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Third, even though Obama had campaigned to get us out of the wars in the Middle East, his national security team not only urged him to remain in Iraq and intervene in Syria’s civil war, but publicly castigated him for not doing so, particularly after leaving office. Oldest first, -1) ? For example, Bill Clinton was more transactional, that is he handled the day to day challenges of his office, while Ronald Reagan was considered more transformational, that is he changed the terms of the debate in the country. Anyone who actually reads the Emancipation Proclamation knows it was more a military document than a clarion call for justice. Arthur C. Benedict Peaks Island, Me. The Machiavellian theory of why Mr Obama might want Mrs Clinton in the cabinet is that it would stop her putting her oar into domestic policy issues. Attlee's government, the middle Wilson years … When Abraham Lincoln appointed his secretary of state, he picked his greatest opponent in the battle for the presidency, who just happened to be an able and popular senator from New York. Which brings us back to Goodwin, the "scholar" Obama is likely talking about in his Time article. Todd, thanks so much for coming in.
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He also recently set tongues wagging amongst Washington wonks by referencing a few works that avoided the normal mix of populism and posturing common in political bedtime reading: Blair flicks through the Koran, George Osborne loves nudge, and so on.
Create a commenting name to join the debate. When Obama decided to cap this “gusher of defense spending” after the 2010 election, he did not even inform Gates. What happened to Peter Singer was a microcosm of the way in which the national security team was staffed. When Tony Lake asked me to join the campaign, Hillary Clinton was 40 points ahead in the polls, and her chief foreign policy guru, the late Richard Holbrooke, told us that if we supported Obama none of us would get jobs in the Clinton Administration. Veterans from former president Bill Clinton's two terms are playing decisive roles in shaping Mr Obama's transition. At the first meeting of the Obama team at Lake’s house in early 2007, there were just five people: Lake, Susan Rice, Denis McDonough, Peter Singer (then at Brookings), and myself.
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But I think not. The rivals idea was supposed to be modeled on Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet, a Cabinet that included three men who all ran against Lincoln for the nomination.
But what a president needs are people who will challenge his thinking and, when necessary, tell him news he would rather not hear. Lincoln was an outsider from Illinois, a lawyer with little national experience and, at 51, was only four years older than Obama when he won the presidency in 1860. Guidelines. More than half of his second term stretches before him. Register to read and get full access to gulfnews.com, By clicking below to sign up, you're agreeing to our 4 appointments to new administration so far.
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