.Obama Transition Chatter 11/12/08 (Updated)
Obama may have won the election. But is Hillary winning the transition? Multiple sources say that sharp-elbowed Hillary Clintonites are shoving Obamanauts out of key positions in the transition effort. Some Obama-philes are waiting out the changeover period, instead.
The anti-war crowd wants Robert Gates out of the Pentagon. But we're hearing that his prospects are rising by the day.
The Obama camp is denying reports that former Secretary of State Warren Christopher and ex-Senator Sam Nunn are now on the transition team.
Hayden and McConnell expect to get sacked. Good!
Some unlikely sources tell team Obama who to pick for their national security and foreign policy braintrusts.
UPDATE: The Obama transition team has unveiled the co-chairs for "Agency Review Teams," which are supposed to smooth the changeover in the various federal departments. At State, those chiefs will be Tom Donilon -- the Department's Chief of Staff during the Clinton administration -- and Madeline Albright disciple Wendy Sherman. At the Pentagon, they'll be Center for a New American Security co-founder Michèle A. Flournoy, who served in the Clinton years as the principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy, and former Deputy Secretary of Defense John P. White. Like we said before, a lot of Clintonistas.
Obama confidant Sarah Sewall will help manage the various teams, as a member of the Agency Review Working Group, responsible for the national security agencies. Sewall served as the first U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Assistance, and helped write the military's counterinsurgecy field manual.
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The anti-war crowd wants Robert Gates out of the Pentagon. But we're hearing that his prospects are rising by the day.
The Obama camp is denying reports that former Secretary of State Warren Christopher and ex-Senator Sam Nunn are now on the transition team.
Hayden and McConnell expect to get sacked. Good!
Some unlikely sources tell team Obama who to pick for their national security and foreign policy braintrusts.
UPDATE: The Obama transition team has unveiled the co-chairs for "Agency Review Teams," which are supposed to smooth the changeover in the various federal departments. At State, those chiefs will be Tom Donilon -- the Department's Chief of Staff during the Clinton administration -- and Madeline Albright disciple Wendy Sherman. At the Pentagon, they'll be Center for a New American Security co-founder Michèle A. Flournoy, who served in the Clinton years as the principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy, and former Deputy Secretary of Defense John P. White. Like we said before, a lot of Clintonistas.
Obama confidant Sarah Sewall will help manage the various teams, as a member of the Agency Review Working Group, responsible for the national security agencies. Sewall served as the first U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Assistance, and helped write the military's counterinsurgecy field manual.
Wired
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