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11:05 PM ET, December 1, 2008

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David Corn / MoJoBlog:
The Curious Retention of Robert Gates  —  Barack Obama's national security team—at this early stage—presents more questions than answers.  His selection of Hillary Clinton to be secretary of state has been a much-chewed-over topic of pundit puzzlement.  And with the Monday morning unveiling …
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Joe Klein / Swampland:
Better Questions, Please  —  Watching the Obama rollout of his national security team from overseas—I'm in Europe, on my way to Afghanistan—I was struck by the inanity of most of the questions from my colleagues.  Granted, these are political reporters, not national security or foreign policy specialists …
Discussion: Kevin Drum
Frank James / The Swamp:
Obama rebukes Bush years with Clinton  —  What message should we take away from President-elect Barack Obama's choices for his national-security team?  —  One is that his presidency will be far different than the past eight years.  By his choices, he's rebuking the presidential management style …
Discussion: City Room
Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
It Hurts To Be John Kerry Today  —  It must have been painful, but at least it was classy.  Sen. John Kerry's (D-Mass.) reaction statement to President-elect Obama's choice for secretary of state was the first to arrive in the Sleuth's inbox (besides, of course, Bill Clinton's).
David Stout / New York Times:
Obama Unveils His National Security Team
New York Times:
Obama's National Security Team Announcement
Discussion: Opinion L.A.
The Politico:
Jones gives hope to energy companies
Discussion: Majikthise
Times of India:
India has right to protect itself: Obama
Discussion: Firedoglake and FP Passport
The Huffington Post:
David Gregory To Moderate “Meet The Press”  —  David Gregory will take the reins as moderator of NBC's “Meet the Press,” the Huffington Post has learned.  Gregory has been a leading contender for the permanent spot since Tom Brokaw stepped in as interim moderator following Tim Russert's death in June.
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Michael Calderone / The Politico:   Report: Gregory is next MTP host
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Dow Plunges 680 Points as Recession Is Declared  —  The evidence of a recession has been widespread for months: slower production, stagnant wages and hundreds of thousands of lost jobs.  —  But the nonpartisan National Bureau of Economic Research, charged with making the call for the history books …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Franken May Ask Senate to Intervene in Minn. Recount  —  Democrat Al Franken's campaign said Monday that as many as 1,000 absentee ballots were improperly disqualified in Minnesota's Senate race, and that it may appeal to courts or the U.S. Senate to order that those ballots be counted.
Discussion: TIME.com and Truthdig
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Minneapolis Star Tribune:
For Franken, a math problem  —  Challenged ballots may offer the Senate challenger a path to overtaking Coleman, but numbers indicate it would be a tough route.  —  While a tiny margin separates the candidates in the Minnesota U.S. Senate race, it is wide enough that Democrat Al Franken faces …
CNN:
Bush says some voters backed Obama ‘because of me’  —  President Bush says he wants to be remembered as a president who stuck to his values.  (GETTY IMAGES)  —  (CNN) - President Bush told an interviewer that his presidency may have helped Barack Obama win the White House.
Discussion: Multi Medium and Pam's House Blend
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Toronto Star:
Liberals: Dion would be PM  —  VIDEO: Tories toss policy, release secret tapes  —  Liberal Leader Stephane Dion shakes hands with caucus members following a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa Monday Dec. 1, 2008.  The Liberals have said they have agreed to form a coalition government …
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Making Light
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CBC News:
Liberals, NDP, Bloc sign deal on proposed coalition
Discussion: Daimnation!
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Bill Clinton mentioned for wife's Senate seat  —  CNN Deputy Political Director  —  (CNN) — After eight years as senator from New York, Hillary Clinton is trading places, moving from Congress to the incoming administration.  —  On Monday, President-elect Barack Obama announced that he asked …
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Fox News shut out again at Obama press conference.  —  Fishbowl DC has been keeping tabs of which media outlets have been allowed to ask a question at President-elect Barack Obama's five press conferences so far.  They report Fox News is 0-5.  “Questions instead went to such outlets as ABC …
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
We must stand by our most important ally.  —  It's in human nature to mention any personal connection when offering solidarity, so I shall just briefly say that on my first visit to India, in 1980, I stayed at the Taj Mahal in Bombay, visited the “Gateway of India” and took a boat to Elephanta Island …
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Toomey: Specter faces tougher road in 2010  —  A former Republican lawmaker who nearly defeated Arlen Specter in a bruising 2004 primary said on Monday that the Pennsylvania senator faces a tougher road to reelection in 2010.  —  Former Rep. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), whom Specter defeated by less …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
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Phil Singer / The Marathon Blog:
If Matthews Is Mulling A Senate Run, He Shouldn't Be On The Air
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Political Punch
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Reporter to Obama: Um, didn't you belittle Hillary's foreign policy cred during the primaries?  —  Sure he did, but you can't hold him to things he said in the heat of battle.  Remember, this is a guy who lied repeatedly on the stump about a pillar of American trade policy and then climbed down as soon as it was safe to do so.
Rod Liddle / Times of London:
Muslim graveyard refuses to bury terrorists in Mumbai  —  Nico Hines, and Rhys Blakely in Mumbai  —  A Muslim graveyard in the heart of Mumbai has broken with Islamic tradition and refused to bury the bodies of nine terrorists who were killed during the attack on India's financial capital.
David A. Patten / NewsMax.com:
Jeb Bush to GOP: Don't Become ‘Democrat-Lite’  —  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush tells Newsmax that the GOP must broaden its appeal to avoid becoming “the old white-guy party,” and recommends that Republicans create a “shadow government” to engage Democrats on important issues …
Discussion: Think Progress and The Raw Story
ABCNEWS:
U.S. Warned India in October of Potential Terror Attack  —  NSA Now Tracking Captured Phones, U.S. Connections  —  U.S. intelligence agencies warned their Indian counterparts in mid-October of a potential attack “from the sea against hotels and business centers in Mumbai,” a U.S. intelligence official tells ABCNews.com.
CBS News:
How Pvt. Monica Brown Won A Silver Star  —  Lara Logan Interviews A Young Woman Who Won A Silver Star For Exceptional Valor At Age 18  —  (CBS) Private Monica Brown is only the second woman to be awarded the Silver Star since World War II.  She's an Army medic who risked her own life to save …
 
 
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