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CQ (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
... and mediating disputes.Prior to Lynn’s selection, top contenders for the position included John Hamre, a former deputy defense secretary and current head of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and Richard Danzig, a close Obama adviser who once served as secretary of the Navy.Hamre took himself out of contention when he told CSIS staff in November that...
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Bradenton.com: Politics (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
In late summer 1979 a Marine named James L. Jones arrived on Capitol Hill for a new assignment as advocate for Marine programs in the Senate. His boss was a Navy officer and fellow Vietnam vet who showed Jones the political ropes and became a lifelong friend - John McCain.
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... things differently and to understand that a lot of times you don't solve things with brute force."John Hamre, who was the deputy defense secretary when Jones was Cohen's military aide, says Obama chose wisely."Jim is a wise and highly experienced intellect," Hamre said. "He will be close — geographically and intellectually — to the president-elect."The job of national security...
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Alyson Love (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
OUR OBAMA CABINET SPECULATION LIST:-- Agriculture: Tom Vilsack, Tom Buis (Natl Farmers Union), Charlie Stenholm, Jim Leach, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Marshall Matz, John Boyd Jr. (pres, Natl Black Farmers Assn)-- Commerce: Bill Richardson CONFIRMED BY NBC NEWS, Penny Pritzker (reportedly turned down the position), Kathleen Sebelius, John Thompson (Symantec), Ron Kirk (former Dallas mayor),...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... Iraq war, retiring from Senate.Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., member of Senate Armed Services Committee.John Hamre, former deputy defense secretary, now president of Center for Strategic and International Studies.---HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARYFormer Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D.---HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARYGov. Janet Napolitano, D-Ariz.---CIA DIRECTORJohn Brennan,...
