-
Gen. James L. Jones Current job : President and chief executive of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy
-
FROM JAKE TAPPER AND MARTHA RADDATZ: Democratic sources tell ABC News that President-elect Obama appears to be turning to two retired four-stars for his National Security Adviser and his Director of National Intelligence. Marine Gen. James L. Jones (Ret.), the...
-
General James Jones will bring something to the job that has been sorely missing during most of George W. Bush's presidency.
-
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Democrat Barack Obama is bouncing from one patch of Republican turf to another this week. Virginia is his stomping grounds on Wednesday, as he continues his assault on Republican John McCain's economic proposals while also introducing national security differences into the final-stretch mix....
-
Barack Obama met with a high-profile group of national security advisers, amid more signs of an uphill battle for McCain.
-
President-elect Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast last night that selecting his national security team is one of his top priorities since terrorists might try to attack the United States during the White House transition.
-
If President-elect Barack Obama follows the pattern of most of his modern predecessors, one of the first documents to bear his signature after he takes office will be a directive laying out his administration's national security structure. Bill Clinton signed one his first day in office; George W....
-
If President-elect Obama follows the pattern of most of his predecessors, one of the first documents to bear his signature after he takes office will be a directive laying out his national security structure, reports the Washington Post.
-
If President-elect Barack Obama turns to James L. Jones Jr. to be his national security adviser, his administration would gain someone whose career spans much of the contemporary security landscape.
-
James L. Jones Has a lifetime of military service and serves in the private sector as an adviser on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2007, he advised Congress on readiness of Iraqi forces. Was a special envoy on Palestinian and Israeli security issues.
-
President-elect Barack Obama's national security team could shape up to include heavy hitters. CNN's Ed Henry reports.
-
Bob Schieffer says word that former NATO Commander James Jones may become Barack Obama's National Security Advisor is the best news he's heard all week.
-
When the phone rings at 3 a.m. in the White House during a crisis, President Barack Obama won't lack for advice. But the question may be whose advice will be the loudest?
-
ABC News can report that on Monday morning in Chicago, President-elect Obama will officially announce some key members of his national security team, many of whom will be in attendance. Pending Senate confirmation, the President-elect's national security team will include:...
-
With Clinton as secretary of State, retired Marine Gen. James Jones Jr. as national security advisor and Gates remaining in Defense, Obama will have a choice among often starkly differing views. President-elect Barack Obama says he wants to lead an administration where strong-willed senior officials are ready to argue forcefully for differing points of view.
-
U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama is poised to name his national security team, with former political rival Hillary Clinton in line to be picked as secretary of state, while Defense Secretary Robert Gates should remain at the Pentagon.
-
Barack Obama will introduce his national security team Monday, including Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, as his secretary of state.
-
The team presented by Barack Obama in Chicago includes two veteran cold warriors and a political rival whose records are all more hawkish than that of the new president.
-
President-elect Barack Obama will name Sen. Hillary Clinton as secretary of state as he unveils his national security team at an event Monday morning, two officials said.
-
Obama picked former campaign rival Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state
-
General James Jones, a former Marine Corps commandant with political savvy, will fill one of the most powerful positions in the country: National Security Adviser
-
Barack Obama announced that Robert Gates would remain as defense secretary, making President Bush's Pentagon chief his own as he seeks to wind down the U.S. role in Iraq. Mr. Obama picked former campaign rival Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.
-
-
-
The president-elect formally introduces the group, including Hillary Clinton as secretary of State nominee -- and Susan Rice as ambassador to the U.N., a position he's restoring to Cabinet level. President-elect Barack Obama on Monday introduced his national security team, made up of centrist Washington insiders, and promised an overhaul of foreign policy to give added emphasis to diplomacy and bring a "new dawn of American leadership."
-
The following is the transcript of President-Elect Barack Obama's National Security Team announcement as provided by CQ Transcriptions.
-
President-elect Obama introduced his national security team today. Pending Senate confirmation they will be: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (already confirmed); Attorney General Eric Holder; National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones (Ret.) (confirmation not needed...
-
Mumbai terror strikes put S. Asia tensions among other urgent issues.
-
President-elect Barack Obama announced key members of his national security team Monday during a press conference in Chicago, Ill.
-
President-elect Barack Obama's high-powered national security team, introduced yesterday at a Chicago news conference, faces the challenge of managing two wars and various ongoing foreign policy crises even as it helps the president-elect shape what he called "a new beginning, a new dawn of American...
-
Subscribe to our RSS (Really Simple Syndication)