Obama's National Security Team

by: Brandon Friedman

Mon Dec 01, 2008 at 11:22:56 AM EST


So it's official.  Here's the team:

(CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama on Monday announced Sen. Hillary Clinton as his pick for secretary of state, calling her an "American of tremendous stature who will have my complete confidence."

"Hillary's appointment is a sign to friend and foe of the seriousness of my commitment to renew American diplomacy and restore our alliances," Obama said at a news conference in Chicago, Illinois. "I have no doubt that Hillary Clinton is the right person to lead our State Department and to work with me in tackling this ambitious foreign policy agenda."

Obama also confirmed that he is keeping Defense Secretary Robert Gates in his current post.

Rounding out his Monday announcements, Obama named retired Marine Gen. Jim Jones as his national security adviser, Eric Holder as attorney general, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as homeland security secretary and Susan Rice as ambassador to the United Nations.

Now we wait to see who gets picked for those critical mid-level positions.

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Obama's national security team looks pretty impressive... (0.00 / 0)
...anyway you slice it. Secretary of State Clinton is even starting to have a nice ring to it...ahem...and, Susan Rice at the United Nations is going to be an absolute pleasure to watch. I am sure that the UN is not ready for the likes of her and that is what will be so fun. I predict it won't be long before she will have earned their great respect and admiration and she'll have most of them eating out of her hand.

I understand the gist of what Spencer Ackerman is saying when he suggests that the substance of policy doesn't traditionally come from the cabinet level. However, the Obama-Biden administration will be anything but traditional, especially in the sense of where many of the intricacies of national security policy and foreign policy will be hashed out and fine tuned.

Still, I can hardly wait to hear who will be the next Ambassador to Iraq. I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts on this post!


What?...no one has any favorites for the post of Ambassador to Iraq? (0.00 / 0)


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