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

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

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Robert Gates: Wrong Man for the Job (www.thenation.com) TMC

Barack Obama not only had the good judgment to oppose the war in Iraq but , as he told us earlier this year, "I want to end the mindset that got us into war." So it is troubling that a man of such... More

Tags: tmc,the nation,robert gates,secretary of defense,cabinet,presidentelect barack obama,national security,foreign policy,department of defense

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Trouble on the Horizon (www.talkingpointsmemo.com) TMC

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

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

"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

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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

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