motherjones.com - 12/1/2008
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As they were introduced and made brief remarks this morning, it was hard to envy the team of national security aides President-elect Barack Obama announced today at the Chicago Hilton. President Bush and Vice President Cheney broke the national security apparatus. Are retired Marine Corps ...
online.wsj.com - 11/29/2008
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online.wsj.com —
The names floated for Barack Obama's national security
team "are drawn exclusively from conservative, centrist and pro-military...
circles without even a single -- yes, not one! -- chosen to represent the antiwar wing of the Democratic party." In his ...
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Obama's War Cabinet
change.gov - 12/2/2008
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change.gov —
With today's introduction of key members of the
National Security Team, President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect...
Joe Biden have now chosen nearly half of the cabinet, including the heads of the departments of State, Defense, Treasury, ...
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The National Security Team
marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 12/2/2008
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marcambinder.theatlantic.com —
The takeaway from Barack Obama's national security team
rollout this morning is holism . Announcing, at once,...
an attorney general, the homeland security chief, Obama's defense chief, his chief diplomat, his chief negotiator and his chief ...
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A "Smart Power" Cabinet
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... December 01, 2008 MJ : Picking up the pieces: A sober, war-time national security cabinet takes shape. Posted by Laura at December 1, 2008 02:17 PM
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