timesonline.co.uk - 12/1/2008
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Barack Obama will announce his national security team today to approval from the military establishment and Republicans, distant cries of dissent from liberals and head-scratching from others. The President-elect is expected to confirm the nomination of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, ...
abcnews.go.com - 12/1/2008
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abcnews.go.com —
President-elect Barack Obama, far right, announces his national
security team during a news conference in Chicago, Monday,...
Dec. 1, 2008. Standing behind Obama are from left to right, Attorney General-designate Eric Holder, Homeland Security ...
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Barack Obama Unveils National Security Team, Taps ...
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The End of the Affair
Antiwar.com Original —
... "war on terrorism," with potentially cataclysmic consequences for America and the world. The War Party's decisive influence in the Obama administration is going to be ...
Tomgram: Robert Dreyfuss, Is Iran Policy Still Up for Grabs?
TomDispatch —
... And the Journal isn't alone. Other Republicans are, according to the Times of London, already "showering praise on these selections. Senator Lindsey Graham said that Mr Gates, President Bush's Defense Secretary, had 'led us through difficult times in Iraq' and that Mrs Clinton had a 'little harder line' than Mr Obama on foreign policy." The dark prince of neocons Richard Perle ...
Is Iran Policy Still Up for Grabs?
Antiwar.com Original —
... in the political left's wonderful talent for overstatement. But who are we to interfere with his despair?") Given their right-wing proclivities, the Journal 's editorial writers then offer the equivalent of high praise for Obama's choices: "So far," they conclude, "on security, not bad." That should make just about anyone who voted for Obama to change American global policy in significant ways pause a moment for reflection. And the Journal isn't alone. Other Republicans are, according to the Times of London, already "showering praise on these selections. Senator ...
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