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commentarymagazine.com - 11/26/2008

Obama’s Picks

— 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 ... (more) Obama’s Picks

White House

Barack Obama

U.S. Army

Robert Gates

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topics.nytimes.com - 11/28/2008

David H. Petraeus News - The New York Times

— topics.nytimes.com — On a second tour, he was assigned to train a new Iraqi army — a problem that... has vexed the United States since the army was disbanded in the occupation's early days. While Iraqi forces grew during this time, they continued to lag in capability. In ... (more) David H. Petraeus News - The New York Times

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General David Petraeus

Iraq

David Horowitz

United States

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blogs.abcnews.com - 11/25/2008

Gates Cabinet Appointment 'A Done Deal'

— blogs.abcnews.com — ABC News' Martha Raddatz and Jake Tapper Report: Sources tell ABC News that Defense Secretary Robert Gates... will be staying on in the top Pentagon job, for at least the first year of the Obama administration. "It is a done... (more) Gates Cabinet Appointment 'A Done Deal'

White House

Robert Gates

Washington, D.C

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Battle Royale: Center-Right Versus Center-Left In the Democratic Party
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... If the stock market is any indicator, the reaction has been consistently favorable since Obama announced the selection of Geithner and Summers on November 24. Obama's expected pick of Gates even won a note of praise from the dyed-in-the-wool conservative Wall Street Journal editorial page: "So far on security, not bad." ...

Battle Royale: Center-Right Versus Center-Left In the Democratic Party
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... If the stock market is any indicator, the reaction has been consistently favorable since Obama announced the selection of Geithner and Summers on November 24. Obama's expected pick of Gates even won a note of praise from the dyed-in-the-wool conservative Wall Street Journal editorial page: "So far on security, not bad." ...

Tomgram: Robert Dreyfuss, Is Iran Policy Still Up for Grabs?
TomDispatch — ... To give Dreyfuss his creds, only the other day the Wall Street Journal actually began an editorial on the new Obama national security "team" by attacking ...

Is Iran Policy Still Up for Grabs?
Antiwar.com Original — ... " for the Nation magazine's Web site, offers up some tantalizing clues to their possible future resurrection – and some altogether eerie connections between neocon Washington and the future Obama team. To give Dreyfuss his creds, only the other day the Wall Street Journal actually began an editorial on the new Obama national security "team" by attacking ...