Obama Picks Weak National Security Team -- A Commentary

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From The Washington Times:

Sixteen years ago, President-elect Bill Clinton headed for Washington with a national security team that was ill-prepared for a new age of foreign policy marked by the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact, ending the Cold War.

Mr. Clinton proclaimed upon arrival that "foreign policy is not what I came here to do," and the weakness of his national security team confirmed his attitude.

Unlike his economic team, which was marked by such stars as Lloyd Bentsen, Robert Rubin and Gene Sperling, Mr. Clinton's foreign policy team was mediocre at best. Its members soon were replaced.

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