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Obama's Indispensable Man; Biden will be instrumental in foreign policy decisions.(Barack Obama and Joe Biden)

Article from: U.S. News & World Report Article date: November 17, 2008 Author: Walsh, Kenneth T.

Byline: Kenneth T. Walsh

Joe Biden is hoping to be Barack Obama's indispensable man. The vice president-elect was chosen by Obama for his Washington experience, as a senator since 1973, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and former chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Obama advisers say Biden will serve as an eminence grise and senior counselor to the new commander in chief from Day 1 and won't be relegated to the role of fill-in at funerals and odd man out in policy discussions. This marginalization has been imposed on some vice presidents in the past, ...

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Obama Can Learn From Cheney's Management Style

Posted Nov 12, 08 4:51 PM CST in Politics,  Opinion 

Obama Can Learn From Cheney's Management Style
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(Newser) – Barack Obama's “template” for exercising executive authority should draw from Dick Cheney, the most influential figure in the Bush administration, Steve Clemons writes in the Huffington Post. Cheney finessed followers “beholden to him” into positions throughout the vast intelligence and national-security bureaucracies, spreading his doctrine without needing “Rumsfeld-style ‘snow flake memos’” to explain what he wanted done.

Obama allies have suggested he will keep “a micro-focus on policy,” which could sidetrack his presidency as such tendencies did Jimmy Carter’s. Despite the ills Cheney’s done to US interests, Clemons writes, Obama must “begin to think about how you clearly convey to your team criteria for decision-making and a guide for responses to complex, unexpected challenges”—and follow Cheney’s effective example.

Source: Huffington Post

More about:  Barack Obama • President Obama • Bush administration • Dick Cheney • leadership • Executive Branch

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