Sunday, February 08, 2009

Obama's NSC Will Get New Power

Obama's NSC Will Get New Power
"Jones, a retired Marine general, made it clear that he will run the process and be the primary conduit of national security advice to Obama, eliminating the 'back channels' that at times in the Bush administration allowed Cabinet secretaries and the vice president's office to unilaterally influence and make policy out of view of the others.

'We're not always going to agree on everything,' Jones said, and 'so it's my job to make sure that minority opinion is represented' to the president. 'But if at the end of the day he turns to me and says, 'Well, what do you think, Jones?,' I'm going to tell him what I think.'"

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