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width="1" height="1" //divpIf the anticipated appointment of Hillary Clinton as the next US
secretary of state dismayed Barack Obama's most ardent supporters, the formal announcement of the
rest of his national security team today may tip them into a state of shock./ppThe line-up will
include "a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/us/politics/01policy.html?_r=1hp"two veteran
cold warriors and a political rival/a whose records are all more hawkish than that of the new
president", the New York Times observes./ppOn the west coast, the Los Angeles Times says that the
president-elect has signed up "a
href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-security30-2008nov30,0,2375599.story"strong-willed
senior officials/a [who] are ready to argue forcefully for differing points of
view"./ppLeft-leaning Democrats who backed Obama are becoming anxious about the allocation of top
posts in the new administration, the Washington Post points out. "a
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/01/AR2008120100554.html?hpid=topnews"Obama
has favoured experience over ideology/a as he formed his national security cabinet," the paper
says./ppOn the Huffington Post there is praise for the accumulated wisdom hauled in to serve under
Obama's presidency but anxiety about whether the appointment signals a slippage in the promised a
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/30/obamas-foreign-policy-tea_n_147200.html"timetable
for withdrawal from Iraq./a/ppThe Politico website characterises Obama's soon-to-be confirmed
appointees as "a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/16049.html"big names, big
intellects and big egos/a"./ppThe Obama-Clinton deal has also involved former president Bill
Clintonbr /agreeing to disclose the list of "a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/01/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-white-house"208,000
donors/a" to his political foundation, the Guardian notes./pp· Based on an extract from a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog"the Wrap/a, guardian.co.uk's digest of the day's
news/pdiv style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"ullia
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href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/usforeignpolicy"US foreign policy/a/li/ul/diva
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