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Blair and Steinberg confirmed by Senate

Posted By IISS at 30/01/2009 12:40:08
Admiral (Retd) Dennis C Blair, USN addresses the 3rd Plenary Session
 

Dennis Blair and James Steinberg were confirmed Wednesday for high-level posts in the Obama administration: Director of National Intelligence and Deputy Secretary of State, respectively. Admiral Blair, at the time of his appointment, was a member of the IISS Council, while Steinberg was an IISS Senior Fellow in the 1980s. His most recent Survival article, 'Preventive Force in US National Security Strategy', published in 2006, can be read here.

 

Dana Allin, Editor, Survival, Senior Fellow for US Foreign Policy and Transatlantic Affairs

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