Obama's best pick yet: Jones as national security adviser

International Herald Tribune, Bloomberg by Albert R. Hunt | Dec. 7, 2008 (News Report)

Last week, the world was taken by President-elect Barack Obama's new foreign policy team: Hillary Rodham Clinton as U.S. secretary of state and Robert Gates, who is being kept on as head of the Defense Department.

Both choices are remarkable. There has not been anything approaching the selection of Clinton since 1980, when Ronald Reagan offered the vice presidency to an old rival, the ex-President Gerald Ford; in contrast, the Clinton appointment ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Dec 7, 2008 - 9:06 AM PST
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 by Chris Rocco - Dec. 8, 2008

A lot of positive quotes from friends does not make good research. I still know far less than I would need to to agree that Jones is a good pick.

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 by Leo Romero - Dec. 7, 2008
Leo posted this story.
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