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Eric Holder, Jack Quinn and the Rich pardon

It's premature to criticize Obama for his establishment-soothing appointments. But it's just as premature to heap praise on him for those appointments.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Tuesday, December 2, 2008 09:21 AM

    PHILIP ZELIKOW: "It is a team that's not ideological in the sense of it's not a team that's associated with the Democratic Party's ideology."

    Former Bush-Cheney Administration member Philip Zelikow explains the true meaning of "non-ideological".

    PBS NewsHour:

    http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec08/natlsecurity_12-01.html

    Obama Crafts Team to Rethink Foreign Policy Challenges

    JUDY WOODRUFF: For more on today's announcement, we get three views.

    Madeleine Albright served as secretary of state under President Bill Clinton. Her latest book is "Memo to the President-elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership."

    [...]

    And Philip Zelikow is a former counselor to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

    MADELEINE ALBRIGHT: [...] this is a non-ideological team.

    [...]

    JUDY WOODRUFF: Phil Zelikow, a non-ideological team?

    PHILIP ZELIKOW: It is a team that's not ideological in the sense of it's not a team that's associated with the Democratic Party's ideology. [...]

    - - PBS NewsHour

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