Obama National Security and Foreign relations team roster now complete

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

Tommorows appointment line-up:

Secretary of State: Clinton

Secretary of Defense: Gates

Homeland Security: Napolitano

National Security Advisor: Jones

Attorney General: Holder

UN Ambassador: Susan Rice

[ruggerson]

1. looks pretty good to me

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

2. Notice that the only bogus rumor/leak in the bunch was Caroline Kennedy at UN

[Zynx]

3. That's a solid team. While I actually like Gates, that is probably temporary.

I would like to see a Democrat appointed there at some point. It's been a while since we had a Democratic Secretary of Defense.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

4. The effect will be to allow State reclaim the power it lost under Bush

With a hard-charger like Hillary in State and Gates a lame duck at Defense Hillary will have free reign for a year to regain State's traditional role in the intelligence apparatus from the DIA and Defense working groups and all the other banana-republic artifacts of the Bush era Defense Dept control of foreign policy and intelligence.

[gblady]

5. great ......

male/female ratio!

[Thrill]

6. The Deputies are just as important. It will be interesting if Danzig is Gates Deputy

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[ben_meyers]

7. Thanks a lot

Now we get a real winger Republican as Governor of Arizona, plus she gets a 2 year head start on re-election. Next in line Jan Brewer.

http://blog.protectmarriageequality.com/2008/08/26/az-secretary-of-state-sues-ag-over-ballot-language/

[Zynx]

8. I've read about your budget situation there. She'll probably choke on it.

[LibDemAlways]

9. Gates? Terrible choice. At

Thanksgiving dinner a Dem friend said it made Obama look weak - like he didn't know enough about the DoD to appoint someone who could take over from the get-go.

Leaving a repuke hack in place is not the change I was looking forward to.

[martymar64]

10. Holder is a horrible choice for AG - Arch Drug Warrior

Wasn't he trying to make all marijuana possession a felony?
He'd have been a better choice for a rethug administration.
The others I have no problem with, but him? no fucking way. I hope his tenure is very short and that Obama keeps Holder's fascist nose out of drug policy.

End the War on Drugs now!