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Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:00 AM

Trust Obama on Clinton

If he picks her as secretary of state, she's the right choice.
Joan Walsh

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  • Wednesday, November 19, 2008 07:01 PM

    Trusting Obama is easy...it is keeping Gates that may cause wonder.

    For months Secretary Gates has been using his shills in the Pentagon probably during their days jobs to float his willingness to stay on...for either new occupant. One wonders if Mr. Gates thinks that his ability to manage the slave trade to Camp Justice (Gitmo) and sustain the high productivity output of those special courts operating there contrary to the Constitution would specifically endear him to the beneficiaries of an election that was a final victory against of the enslavement of people by the United States.

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