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4:45 AM ET, November 26, 2008

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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Gates agrees to stay on under Obama  —  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has agreed to stay on under President-elect Obama, according to officials in both parties.  Obama plans to announce a national-security team early next week that includes Gates at the Pentagon and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton …
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Chris Bowers / Open Left:
The Debate Over Gates  —  The most important appointment decision Obama will make during the transition, bar none, is who becomes, or remains, Secretary of Defense.  As I have noted in the past, the Department of Defense oversees the expenditure of 52% of all discretionary spending …
Washington Post:   Gates Expected to Remain at Defense
Max Boot / Commentary:
Obama's Picks  —  According to the latest news reports …
Discussion: Power Line
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Exceptional news: John Brennan won't be CIA Director or DNI  —  (updated below - Update II - Update III)  —  This is really exceptional news on multiple levels — the best political news I've heard since the election: … Brennan's self-defense here is quite disingenuous.
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:   Brennan Withdraws From Consideration for Administration Post
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:   Brennan Withdraws
Mark Mazzetti / The Caucus:   Candidate for C.I.A. Post Withdraws His Name
Stephen Soldz / Psyche, Science, and Society:
Open Letter to President-Elect Obama: Break With the Dark Side.
Matthew Berger / Marc Ambinder:
Is Clinton barred from State job?  —  Pete Williams of NBC raised the question on MSNBC this afternoon: Is Hillary Clinton barred by the Constitution from accepting the post of secretary of state?  —  Article One, Section Six of the U.S. Constitution says:
Discussion: Stop The ACLU and AMERICAblog News
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
HRC, STATE — AND THE CONSTITUTION  —  From NBC's Pete Williams  —  If President-elect Barack Obama nominates Hillary Clinton to be secretary of state, many legal scholars believe it would be the former law professor's first violation of the Constitution as president.  —  Why?
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Barack Obama chafes inside the ‘bubble’  —  Barack Obama wants his BlackBerry back - or at least some good way to communicate better with people outside the immediate circle of the president-elect.  —  And Obama isn't too impressed with the way that automakers have conducted themselves …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
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ABCNEWS:
Obama on Auto Execs' Private Jets: ‘A Little Tone Deaf’  —  Excerpts from Barbara Walters' Exclusive Interview: President-Elect Reveals He Is Negotiating to Keep His Blackberry  —  The following are excerpts from Barbara Walters' interview with President-Elect Barack Obama, conducted Tuesday in Chicago.
Discussion: TIME.com
David Roberts / Gristmill:
Politico's journalist malpractice  —  Today brings two of the most jaw-droppingly moronic stories I've ever seen, both in Politico, both written by Erika Lovley, who one can only assume is either the most dimwitted, gullible reporter in D.C. or ... um, I can't think of another explanation.
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Erika Lovley / The Politico:
Scientists urge caution on global warming  —  Climate change skeptics on Capitol Hill are quietly watching a growing accumulation of global cooling science and other findings that could signal that the science behind global warming may still be too shaky to warrant cap-and-trade legislation.
Discussion: Hot Air and Gateway Pundit
Michael Scherer / Time:
The Anti-Obama Ad Campaign That Never Happened  —  What if the McCain campaign had run ads using footage of Barack Obama dancing with Ellen DeGeneres to show his coziness with celebrity?  Or followed up on its Paris Hilton ad with others featuring Donald Trump and Jessica Simpson?
Ken Armstrong / Seattle Times:
State justice confirms he yelled “Tyrant!” at Mukasey before AG collapsed  —  Richard Sanders, a justice on the Washington State Supreme Court, has never been one to shy from controversy or blunt language.  And last week, as he sat at a Federalist Society dinner and listened …
Hilzoy / Washington Monthly:
Throw The Bums Out  —  In a sign that the End Times are upon us, I actually agree with a WSJ Opinion column: … I have no idea.  The same goes for a lot of senior management.  If some particular division of Citi has done well over the past few years, I can see letting the management of that division stay on.
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WSJ.com:   Citi's Taxpayer Parachute
Matt Corley / Think Progress:
Norquist: 'The Economy's In The Present State' Because Democrats Took Control Of Congress In 2006  —  On CNBC this morning, Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist claimed that the current financial crisis facing America is rooted in the fact that Democrats took control of the House and Senate in 2006.
Discussion: Brookings Institute
The Huffington Post:
Ann Coulter's Jaw Wired Shut: Report  —  Ann Coulter may be completely silenced, at least for a while.  —  If the New York Post's Page Six report is true, Coulter broke her jaw and her mouth is wired shut: … Check back here for confirmation and updates.  —  FAQ: Comments and Moderation FAQ: HuffPost Accounts
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James C. Dobson, Ph.D. / CitizenLink:
Dr. Dobson: 'We Won't Be Silenced'  —  Washington Post columnist says the Republican Party must ditch God in order to survive.  —  So, Kathleen Parker has determined that getting rid of social conservatives and shelving the values they fight for is the solution to what ails the Republican Party ("Giving Up on God," Nov. 19).
Discussion: Political Machine
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Inquiry Set on Mormon Aid for California Marriage Vote  —  SAN FRANCISCO — California officials will investigate accusations that the Mormon Church neglected to report a battery of nonmonetary contributions — including phone banks, a Web site and commercials — on behalf of a ballot measure to ban same-sex marriage.
Elizabeth Drew / New York Review of Books:
The Truth About the Election  —  As he demonstrated in his campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama thinks long.  Hence, the new President-elect is better prepared to take office than any other newly elected chief executive in the history of the modern presidency.
CTV.ca:
Fundraiser canned on claims disease affects only whites  —  Carleton University won't be holding a popular fundraiser to benefit cystic fibrosis, it was confirmed Tuesday, after the student council passed a motion falsely claiming the disease affects only white men.
Discussion: Yourish.com and five feet of fury
 
 
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Jane Black / Washington Post:
Americans' Food Stamp Use Nears All-Time High
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Diana B. Henriques / New York Times:
First Audit Said to Cite Some Snags With Bailout
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Shannon McCaffrey / Associated Press:
Sarah Palin to stump with Sen. Saxby Chambliss
Discussion: Don Surber
David Barboza / New York Times:
Great Engine of China Slows
Discussion: naked capitalism
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Obama Places Stringent Limits on Inaugural Contributions
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Struggling Banks Paid President Clinton $2.1 million for ‘Speeches’
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
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