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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/21/2008
Would Hillary Bring Her Old-Guard Foreign Policy Advisers To State Department?
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Here's another thing that's got some people worried about Secretary of State Hillary: Would she bring her old-guard foreign policy adviser types with her to the State Department, a cadre who are in some ways out of step with the more progressive crew that steered the foreign policy of the Obama ...
Would Clinton’s State Team Include Obama Thinkers?
washingtonindependent.com - 11/21/2008
Would Clinton’s State Team Include Obama Thinkers?
— washingtonindependent.com — Many foreign policy experts wonder whether a Sec. of State Hillary Rodham Clinton would reach beyond loyalists... to bring in progressive Obama supporters after an acrimonious primary. (more) Would Clinton’s State Team Include Obama Thinkers?

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motherjones.com - 11/19/2008
Obama's First Drama: Hillary Clinton
— motherjones.com — I was agnostic on the matter of Hillary Clinton's possible appointment as secretary of state--until last night.... If Barack Obama, the president-elect, wanted to pull a Team of Rivals play, that had seemed fine to me. And placing Clinton in Foggy ... (more) Obama's First Drama: Hillary Clinton

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mediamatters.org - 11/17/2008
How to fire Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
— mediamatters.org — How to fire Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Of course, Clinton has not been tapped for the... position, but a number of pundits, in what may be a Beltway first, have wondered out loud about how Clinton would be/could be fired as Secretary of State. ... (more) How to fire Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

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Talking Points Memo — ... When you get Hillary, you usually get Bill, too, but what about the rest of the foreign policy team she would bring with her to State -- and how well would they mesh with Obama's team? ...

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