Comments on: Negroponte Moving to Deputy State Department Post

By: McGehee

McGehee — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:25:22 +0000

Rove can’t just appoint the nominee

You're kidding.

By: The Right Nation

The Right Nation — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 22:34:26 +0000

Il mistero Negroponte...

Secondo il New York Times - ma anche il Washington Post - John Negroponte sta per lasciare il suo posto alla direzione della National Intelligence per diventare il n°2 di Condoleezza Rice al Dipartimento di Stato. Questo cambio, che a prima vista sem....

By: Daniel W. Drezner

Daniel W. Drezner — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:23:59 +0000

Condoleezza Rice's powers of persuasion...

After Condoleezza Rice became Secretary of State, she (well, not only she) convinced Robert Zoellick to leave the U.S. Trade Representative's position to take the Deputy Secretary of State position. In the hierarchy of Washington positions, this was v...

By: Sensible Mom

Sensible Mom — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:13:51 +0000

Negroponte's Job Change...

Some think the move is strange, but it isn't if he was unhappy where he was. Or he may have been demoted. Or maybe Condi Rice is planning to step down and they want Negroponte as her replacement.

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By: Wog

Wog — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:22:22 +0000

Canada's going to increase 70%. It's not the double Bush did for CIA just before his famous speech.

The USIC already hired the young college kids and then Plame came out and destroyed every one of those careers.

As far as Rice, she's finished. She had no idea what she was doing. Look at Fiji, Shays, and the foreign service. Maybe she is stupid en ought to leave and run for President, but I doubt anyone is that stupid!

By: UNCoRRELATED

UNCoRRELATED — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:31:17 +0000

Negroponte Nudged to Nowhere...

Surprising news today that John Negroponte has stepped down as Director of National Intelligence to take the Deputy Secretary of State position. James Joyner thinks Negroponte was bored. Ed Morrissey don't seem to want to go out on a limb, preferring ...

By: Michael Stickings

Michael Stickings — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:24:24 +0000

Bob Fertik of Democrats.com has a post up arguing that Negroponte's move means that Rove has tapped Condi Rice to be the GOP nominee in '08. Since that would mean her resignation in the coming months, Negroponte's "demotion" is actually an indication that he will be her successor as Secretary of State. Which makes sense. He would be a fine secretary of state. But the rest seems far-fetched to me. Rove can't just appoint the nominee, and there's hardly a guarantee that Rice would make it successfully through the primaries. And Rice may not even want to run. (Or is there any indication she may resign for other reasons?) The post is here.

By: DC Loser

DC Loser — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:18:17 +0000

The DNI was created after the 9/11 report, supposedly to break down the different IC agency stovepipes and foster collaboration. I'll give the effort a "C" so far based on the results. many of the stovepipes are still there and there's too much internal resistance at the middle management level at the agencies to share information. The IC needs a radical change in personnel to really break the old mold.

By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 14:26:06 +0000

The first lesson that everyone should learn in Washington, DC is that rearranging the wiring diagram never solves anything. Yet, since it is cheap, easy, and does not require additional funds, it is always the first thing tried.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:39:03 +0000

Yup. In 1947, in order to combat bureaucratic division between the War and Navy Departments, we added a SecDef, OSD, and the Department of Air Force. Strangely, it did not help ease bureaucracy.

By: DC Loser

DC Loser — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:06:51 +0000

The only thing the DNI has successfully done is to create a new bureaucracy in the IC. From where I sit, "plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose." Only thing is now we have to fight the DNI bureaucracy from poaching on our people and mission.

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Moderate Voters.org - An Alternative to the Far Right and Far Left. — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

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By: http://www.elephantsordonkeys.com

http://www.elephantsordonkeys.com — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Officer (J-2) for the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS-J2) during the dissolution of the Soviet Union and Operation DESERT STORM. The AP story also picks up a thread from this morning’s discussions: “The administration sought to dispel any suggestion that Negroponte’s shift was a demotion. Bush personally reached out to Negroponte, an experienced diplomat, to take over the long-vacant job as deputy secretary of state, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because Bush has not announced the nomination.

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