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Obama Should Beware 'Best and Brightest'

A la JFK's Cabinet, too often masks poor judgment, inexperience

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 7, 2008 1:18 PM CST

(Newser) – Barack Obama has won praise for appointing “the best and the brightest” to his Cabinet during a time of war and economic hardship. But all the back-patting sounds a little too familiar, Frank Rich writes in the New York Times. “The stewards of... Read full story »

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Obama Should Beware 'Best and Brightest'

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