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bacasper
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| Frankly, I rather think Geithner and Summers will turn out to be a massive mistake. |
Wow, Kuros! It's nice to see you finally coming around.  |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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B. Richardson has withdrawn his name from the Obama administration. And B. Obama continues to experience turbulence re: getting a CIA director partisans will not foam-at-the-mouth over...
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National Command Authority/NSC leadership:
President B. Obama
Vice-President J. Biden
National Security Advisor General J. Jones, USMC (Ret.)
Director of National Intelligence Admiral D. Blair (Ret.)
Secretary of Homeland Security J. Napolitano
Secretary of State H. Clinton
Secretary of Defense R. Gates |
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Key cabinet secretaries and related appointments:
Secretary of Treasury T. Geithner
Secretary of Commerce ________
Secretary of Health and Human Services/Health Czar T. Daschle
Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice
Attorney-General E. Holder, Jr.
FBI Director ________ |
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Key White House staff:
Chief of Staff R. Emanuel
White House Counsel G. Craig
Senior Advisor to the President D. Axelrod
Senior Advisor to the President V. Jarrett
Senior Advisor to the President P. Rouse
Office of Management and Budget Director P. Orszag
Deputy Chief of Staff J. Messina
Deputy Chief of Staff M. Sutphen
Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs P. Schiliro
Press Secretary R. Gibbs
Communications Director E. Moran
Deputy Communications Director D. Pfeiffer |
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Key national-security/defense advisors and leadership:
CIA Director Leon Panetta ???
Secretary of the Navy ________
Secretary of the Army ________
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ________
Field commanders ________ |
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With a strong background in economics, [L.] Panetta has little hands-on experience in intelligence. But he is known as a strong manager with solid organizational skills.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who will be the new chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said she had not been told in advance of Panetta's selection.
"My position has consistently been that I believe the agency is best served by having an intelligence professional in charge at this time," the California Democrat said.
But Sen. Ron Wyden, a senior member of the Intelligence Committee, said he was consulted on the pick and praised Panetta.
"I believe he has the skills to usher in a new era of accountability at the nation's premier intelligence agency," said Wyden, D-Oregon. "For too long our nation's intelligence community has operated under a policy of questionable effectiveness and legality in which consulting two members of the Senate Intelligence Committee counted as 'consulting with Congress.'"
Sen. Kit Bond, R-Missouri, the ranking member of the Intelligence Committee, also questioned Panetta's lack of intelligence experience, as did outgoing committee chairman Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-West Virginia.
Rep. Pete Hoekstra, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, wouldn't comment until Obama makes an announcement, but his spokesman said that Hoekstra "has called for a new direction and a change in the culture a the CIA for some time."
"Whether it is Leon Panetta or someone else, it is important the agency move in a new direction," Jamal Ware said... |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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National Command Authority/NSC leadership:
President B. Obama
Vice-President J. Biden
National Security Advisor General J. Jones, USMC (Ret.)
Director of National Intelligence Admiral D. Blair (Ret.)
Secretary of Homeland Security J. Napolitano
Secretary of State H. Clinton
Secretary of Defense R. Gates |
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Key cabinet secretaries and related appointments:
Secretary of Treasury T. Geithner
Secretary of Commerce Judd Gregg
Secretary of Health and Human Services ________
Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice
Attorney-General E. Holder, Jr.
FBI Director ________ |
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Key White House staff:
Chief of Staff R. Emanuel
White House Counsel G. Craig
Senior Advisor to the President D. Axelrod
Senior Advisor to the President V. Jarrett
Senior Advisor to the President P. Rouse
Office of Management and Budget Director P. Orszag
Deputy Chief of Staff J. Messina
Deputy Chief of Staff M. Sutphen
Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs P. Schiliro
Press Secretary R. Gibbs
Communications Director E. Moran
Deputy Communications Director D. Pfeiffer |
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Key national-security/defense advisors and leadership:
CIA Director L. Panetta
Secretary of the Navy ________
Secretary of the Army ________
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ________
Field commanders ________ |
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| WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday admitted he made a mistake in handling the nomination of Tom Daschle as his Health and Human Services secretary, saying Daschle's tax problems sent a message that the politically powerful are treated differently than average people... |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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Two strikes on Commerce. More turbulence in the Obama cabinet...
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| WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. Judd Gregg withdrew his nomination as President Barack Obama's commerce secretary Thursday, citing "irresolvable conflicts" over the administration's stimulus bill and the upcoming 2010 census. |
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Key cabinet secretaries and related appointments:
Secretary of Treasury T. Geithner
Secretary of Commerce ________
Secretary of Health and Human Services ________
Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice
Attorney-General E. Holder, Jr.
FBI Director ________ |
CNN Reports |
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