Later On (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Extremely interesting analysis of the picks within DoD by Spencer Ackerman: Thursday’s announcement of the new senior subcabinet leadership at the Dept. of Defense was conspicuous for a name it didn’t include: Richard Danzig. Danzig, a former secretary of the Navy, has been one of President-elect Barack Obama’s chief defense advisers for over a year. His absence [...]
Armchair Generalist (Free subscription) | yesterday
. As expected, , a former OSD Comptroller under President Bill Clinton, will be the Deputy Secretary of Defense. , co-founder of the Center for a New American Security and former Clinton administration official, will be the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. As such, she will be the first female in that position and the highest ranking woman in DOD. I'm betting that Richard Danzig...
Basti Says (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
The 40 Most Obnoxious Quotes For 2008 (Hat Tip Right Wing News) 40) “Winnie the Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security.” — Obama foreign policy adviser Richard Danzig 39) “I have to tell you, you know, it’s part of reporting this case, this election, the feeling most people get when they [...]
Advice Goddess Blog (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
... Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security." -- Obama foreign policy adviser Richard Danzig 36) "Many spiritually advanced people I know (not coweringly religious, mind you, but deeply spiritual) identify Obama as a Lightworker, that rare kind of attuned being who has the ability to lead us not merely to new foreign policies or health care plans or whatnot, but...
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
The New : : : : : : : : : Wed, 01/07/2009 - 1:48amAlthough President-elect Obama has decided to keep Robert Gates as defense secretary, and while Gates has reportedly chosen to keep as many as 160 of the 250 Schedule "C" political appointees at the Pentagon, uncertainty remains about top-tier posts.Photo of William J. Lynn via Raytheon Former Clinton-era Navy Secretary Richard Danzig...
CQ (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
... 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 he had no intention of leaving that organization.Danzig’s name had been widely circulated for Gates’ job before Gates was asked...
