Quicksilber (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
by Gil Weinreich Thanks again to Ken for allowing me to post on his blog. Last week he humbly acknowledged that Obama's retaining Gates was not a ploy. However, I believe hiring Gates is lamentable nevertheless -- for the same reason his mentions of Republicans like Chuck Hagel and Dick Lugar are also worrisome. These Republicans are perfect "useful idiots" for the canny Obama administration....
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
With President-elect Barack Obama set to announce his foreign policy team on Monday, the names expected to fill out the squad were widely praised on the Sunday political talk show circuit. But the "team of rivals" didn't escape scrutiny. Republicans Senators Lindsey Graham and Dick Lugar both said that Obama's potential appointments for Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State and Jim Jones...
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... Majority Leader Harry ReidHouse Speaker Nancy PelosiSen. John Kerry, Incoming Chair SFRCSen. Dick Lugar, Ranking SFRCRep. Howard Berman, Chair House Foreign RelationsRep. IIleana Ros-Lehtinen, RankingSen. Mitch McConnellRep. John BoehnerFiled under: • Previous article:Next article: About The TickerThe latest political news from CNN's , with campaign coverage, 24-7. for our twice daily...
Politico (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
The national security team that President-elect Barack Obama intends to roll out Monday was widely praised on the Sunday talk shows.Obama is expected to name Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) secretary of state and retired Marine Gen. James Jones national security adviser and to keep Secretary of Defense Robert Gates at the Pentagon.Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana, the ranking Republican...
ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
The Sunday Morning Talk Shows - preview They’ve run out of things to report. For Sunday, November 30, 2008 FOX News Sunday (FNS): Host Chris Wallace, or someone, talks to Senator Lindsey Graham and Governor Claire McCaskill about Obama’s foreign policy team. This Week (ABC): Host George Stephanopoulos, or someone, talks to Senators Jack Reed and Dick Lugar about the terror attacks in...
