Greg Sargent reports it’s official-official now: Jim Steinberg, deputy national security adviser in the Clinton administration, will be Hillary Rodham Clinton’s deputy secretary at the State Department.
For those progressives worried about getting jobs in Hillary Clinton’s State Dept., this AP story must come as very welcome news:
Americans overwhelmingly approve of President-elect Barack Obama’s cabinet appointments, but that hasn’t resulted in increased confidence in Obama’s ability to lead the country.
According to a CNN poll released Wednesday, 75 percent of Americans support Obama’s cabinet nominations, including 71 percent who back his choice of Hillary Clinton for More…
Speaking of Hillary Clinton’s people, Greg Sargent has it confirmed from a knowledgeable source: Jim Steinberg, deputy national security adviser in Bill Clinton’s second term, is close to becoming Hillary Rodham Clinton’s deputy secretary of state.
While being mindful of President-elect Obama’s admonition yesterday against the Obama-versus-Clinton meme, Steinberg More…
Not long ago, a number of foreign-policy progressives in the Obama orbit vented to me about how they were concerned Hillary Rodham Clinton would shut them out of State Dept. jobs in favor of her own people. It wasn’t really an idle concern: several remember how the Clinton people More…
Things are looking good for Eric Holder, Obama’s pick for attorney general, formally announced today.
In addition to the highly flattering portrait of Holder as a young man in today’s New York Times, he’s getting praise from some of the most serious critics of the Attorney Generals under George More…
Sam Stein at Huffington Post reports that a high-juiced Dem official says Jim Steinberg — he of the quality bartending skills — may become Hillary Rodham Clinton’s deputy secretary at the State Dept. As Sam notes, that appears to free up Gen. Jim Jones for national security adviser, More…
Peter Baker of The New York Times — once my next-door neighbor in Adams-Morgan! — quotes “two confidants” of Hillary Rodham Clinton saying she’s going to accept Barack Obama’s offer to become secretary of state.
“She’s ready,” the confidant said, addding that Mrs. Clinton was reassured after talking again
So much for the ‘big impediment’ I identified yesterday to Hillary Rodham Clinton’s chances for becoming secretary of state. The AP reports that Bill Clinton is willing to open the books on the Clinton Foundation:
Welcome back to the Democratic primary.
If you remember way back when, a concern faced by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton during the presidential campaign was the secrecy surrounding donations to her husband’s Clinton Foundation. Bill Clinton insisted that all donations remain undisclosed to the public, even as her campaign rivals More…
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