Obama’s “National Security Working Group”
Very unimpressed. For someone going on and on about being a Washington outsider he’s brought in the entire Democratic Party old (literally) guard. Guaranteed that not one of these people blog.
-Shlok
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Jun 18, 2008
Thanks for posting that shlok as I don’t read yglesias much ( ok, hardly ever).
The fact is that the Democratic bench on national security/intel/Defense/Foreign policy is thin as a consequence of having a Democrat as POTUS for only 12 years of the last forty. When the Dems lose a heavyweight to a mini-scandal (Berger) or the private sector (Gore) you get tired and untrustworthy figures like Tony Lake resurfacing. Warren Christopher – the diplomat associated with both the Iran hostage crisis and slaughter in Rwanda and Sarajevo – he’s still a go-to guy for the Dem’s ??? Good Lord!
Obama needs to reach out for fresher faces with new ideas and less baggage.