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http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/national_world&id=8878172Obama Cabinet, foreign policy in for changes
Updated at 06:58 AM today
November 8, 2012 (WASHINGTON) -- President Barack Obama is looking ahead to top-level personnel changes in a second term, involving three powerful Cabinet portfolios at a minimum.
Changes are in store for the victorious administration. The election past, three members of Obama's Cabinet have announced plans to leave their posts: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Other changes would not be unusual in the second administration of any president.
A pressing task for Obama will be to assign a new team to carry out his national security agenda. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has announced her plans to retire but could stay a few weeks past January to help the administration as it reshuffles personnel. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is likely to depart shortly after her. CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus is expected to stay on.
The favorite to succeed Clinton, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, would face a difficult Senate confirmation process after her much-maligned explanations of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, meaning she could land instead as Obama's national security adviser. That job that doesn't require the Senate's approval. Tom Donilon, who currently holds that position, and Chuck Hagel, a former Republican senator, are among the other contenders.
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Leon's out! (Original Post)
unhappycamper
Nov 2012
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lalalu
(1,663 posts)1. This is good news.
The Defense Department and the State Department both need to be shaken, swept clean, and modernized. The question is whether people willing to do that and take the heat can be found. It won't be easy.
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)2. Bob Graham for something, anything. Qualified willing and able
calimary
(81,283 posts)3. geithner gets my vote.
Hoping he's the first one to be replaced.
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)5. Look for a republican for be selected
I wish it would be general Clark but I think Obama will reach out to a republican here. Possibly, someone from the senate.