shadow.foreignpolicy.com - 1/7/2009
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President-elect Obama's pick of Leon Panetta for Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) has kicked up a lot of dust about the merits of appointing an "intel outsider" to that post, instead of a career intelligence professional. My colleague Josh Keating has a good overview of the strange ...
shadow.foreignpolicy.com - 1/5/2009
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The Bolton/Yoo essay that Dan Drezner mentions here
argues that the 2/3 requirement is a good thing,...
because it advances their preferred policy agenda by: (a) restraining those wet "global governance" types from entangling commitments; and (b) in ...
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shadow.foreignpolicy.com - 1/7/2009
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Steve Biegun Steve Biegun was senior policy advisor
for national security issues with the McCain-Palin 2008 campaign....
Earlier he served as national security advisor to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. From 2001-2003, Biegun served in the White House ...
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redstate.com - 1/10/2009
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redstate.com —
Thus far, defenders of Director-designate of Central Intelligence
Leon Panetta make the following points in defense of...
the proposition that he would make a good DCI: In response to arguments that Panetta is not experienced, Panettaphiles tell us ...
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What Did Leon Panetta Know About Rendition And When Did ...
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Foreign Policy has launched an overhauled web site, and one of the features is a blog devoted to center-right analysis of the world and the incoming Administration's foreign policy, ...
Hugh Hewitt: The Shadow Government
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog —
Foreign Policy has launched an overhauled web site, and one of the features is a blog devoted to center-right analysis of the world and the incoming Administration's foreign policy, ...
Questions for Hillary's confirmation hearing
TigerHawk —
The "Shadow Government" blog at Foreign Policy's web site has "47 questions" for Hillary Clinton's confirmation hearing . I hope they keep track of the number that are actually asked. Anyway, of the proposed questions, many are tedious and predictable. But not all. These interest me the most, either for their originality or the possibility that the answer will not be totally predictable (my supplemental questions added in italics for your general amusement): Would the Obama administration find it acceptable for Iran to possess a nuclear weapon? Would the use of force ...
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