James Jones

Obama's Foreign Policy: It Depends What You Mean by "Pragmatic"

Scott Malcomson | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics


Scott Malcomson

What alarms me slightly about the new team is that its China experience is so thin. From Jones to Susan Rice to Clinton to Steinberg and Gates, there are glimmers of China experience, but not much.

Obama's Team Of Heavyweights

International Herald Tribune | Al Hunt | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama will surround his presidency with powerful men and women. The models of Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan are ...

James Jones: National Security Adviser

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics


***Update 12/1, 11 AM*** At a news conference today, Obama introduced his picks of retired Marine Gen. James Jones as White House national security ...

Joe the Plumber vs. Joe Heller, the Writer

Erica Heller | Posted 12.19.2008 | Media


Erica Heller

Madness and stupidity are, alas, not limited to the arena of war. The publishing world seems to also have stepped in it, and will now leave us its grimy footprints to follow on the real Bridge to Nowhere.

General James Jones: Close Friend Of John McCain, Obama VP Candidate

Politico | Jonathan Martin | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics


It may sound smart on the surface, but there is one not-so-small problem: He and McCain are close friends and have been for decades. The two served t...

Veteran James Jones Surfaces On Obama VP List

MSNBC News | Chuck Todd and Domenico Montaro | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics


So you think you know who's on Obama's veep short list? Well, think again. According to sources on the Hill, Obama veep vetters -- specifically Jim Jo...