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2008-12-27 Home Front: Politix

Hildebeast picking her State Dept staff.

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Posted by Besoeker 2008-12-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Antony Blinken, chief of staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was named as Biden's national security adviser.

I didn't know VPs had national security advisors.

Posted by Free Radical">Free Radical 2008-12-27 01:18|| 2008-12-27 01:18|| Front Page Top

#2 FR, has now.

May be a contingency planning. Maybe Blago's can-o-worms had a tapeworm and 0 ingested it.

Posted by Spike Uniter 2008-12-27 05:13|| 2008-12-27 05:13|| Front Page Top

#3 In Bill Clinton's first term, he was chief of staff and a speechwriter for Secretary of State Warren Christopher.

Yikes! He wrote speeches for the Undead!

Posted by Raj 2008-12-27 10:04|| 2008-12-27 10:04|| Front Page Top

#4 GLWT

Posted by OldSpook 2008-12-27 13:27|| 2008-12-27 13:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Im pretty sure Dick Cheney had a pretty full staff.

Doesn't look like Holbrooke is getting a permanent spot (vs special ambassador) Too bad.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-12-27 22:05|| 2008-12-27 22:05|| Front Page Top

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