviser… Jones prepared a report on Israel’s policies in the territories… The World Tribune said it “blasted Israel’s role” for “hampering the movement of PA forces, blocking plans for weapons shipments and technology to the Palestinians and resisting coordination.” … Obama said this about Jones: “Let ...
Eye on the Watcher’s Council
The Glittering Eye —
As you may know the members of the Watcher’s Council each nominate one of his or her own posts and one non-Council post for consideration by the whole Council. The complete list of this week’s Council nominations is here.
Mere Rhetoric, “Obama’s Top NSA And CIA Picks: Harsh On Israel, Sympathetic To Iran And Hezbollah”
Omri isn’t happy with President-Elect Obama’s picks for National Security Advisor or CIA chief. I wonder how he feels about Gates staying at Defense.
Soccer Dad, “Well, ...
The Iranian priority
Yourish.com —
... So given Jones’s antagonism towards Israel, if he is influential in the administration, the differences with the Netanyahu government ...
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Jones for NSA?
washingtonmonthly.com 11/21/2008 — JONES FOR NSA?.... There haven't been too many rumors about who's likely to serve as the National Security Advisor in the Obama White House, so it was interesting to see Gen. James Jones' name come up today. President-elect Barack Obama...
James (Not Earl) Jones As National Security Adviser
justoneminute.typepad.com 11/22/2008 — From The Politico: President-elect Barack Obama is close to landing James L. Jones (Times bio), the well-known retired Marine Corps general, as his national security adviser, sources said. Folks hoping for victory in Iraq should be heartened. A bit of...
James Jones: Obama's National Security Adviser?
huffingtonpost.com 11/22/2008 — ABC News reports that Barack Obama is close to picking Gen. James Jones as National Security Adviser:
Democratic sources tell ABC News that President-elect Obama appears to be turning to two retired four-stars for his National Security Adviser and ...
Clinton and Jones Close to Joining Obama National Security Team
voices.washingtonpost.com 11/22/2008 — By Michael Abramowitz, Shailagh Murray and Anne E. Kornblut President-elect Barack Obama appeared close today to landing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as his secretary of state and retired Marine Gen. James Jones as his national security adviser, ...
The Foreign Policy Deputies
voices.washingtonpost.com 11/25/2008 — By Al Kamen With the top slots at the State Department and the National Security Council apparently taken by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Gen. James Jones, respectively, attention is now turning to selections for the critical deputy posts at Foggy ...
The Right Choice —
Marine General James Jones? He’s the center-right choice for national security advisor!
In a stroke, too, Jones answers the question of how a President-elect with no military experience and weak connections to the Pentagon can immediately assert authority in wartime over a ...
Jones at NSA —
TigerHawk
Tom Maguire takes a look at retired General James Jones, Barack Obama's choice for National Security Advisor.
Geez, good news - now if I could just remember how to smile...
The earliest signs are that the differences between Barack Obama and John McCain on foreign policy were far smaller than ...
James Jones as National Security Adviser? —
Outside The Beltway | OTB
CNN and Politico are both reporting that General James Jones, chairman of the Atlantic Council, is the leading candidate for National Security Advisor in the Obama cabinet.
Two sources close to the Obama transition team tell CNN retired Marine Gen. Jim Jones has emerged as ...
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