Monday, December 1, 2008

Obama rolls out national security team

Clinton nominated to Obama's national security team
President-Elect Obama rolled out his national security team picks this morning in a press conference. There were no surprises being that all that were named had been previously speculated. Obama named Sen. Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, retired Marine Gen. Jim Jones as his national security adviser, Eric Holder as attorney general, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as homeland security secretary and Susan Rice as ambassador to the United Nations. Watching President-Elect Obama and his new national security team, I personally couldn't help but observe a reserved confidence amongst them. But does is stop at a display of confidence or will this team of rivals actually be able to work together and get things done? Obama stated that while his team shares a common vision on national security, they will disagree and he welcomes the differences of opinion, but that ultimately "the buck stops with me." Read President-Elect Obama's entire remarks here.