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Team of Heavyweights
Washington Post ^ | December 5, 2008 | Henry A. Kissinger

Posted on 12/05/2008 12:53:01 PM PST by PurpleMan

President-elect Barack Obama has appointed an extraordinary team for national security policy. On its face, it violates certain maxims of conventional wisdom: that appointing to the Cabinet individuals with an autonomous constituency, and who therefore are difficult to fire, circumscribes presidential control; that appointing as national security adviser, secretary of state and secretary of defense individuals with established policy views may absorb the president's energies in settling disputes among strong-willed advisers.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: kissinger; nationalsecurity; obama; obamatransitionfile
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1 posted on 12/05/2008 12:53:01 PM PST by PurpleMan
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To: PurpleMan

Henry was wearing out his thesaurus on this one.


2 posted on 12/05/2008 1:12:18 PM PST by mirkwood (O.J. is FINALLY in prison.)
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To: mirkwood

I understand the points he made but had to pass over a bunch of words that my small mind didn’t know.


3 posted on 12/05/2008 2:05:29 PM PST by refermech
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To: PurpleMan

4 posted on 12/05/2008 2:49:58 PM PST by Emperor Palpatine ("I love democracy. I love Free Republic")
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