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Why Jim Jones Will Make or Break Obama's Foreign Policy (www.prospect.org)

With the announcement of President-elect Barack Obama's key national security appointees, a debate raged in Washington: Are personnel policy? Or will Obama have the bureaucratic savvy and strength of... More

Tags: jim jones,barack obama,obamas foreign policy,cabinet,tmc

Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

2 Points

Will Obama Stay the Course? (www.truthdig.com)

I do so want to believe that Barack Obama is on the right track. His brain is big, his style fresh, his pronouncements both logical and compelling, and it does feel good to have a president-elect... More

Tags: tmc,truthdig,presidentelect barack obama,cabinet,foreign policy,torture,robert gates,jim jones,national security,iraq,afghanistan

Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

2 Points

Obama's National Security Team Aims for Foreign Policy Change (www.politicalaffairs.net)

The rumors proved true. President-elect Obama, Monday, Dec. 1, announced the top figures in his national security cabinet. Hillary Clinton will head the State Department. Jim Jones will serve as... More

Tags: national security team,foreign policy change,hillary clinton,jim jones,janet napolitano

Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

3 Points

Obama's Big Tent (www.thenation.com)

Say what you will about Barack Obama's national security team, but clearly the President-elect wasn't fibbing when he promised to bring unity to Washington. Who else could get Robert Gates, General... More

Tags: tmc,the nation,presidentelect barack obama,national security team,cabinet,robert gates,secretary of defense,susan rice,us ambassador to the united nations,hillary clinton,secretary of state,jim jones,national security advisor

Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

2 Points

Trouble on the Horizon (www.talkingpointsmemo.com)

There's a lot of speculation about what Obama's foreign policy picks mean. But what was and remains clear to me is that Obama, like most but by no means all Democrats, believes that settling the mess... More

Tags: tmc,talking points memo,jim jones,national security advisor,presidentelect barack obama,cabinet,national security,israel,palestine

Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

3 Points

Pay Attention to Jim Jones (www.prospect.org)

"Some advice for our friends in the media, don't focus on Clinton, focus on Jim Jones, someone personally more close with John McCain than Obama. And with an office in the West Wing, it will be Jones... More

Tags: tmc,the american prospect,ezra klein,jim jones,national security adviser,barack obama,presidentelect,cabinet,national security

Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

2 Points

Obama set to nominate Clinton for Cabinet, sources say (www.cnn.com)

President-elect Barack Obama is planning to nominate at least three key members of his national security team at an event in Chicago, Illinois, on Monday, including Sen. Hillary Clinton as secretary... More

Tags: presidentelect,barack obama,cabinet,hillary clinton,national security,robert gates,department of defense,state department,jim jones,chicago

Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |