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<title>Obama taps Clinton, Gates &quot; &#39;strong personalities&#39;</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201307133</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 06:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  added, as he often did in the presidential campaign&#39;s closing months, that he would consult  ...  as a former one-term Illinois senator. The selections also reflect his long-voiced desire to invite  ...  presidential search, while Rice was his top foreign policy adviser. Jones, meanwhile, advised both Obama and  ...
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<title>Obama names Clinton, Gates to lead foreign policy</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201306124</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 06:51 GMT</pubDate>
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... Obama names Clinton, Gates to lead foreign policy President-elect Barack Obama named former rival Hillary  ...  woman he narrowly beat for the Democratic presidential nomination and said he would welcome vigorous  ...  avoided direct criticism of Obama during the election campaign, Gates has argued against setting timetables  ...
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<title>IU alumnus Gates to stay on as Obama&#39;s defense secretary</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201304804</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 06:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Bianco, professor of political science, said the selection was a smart one that showed Obama  ...  is a return to a more bipartisan foreign policy. Obama also nominated Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.,  ...  D-N.Y., his former rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, for Secretary of State. Carmines said  ...
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<title>Obama nominates Sen. Clinton as secretary of state</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201304168</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 06:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Obama announced the nomination of onetime Democratic presidential rival Sen. Hillary Clinton as secretary of  ...  work with me in tackling this ambitious foreign policy agenda.&quot; Obama described Clinton as a person  ...  of our moral example.&quot; Gates meets Obama&#39;s campaign pledge to include at least one Republican  ...
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<title>Op-Ed Columnist: Continuity We Can Believe In</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201303307</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 06:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  out in towns and villages doing broad campaign planning with military colleagues, strengthening local governments  ...  a way of talking about security and foreign policy that is now the lingua franca in  ...  civilian corps to do nation-building. National Security Presidential Directive 44 laid out a framework so  ...
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<title>A peek at White House team</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201302957</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 06:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  a time of war and recession. His selections include longtime advisers and political foes alike,  ...  He also planned to announce two senior foreign policy positions outside the Cabinet: campaign foreign policy  ...  as a bitter rivalry for the Democratic presidential nomination. After Obama defeated her, Clinton backed  ...
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<title>Obama commits to strong US military</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201302589</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 06:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  rival for the presidency, Hillary Clinton, who campaigned on her readiness to lead in a  ...  like Senator John McCain, who lost the presidential race to Obama. &quot;I don&#39;t think the  ...  going to emphasize expertise over ideology, in foreign policy and defense as well as domestic policy  ...
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<title>Obama taps Clinton, Gates</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201302580</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 06:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the withdrawal timetable he emphasized in the presidential campaign is still &quot;the right time frame.&quot;  ...  as a former one-term Illinois senator. The selections also reflect his long-voiced desire to invite  ...  presidential search, while Rice was his top foreign policy adviser. Jones, meanwhile, advised both Obama and  ...
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<title>Clinton, Gates joining team</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201302553</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 06:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  added, as he often did in the presidential campaign&#39;s closing months, that he would consult  ...  as a former one-term Illinois senator. The selections also reflect his long-voiced desire to invite  ...  presidential search, while Rice was his top foreign policy adviser. Jones, meanwhile, advised both Obama and  ...
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<title>Watching Clinton&#39;s Transition at State</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201301865</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 06:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Obama, Gates and Jones on the primary foreign policy choices facing the administration: how fast to  ...  likely to pursue is that of a Presidential envoy between Afghanistan and Pakistan to help  ...  is unlikely to deliver soon on his campaign promise to double U.S. foreign aid. Clinton  ...
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<title>Continuity We Can Believe In</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201299805</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 06:18 GMT</pubDate>
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...  out in towns and villages doing broad campaign planning with military colleagues, strengthening local governments  ...  a way of talking about security and foreign policy that is now the lingua franca in  ...  civilian corps to do nation-building. National Security Presidential Directive 44 laid out a framework so  ...
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<title>Rapport with Obama will be key for Clinton</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201299227</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 06:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  about the wisdom of appointing &quot;all-stars&quot; -- foreign policy experts and prominent members of Congress with  ...  at State in modern times -- a presidential candidate and former first lady who knows other  ...
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<title>Obama stresses diplomacy with new national security team</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201299114</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 06:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  conference, Obama also gave hints of his foreign policy priorities. He said he still believed that  ...  Clinton, his fierce rival during the long presidential primary campaign. But Obama said the choice  ...  parties &quot;for his pragmatism and competence.&quot; Obama&#39;s selections have won praise from Republicans. Sen. Richard  ...
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<title>Analysis: Obama&#39;s team centrist but not visionary</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201297773</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 06:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  possibly voted for his opponent in the presidential election. His future secretary of state warned Iran  ...  partisan political considerations largely have shaped Clinton&amp;rsquo;s foreign policy views, but as secretary of state, those  ...
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<title>Top Ten Reasons Why Democratic Victory in USA Equals NPP Victory in Ghana</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201297029</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 06:15 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in the United States. Number Seven  Presidential Popularity Index Lets compare the two sitting  ...  is highly unpopular among Americans, and the election was a referendum on sitting administrations, NPP  ...  and embrace diverse people and ideas; on foreign policy, the two parties believe in peace and  ...
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