openleft.com - 12/9/2008
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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 Pentagon precisely so he can have the ...
nytimes.com - 12/13/2008
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nytimes.com —
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned that foreign
powers should not try to “test” President-elect Barack Obama
with a crisis in his first months in office. >
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Gates Warns Against ‘Testing’ Obama
talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/4/2008
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talkingpointsmemo.com —
Congressional Quarterly bemoans Obama's broken promise of a
bipartisan cabinet since he's only appointed one Republican to
one of the top three positions in government -- State, Defense and Treasury ... Now that President-elect Barack Obama's ...
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No Transition From Nonesense
defenselink.mil - 12/2/2008
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defenselink.mil —
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2008 While Defense Secretary
Robert M. Gates will stay in office in President-elect
Barack Obama’s administration, other Bush administration political appointees will move on, a Pentagon spokesman said today. More than 600 ...
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DefenseLink News Article: Gates Will Lead New Obama Team ...
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Who Cares What Chris Bowers Thinks?
Eschaton —
Or me. Or Markos. Or anyone, really. I remain deeply puzzled by the number of people who seem to get incredibly upset if someone is critical of Obama. I mean, argue with people if you disagree with them, but there seems to be this weird notion that if some blogger with high traffic says mean things about Obama then his administration will fall. I'm personally not spending my days looking for things to fault Obama for, but other people might be! They have slightly different priorities than I do, different beliefs about the importance of various things. And, you know, they're bloggers so they have to write about ...
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The Sideshow —
Gotta warn you, peeps, I just got e-mail from Haloscan saying they are going to upgrade the service and make it better! You know what this means.... What Would Obama Do? - Chris Bowers says he would encourage vigorous debate. Chad Rubel says, "Meet Pat Quinn: the man who might pick Barack Obama's Senate replacement" - and he says Quinn is more progressive that Rod Blagojevich, just aside from not having been arrested lately. Meanwhile, I know why the Dem leadership is having conniptions about Blagojevich, but it still stinks up the house after they spent the last several years ignoring the vast galaxy of ...
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Open Left - Front Page —
Last June, Matt and I left MyDD, in order to start a new website. Mike Lux was, and still is, one of the three partners in that venture. Mike currently isn't blogging much, as he is working in the Obama transition as the progressive liaison:
Veteran Democratic official Mike Lux has been tapped by Barack Obama to serve as an adviser and progressive liaison during the transition period, the Huffington Post has learned.
Lux, who worked on the Clinton administration transition efforts in 1992, confirmed the hiring but, citing a need for clearance, declined to offer further information.
Mike is ...
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org 12/2/2008 —
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com 11/11/2008 —
From NBC's Jim Miklaszewski In 10 weeks, Obama will be sworn in as president, the Bush Administration comes to an inglorious end, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates could finally retire to his home overlooking Big Lake in Washington State. ...
US military ripe for a fight with Obama
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Gates Keeper
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Clinton discusses new job with Rice —
CNN.com - Politics 12/9/2008
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice invited the woman set to replace her as the nation's top diplomat, Sen. Hillary Clinton, to dinner Monday night, a source familiar with President-elect Barack Obama's transition said.
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