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With the big names and egos on Obama's national security team (and on his economics team) how will he make sure his administration speaks with one voice? Bonus question: Bill Clinton-asset or liability?
The only way that the national security team will speak with one voice is if it receives some very strong, top-down leadership from the President-elect. But I am less interested in the ability of the national security team to speak with one voice than I am in its ability to get the major issues ...
Obama rolls out national security team
Obama rolls out national security team
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Henry A. Kissinger - Barack Obama's Team of National Security Heavyweights
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Obama Unveils His National Security Team
Obama Unveils His National Security Team
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Welcoming The Obama National Security Team
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... The Arena asked us contributors to . . . well . . . contribute. As I write here, I find it interesting that the President-elect appears to be backing away from his commitment to remove troops from Iraq in 16 months and his approach on decision-making seems to be lifted straight from the playbooks of George W. Bush and John McCain. This probably won't get the President-elect the same level of opprobrium, of course; the President-elect's current rapturous honeymoon precludes this sort of thing. But someone ought to point out the irony. We were asked to consider whether ...

Welcoming The Obama National Security Team
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days — The Arena asked us contributors to . . . well . . . contribute. As I write here , I find it interesting that the President-elect appears to be backing away from his commitment to remove troops from Iraq in 16 months and his approach on decision-making seems to be lifted straight from the playbooks of George W. Bush and John McCain. This probably won't get the President-elect the same level of opprobrium, of course; the President-elect's current rapturous honeymoon precludes this sort of thing. But someone ought to point out the irony. We were asked to consider whether Bill ...

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