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Exceptional news: John Brennan won't be CIA Director or DNI

Obama's top intelligence adviser removes himself from consideration for a top post, citing the "firestorm in liberal blogs" over his support for Bush's detention and interrogation policies.
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  • Tuesday, November 25, 2008 01:18 PM

    But Robert is apparently staying on as Defense Secretary.

    Hey, you don't change warhorses in midstream. Look what happened to Barbarossa.

    I doubt getting a progressive into that slot would help much, frankly. What would a progressive defense secretary do---wipe out the militaryindustrialcorporatemedia complex?

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