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politico.com - 2/12/2009
Snubbing Zinni
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The Washington Times' extraordinary report on just how badly Gen. Anthony Zinni feels he was treated by the Obama team is a mark of, above all, how close the foreign policy appointments -- hashed out between Clinton and Obama teams -- are being held. The upside of this, in theory, is relatively ...
General Zinni gets undiplomatic treatment from Obama team
thecable.foreignpolicy.com - 2/5/2009
General Zinni gets undiplomatic treatment from Obama team
— thecable.foreignpolicy.com — When retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni told the Washington Times that he was offered the job of... U.S. ambassador to Iraq before being passed over in favor of diplomat Christopher Hill , he did not say that one of the outrages of the experience was ... (more) General Zinni gets undiplomatic treatment from Obama team

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theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 2/9/2009
Obama Signs Up Operative For Big Blog Outreach Gig
— theplumline.whorunsgov.com — A lot of folks had been wondering when the Obama White House would fill the White House... blog outreach job, a key post in terms of marshaling the power of the blogosphere to drive the White House message during big fights like the current one over ... (more) Obama Signs Up Operative For Big Blog Outreach Gig

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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/6/2009
Alleged Pentagon Burrower Played Key Role in Pro-War Pundits Program
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is trying to get some answers on two potential cases of Bush political... appointees "burrowing" into long-term positions at the Pentagon's detainee affairs office. One of the two has right of return to a civil service ... (more) Alleged Pentagon Burrower Played Key Role in Pro-War ...

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Dwayne Horner: Obama Campaign Advisors Losing out to Hillary Team
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... to be Obama's VP. But now he has been snubbed . So, the man who railed against George W. Bush during the campaign continues to have Bush Administration holdovers and snubs his own campaign advisors...no seems to have told him you cannot win a war on two fronts. Barack Obama is simply not ready for prime time and is doomed to be just another Carter presidency.

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