Obama's National Security Team

Monday morning at 10:40 am President-Elect Obama is scheduled to introduce his national security team. His rumored picks have created a lot of buzz due to the fact that some we have known in Washington for a while, in a sense contradicting Obama's campaign rhetoric of change, and most have opposing views to those of Obama on national security. In addition, since Obama is trying to do the Abe Lincoln thing, these are pretty much his rivals. These picks consist of Hilary Clinton as Secretary of State, retired marine general Jim Jones as National Security Adviser, and current Defense Secretary Robert Gates would maintain his position. Obama says his position of change has not changed, stating:

What we are going to do is combine experience with fresh thinking. But understand where the vision for change comes from first and foremost, it comes from me. Thats my job. To provide a vision in terms of where we are going and to make sure that my team is implementing.

I feel that Obama is attempting to balance experience with change. What do you think?