Obama's Team Of Heavyweights

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International Herald Tribune   |  Al Hunt   |   November 23, 2008 09:46 AM


Barack Obama will surround his presidency with powerful men and women. The models of Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan are instructive. So is that of George W. Bush.

The current president, eight years ago, selected the formidable Colin Powell as his secretary of state, and the almost-as-formidable Donald Rumsfeld as his defense secretary. They produced a team of rivals that thoughtlessly, and with little serious debate, started a war and devastated America's standing in the world.

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Barack Obama will surround his presidency with powerful men and women. The models of Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan are instructive. So is that of George W. Bush. The cu...
Barack Obama will surround his presidency with powerful men and women. The models of Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan are instructive. So is that of George W. Bush. The cu...
 
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I'd like to see Susan Rice as UN Ambassador.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:13 AM on 11/24/2008
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"The real gamble in this election is playing the same Washington game with the same Washington players and expecting a different result." -- Barack Obama, Dec 27, 2007 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/2008/view.bg?articleid=1063162&srvc=next_article

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:26 PM on 11/23/2008
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and now we get a team of 'heavyweights' who will continue our wreckless mistakes. the w ar will go on!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:25 PM on 11/23/2008

This is exactly what we need right now. A team of heavyweights that will help Obama lead us through this f**ked up mess.

I am proud that he is picking appointments that have all that America needs to pull us through. I believe he will do it.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:44 PM on 11/23/2008
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geez,are being had.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:25 PM on 11/23/2008
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