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A Window Into Obama’s Foreign Policy

By | 11.14.08 | 6:00 am

In April 2007, as the United States was enmeshed in two wars, a Brookings Institution scholar and Clinton-era State Dept. official testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in favor of taking military action as a last resort to stop the genocide in Darfur.

“A collective shame” was what Susan More…

Nunn Advisory Role Raises Ethical Questions

By | 11.12.08 | 3:54 pm

Politico reports a small-scale controversy has erupted over the Obama-Biden transition team’s announcement that former Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) will serve as an “informal senior adviser” for the new administration’s move into the Pentagon.

Critics say that Nunn’s position as chairman of “public responsibilities” at General Electric, More…

Obama Transition Team Announces Lobbying Restrictions

By | 11.11.08 | 4:10 pm

John Podesta, co-chair of President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team, announced today that Obama would extend the restrictions on lobbyists during his presidential campaign to his transition to the White House. The transition team outlined the changes in a press release: