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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
ABC News reports that Barack Obama is close to picking Gen. James Jones as National Security Adviser: Democratic sources tell ABC News that President-elect Obama appears to be turning to two retired four-stars for his National Security Adviser and his Director of National Intelligence. Marine Gen. James L. Jones (Ret.), the former head of NATO and U.S. forces in Europe,...
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Freedom's Lighthouse (Free subscription) | yesterday
President-elect Barack Obama continues to show signs he may govern more from the center than the far-left as many of his supporters would prefer. Word has it that he just may name Retired Gen. James Jones as his National Security Adviser , a move that Jim Geraghty says will please foreign policy hawks more than doves: A pretty good sign for hawks, a pretty bad sign for doves — word is...
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euronews24 (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
If President-elect Barack Obama turns to James L. Jones Jr. to be his national security adviser, his administration would gain someone whose career spans much of the contemporary security landscape.Obama Close to Choosing Clinton, Jones for Key Post
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JustOneMinute (Free subscription) | yesterday
From The Politico: President-elect Barack Obama is close to landing James L. Jones (Times bio), the well-known retired Marine Corps general, as his national security adviser, sources said. Folks hoping for victory in Iraq should be heartened. A bit of...
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Infidel Bloggers Alliance (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
HAARETZ, this year: The United States security coordinator for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, retired general James Jones, is preparing an extremely critical report of Israel's policies in the territories and its attitude toward the Palestinian Authority's security services. A few copies of the report's executive summary (or, according to some sources, a draft of it) have been given to senior Bush...
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Political Punch (Free subscription) | yesterday
FROM JAKE TAPPER AND MARTHA RADDATZ: Democratic sources tell ABC News that President-elect Obama appears to be turning to two retired four-stars for his National Security Adviser and his Director of National Intelligence. Marine Gen. James L. Jones (Ret.), the...
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Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
If President-elect Barack Obama turns to James L. Jones Jr. to be his national security adviser, his administration would gain someone whose career spans much of the contemporary security landscape.
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Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
A retired Marine general and former Nato commander who is a close friend of John McCain is emerging as a leading contender to become Barack Obama's National Security Adviser, the most important foreign policy post in the White House.
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Time (Free subscription) | yesterday
Two sources close to the Obama transition team say the president-elect has given the impression the retired Marine can have the job if he wants it. Adds there are still private discussions underway and no final decision has been made.
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War News Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
From ABC News/Political Punch: Democratic sources tell ABC News that President-elect Obama appears to be turning to two retired four-stars for his National Security Adviser and his Director of National Intelligence. Marine Gen. James L. Jones (Ret.), the former head of NATO and U.S. forces in Europe, has emerged as the leading candidate to serve as the National Security Adviser...
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Swampland (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lots of news from Obamaland on the national security front in the past 24 hours--Hillary Clinton "on track" to become Secretary of State, retired General Jim Jones said to become National Security Adviser (while Republican realist Brent Scowcroft has been advising Obama on National Security)...and some strong flutterings that Obama wants to retain Robert Gates [...]
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Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Gen. James L. Jones Current job : President and chief executive of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy
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The Plank (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
I've made a political case for appointing Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State--which assumes that fixing the economy, in the near term at least, takes priority over foreign policy synergy--but I should underscore a major practical drawback that would attend her appointment. Obama might want to consider the advice of his own national security adviser-in-waiting , Jim Steinberg. In his upcoming book...
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Alyson Love (Free subscription) | yesterday
FROM JAKE TAPPER AND MARTHA RADDATZ: Democratic sources tell ABC News that President-elect Obama appears to be turning to two retired four-stars for his National Security Adviser and his Director of National Intelligence. Marine Gen. James L. Jones (Ret.), the former head of NATO and U.S. forces in Europe, has emerged as the leading candidate to serve as the National Security Adviser...
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Bloodthirsty Liberal (Free subscription) | yesterday
The rumor is that General Jim Jones will be his National Security advisor Poor Israel: General James L. Jones is widely rumored to be Obama’s preferred candidate to be White House National Security Adviser. He is remembered as a strong proponent of strategic cooperation between the United States and Israel, particularly when he served as Commandant of [...]
