Whatever’s happening with the Baradar capture, President Obama convenes his national security team today for what I think is the first all-hands meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan since the December West Point speech. The (very long) guest list:
Josh Rogin reports that “multiple sources” are saying Jim Steinberg, the deputy secretary of state, is being headhunted for a position running Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Steinberg, Clinton’s deputy for policy and diplomacy, is reportedly dissatisfied with his status in the Obama administration. And the feeling is More…
Last week I broke the story of a proposal from Stuart Bowen, the inspector general for the Iraq war, to create a new agency for coordinating and directing civilian governance and development activities in war zones. Bowen wants the envisioned agency, known as the U.S. Office for Contingency Operations More…
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.
The Washington Post looks at three prospects to become Obama’s national security adviser: Susan Rice, whom readers may recall from a recent profile; Gen. Jim Jones, former NATO commander; and Jim Steinberg, former deputy national security adviser to Bill Clinton and skilled bartender.
My friend Jeff Stein at Congressional Quarterly has this great find about Jim Steinberg, the current likely favorite to become Obama’s national security adviser:
Long before he became one of Washington’s most respected foreign policy hands, the affable Steinberg did a stint as a bartender at Columbia Station,
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