nytimes.com - 12/1/2008
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Barack Obama’s national security team includes two veteran cold warriors and a political rival whose records are all more hawkish than that of the new president. >
thenation.com - 12/2/2008
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thenation.com —
I hate to say I told you so,
but here it goes. In late September, in this
column , I criticized Barack Obama for what I called a "pathetic" debate with John McCain, in which Obama got nearly everything about foreign policy wrong: "He checked all the ...
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Obama's Foreign Policy Team
thenation.com - 11/25/2008
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thenation.com —
I hate to say I told you so,
but here it goes. In late September, in this
column , I criticized Barack Obama for what I called a "pathetic" debate with John McCain, in which Obama got nearly everything about foreign policy wrong: "He checked all the ...
(more)
Obama's Foreign Policy Team
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The New National Security Presence
Taylor Marsh —
BY TAYLOR MARSH
Today we’ll see President-elect
Obama’s team announced, beginning the great shift away from Bush-Cheney.
The shift would create a greatly expanded corps of diplomats and aid workers
that, in the vision of the incoming Obama administration, would be engaged
in ...
Early Morning Swim: Special Saxby Chambliss Pwned By Chris Wallace Edition
Firedoglake —
Obama unveils his national security team.
Biden staffs up.
Pitbull Palin back on the campaign trail.
Franken's math problem.
Specter ready to take on Tweety.
Holiday weekend sales growth slim.
Bad news ...
MORNING READ
News —
MORNING READ With President-elect Barack Obama set to announce his national security team this morning, bloggers debate whether national security will look much different under the new administration. Others, meanwhile, debate President Bush's potential legacy as Iraq's liberator. A sea change in national security policy is on the way with Obama's new team, Political Animal's Steve Benen asserts, citing a report in today's New York Times. The new team, which reportedly will include Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, will recommit the U.S. to diplomacy, emphasize prevention, and cut back Pentagon spending, ...
No More Mister Nice Blog —
... This New York Times article about Barack Obama's plans for a foreign policy shift is rather fascinating -- and I think it's causing some anxiety,disguised as bluster, on the right. ...
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