Barack Obama with Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton in Chicago on Monday. Behind them are Homeland Security Secretary-designate Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and Vice President-elect Joe Biden. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/The Associated Press)From The International Herald Tribune:
WASHINGTON: As President-elect Barack Obama introduced his national security team on Monday, it included two veteran cold warriors and a political rival whose records are all more hawkish than that of the new president who will face them in the White House Situation Room.
Yet all three of his choices — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as the rival turned secretary of state; General James Jones, the former NATO commander, as national security adviser, and Robert Gates, the current and future defense secretary — have embraced a sweeping shift of priorities and resources in the national security arena.
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My Comment: The American media are going ga-ga on the choices. I am not so enthusiastic. I guess the truth will be known to us in the next few months when the budget battles begin, and each service starts to vie for the monies that they need.