Photo: James B. SteinbergFrom Marc Ambinder (The Atlantic):
Three nuggets:
1. Former Clinton-era deputy National Security Adviser James B. Steinberg is on track to be nominated as deputy secretary of state, as has been widely reported.
2. Mark Lippert, a senior national security adviser to Obama during the campaign, will be chief-of-staff at the National Security Council. In that role, he's likely to be a constant presence by Obama's side. Lippert, an intelligence officer who served in the Iraq war, was the first foreign policy adviser that Sen. Obama hired.
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