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He's Baaaaack! Holbrooke, that is. (www.thenation.com) TMC

The other shoe is dropping. Now that Hillary is feathering her nest at State, it seems likely that a flock of Democratic hawks -- or are they vultures? -- will be settling in, too. First among firsts... More

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Grijalva for Interior Secretary (www.thenation.com) TMC

Now that President-elect Barack Obama has put together his administration's economic, foreign-policy and national-security teams, the transition process comes to the interesting part. Obama was,... More

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Breaking: Hillary Is A Human Being (tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com) TMC

A very nice piece by John Harris and Glenn Thrush of The Politico gets at a forgotten dimension to the pick of Hillary as Secretary of State: How extraordinary a moment it is in the context of... More

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Gates Was ‘Hoping the Question Would Never Be Popped’ (www.truthdig.com) TMC

Fresh off his official introduction as the current and future secretary of defense, Robert Gates took questions at the Pentagon on Monday about his party affiliation, President-elect Barack Obama and... More

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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

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Hey! Pundits! Bob Gates Is Pretty Much OK With Withdrawing Combat Troops From Iraq on a 16-Month Timeline! (washingtonindependent.com) TMC

I was on the phone during Bob Gates’ first presser since being reappointed as defense secretary by President-elect Obama, but my man Matt DeLong kept me covered and sent along his notes. And look at... More

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Pipe Fitters positive about possible cabinet position for Granholm (michiganmessenger.com) TMC

A report that Gov. Jennifer Granholm could be in line for the Labor Secretary position in the Obama administration was warmly received by Frank Wiechert, business manager for Pipe Fitters local 636 in... More

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Big personalities join Obama’s foreign policy team (iowaindependent.com) TMC

In 1936, the Republican Party nominated for vice president an uncompromising critic of the New Deal named Frank Knox. A veteran of Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders, Knox attained prominence as a... More

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Napolitano tapped as Obama’s Homeland Security chief (coloradoindependent.com) TMC

If Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano becomes the new secretary of Homeland Security, this centrist Democrat could have the opportunity to institute nationwide reforms to address continuing problems with... More

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UN Pick Rice: Another Wrong-on-Iraq Nominee (www.thenation.com) TMC

On the outside chance that anyone thought that Dr. Susan Rice might be the exception to the rule of wrong-thinking that characterizes Barack Obama's foreign-policy team, well, think again. Obama's... More

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