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Colin Powell for Middle East Envoy -- Dennis Ross for US Ambassador to Israel?

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dennis Ross, James Woolsey, Thomas Donilon, Colin Powell, Bob Gates, Palestine, Chuck Hagel, Hamas, Middle East Peace Process, Robert Satloff, Jim Jones, Barack Obama, Warren Christopher, Iran, Richard Armitage, Susan Rice, James Steinberg, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Gregory Craig, Richard Lugar, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Colin Powell could be the person asked to do the broad negotiating and arm twisting to achieve the Obama administration's foreign policy objectives with Iran and in Arab-Israel peace negotiations.

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How Far Will Obama Take 'Team of Rivals' Approach? ... Hillary? McCain? Romney? Lieberman?

Mark Nickolas | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

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Mark Nickolas

Sen. Clinton is obviously qualified and I think America would love to see a new government that wasn't simply made-up of cronies but of people with differing viewpoints who come together for the good of the country.

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Why Obama Should Not Pick a Republican Secretary of Defense

Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Hagel, Republican Party, Military, Defense, Secretary of State, Richard Lugar, Barack Obama, Obama's Cabinet, Secretary of Defense, Foreign Policy, Obama Cabinet, Obama Secretary of State, Hagel Secretary of State, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

The Republicans overall now are hideous in matters of defense and foreign policy. Encouraging their perceived supremacy in those topics is a very bad idea for the country.

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Should the Next Secretary of State Understand the Urgency of Climate Change?

David Roberts | Posted 12.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Secretary of State, Chuck Hagel, Obama Secretary of State, Barack Obama, Richard Lugar, Obama's Cabinet, Green News
David Roberts

Hagel was out ahead of many of his Senate colleagues in acknowledging the existence of climate change, but he led the Senate fight against Kyoto.

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Can We Please Have A Pro-Choice, Pro-Environment Secretary of State?

Jane Hamsher | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Hagel, Senator Dick Lugar, Barack Obama, Lawrence Summers, Sam Stein, Obama Cabinet, Obama Lugar, John McCain, President Obama, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day 2008, Obama Secretary of State, Election Day, Joe Biden, Election Results, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Election, Presidential Results, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, Obama Hagel, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Election Analysis, Presidential Election, Richard Lugar, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

The new Secretary of State will deal with whatever replaces the Kyoto agreement. Hagel has a 9% 2008 rating from the League of Conservation Voters. Lugar scores 18%. Are they really the best people for the job?

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Obama's Secretary Of State: Dick Lugar?

Huffington Post | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

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***Check Back For Updates*** Dick Lugar, is Indiana's Republican, senior senator and has frequently been named as a top choice for Obama's secretary ...

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McCain's Private Visit With Chilean Dictator Pinochet Revealed For First Time

John Dinges | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home

Read More: McCain South America, John McCain, Del Valle, Mark Schneider, Admiral Jose Toribio Merino, McCain Meeting Dictators, General Augusto Pinochet, McCain Dictators, McCain Chile, Marco Cariola, Mccain Foreign Policy, Orlando Letelier, Hernan Felipe Errazuriz, McCain Human Rights, Edward Kennedy, McCain Campaign, McCain Pinochet, Election 2008, McCain 2008, Richard Lugar, Pinochet Mccain, Pinochet, Mccain and Pinochet, Mccain's Private Visit With Chilean Dictator Pinochet, Mc Cain Pinochet, Pinochet and Mccain, Site:www.huffingtonpost.com John Dinges Mccain Meets Bloody, John Mccain Pinochet, John Dinges, Is Chile a Democratic or Dictatorship Country?, Mccain Visit to Chile True, Mac Ain and Pinochet, John Mccain and Pinochet, John Mccain Pinochet, Mccain Visits Chilean Dictator, Home News
John Dinges

In 1985, McCain traveled to Chile for a friendly meeting with the country's military ruler, one of the world's most notorious violators of human rights credited with killing more than 3,000 civilians and jailing tens of thousands of others.

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The Washington Post Picks Obama's Cabinet (Even if They Don't Know It)

William Klein | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Austin Goolsbee, Washington Post, Paul Volcker, Barack Obama, Richard Lugar, 2008 Presidential Race, Politics News
William Klein

I predict a fascinating story in the Washington Post foreshadows Barack Obama's choice as Secretary of State. I just have a hunch. Credit me if it happens.

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McCain Puts Out Call for Interns

Steve Clemons | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Jack Danforth, Campaign Interns, Lincoln Chafee, John McCain, Tax Policy, Iraq War, Brent Scowcroft, Christine Todd Whitman, Jacob Champion, Human Rights Campaign, Chuck Hagel, Mary Cheney, Gay Adoption, Foreign Policy, Richard Lugar, Politics News
Steve Clemons

I am one of those who would like to see the best and brightest young people engage in either party, and campaign internships can be great ladders up.

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Seth Colter Walls

Brzezinski: Surge In Afghanistan Risky, Some McCain Backers Want World War IV

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

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All of a sudden, everyone seems to be in favor of sending more troops to Afghanistan. As Barack Obama encourages Europeans to dispatch more NATO force...

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Congress Should Travel More Not Less: Applauding the Aspen Institute

Steve Clemons | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nita Lowey, Evan Bayh, Fred Upton, Charles Boustany, Jeff Bingaman, Congressional Travel, Greg Walden, Earl Blumenauer, Aspen Institute, George Voinovich, Howard Berman, Henry Waxman, Political Islam, Dick Clark, Susan Davis, Rush Holt, Robert Bennett, John Duncan, Geoffrey Davis, George Miller, Walter Isaacson, Richard Lugar, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Let me play the contrarian here. We need as many members out seeing the world as possible -- and if they are at a forum debating political Islam...well, fantastic!

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Why Obama Should Announce Key Cabinet Members When He Announces His VP Choice

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Lincoln, Arlen Specter, Obama Cabinet, Ed Rendell, Joe Biden, Jim Webb, Cabinet Appointments, Bill Richardson, Obama Administration, Richard Lugar, Politics News
Thomas de Zengotita

Putting Obama at the center of a team of rivals, all of them familiar, even venerable, pieces of political furniture would dampen the he's-not-one-of-us factor that is still his greatest danger.

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