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blogs.wsj.com - 12/23/2008
Obama Transition Names More National Security Staff
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Today, President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden announced the nomination of key members of their national security team, including James B. Steinberg for Deputy Secretary of State, and Jacob Lew for Deputy Secretary of State, and the appointment of Thomas E. Donilon as Deputy National Security Advisor and Antony “Tony” Blinken as National Security Advisor to the Vice President.

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Political Animal — ... to look bleak , and may not have reached the bottom yet. * The Bernard Madoff fiasco gets even more tragic: Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet, who founded an investment fund that lost millions with Madooff, apparently committed suicide overnight. * Obama/Biden doesn't want to see Congress load up a stimulus package with a lot of earmarks . Good luck with that. * The LA Times forgets the importance of disclosure . * More members of Obama's national security team were announced today. * Howard Wolfson isn't headed to the State ...

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