politico.com - 12/1/2008
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It's no surprise but still, for those of us who covered the primary for 18 months, extraordinary: Tomorrow morning at 10:40 eastern, according to the transition, Obama will announce his national security team, expected to includes Jim Jones, Robert Gates -- and Hillary Clinton.
The choice ...
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The Clinton Pick
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
... Ben Smith: "The choice says as much about Obama's strategic judgment and his
temperament as anything else he's done. It says that he's confident he
can control the Clintons. I think it also says that his understanding
of the new media cycle is that Clinton-driven distractions will be no
more than that and won't consume his administration if he doesn't let
them." ...
Obama's Foreign Policy Team Signals Change
Newshoggers.com —
... And lastly, Ben Smith at Politico writes: "The choice says as much about Obama's strategic judgment and his temperament as anything else he's done. It says that he's confident he can control the Clintons." ...
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openleft.com 12/9/2008 — Michael Tomasky writing in the Guardian about how anyone who thought Gates was a bad pick are complete idiots:
And people who can't see that Obama needs to reassure the political establishment by doing things like re-appointing Robert Gates at the ...
BREAKING NEWS: Gates to remain at Pentagon
the-reaction.blogspot.com 11/26/2008 — By Michael J.W. Stickings CNN : Several officials close to President-elect Barack Obama's transition tell CNN that Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to stay on the job for at least the first year of the new administration. One source ...
The Debate Over Gates
openleft.com 11/25/2008 — The most important appointment decision Obama will make during the transition, bar none, is who becomes, or remains, Secretary of Defense. As I have noted in the past , the Department of Defense oversees the expenditure of 52% of all discretionary ...
Gates
washingtonmonthly.com 11/26/2008 — GATES.... As has been widely reported, Barack Obama will keep Defense Secretary Robert Gates at his post next year. This is not a surprise -- speculation about Gates staying on was common even before the election -- but it is...
Gates Stays on at Pentagon?
mudvillegazette.com 11/26/2008 — First, your U.S. history trivia for the day: Henry Lewis Stimson, Secretary of War throughout World War Two under Democrat Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, was a Republican.
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The Obama/Gates Pentagon
washingtonmonthly.com 12/2/2008 — THE OBAMA/GATES PENTAGON.... From a progressive perspective, there are a few concerns about Robert Gates staying on as Defense Secretary in an Obama administration. One the main issues has to do with Gates' deputies -- Gates may be a sensible...
Times: Gates to Stay at Defense
dailykos.com 11/26/2008 — Peter Baker and Thom Shanker at The New York Times write: Obama Plans to Retain Gates at Defense Department : President-elect Barack Obama has decided to keep Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in his post, a show of bipartisan continuity in a ...
Statement by Secretary Gates
mudvillegazette.com 12/1/2008 — Statement by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates "I am deeply honored that the President-Elect has asked me to continue as Secretary of Defense.
Mindful that we are engaged in two wars and face other serious challenges at home and around the ...
The transition: The new team —
First Read 12/1/2008
Due to the tragic news from the weekend in India, USA Today notes there's no better day than today for Obama to unveil his national security team, which can be best described as foreign policy pragmatists or realists.
The Washington Post: ...
Obama announces national security team —
CNN Political Ticker 12/1/2008
CHICAGO (CNN) – President-elect Barack Obama selected New York Sen. Hillary Clinton for the position of secretary of state Monday.
Obama also announced his decision to keep Defense Secretary Robert Gates in his current post, and named retired ...
Obama names national security team —
First Read 12/1/2008
From NBC's Athena Jones CHICAGO -- It's the closest thing to the “Dream Ticket” that supporters of former rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are going to get.
In his fifth post-election press conference, the president-elect officially ...