Fantastic news this morning. It has been rumored for some time that James Steinberg, Dean of the LBJ School of Public Policy at UT Austin, would be appointed Deputy Secretary of State under Hillary Clinton.
Today, 12:15 – 1:45 pm EST, I will chairing an interesting session with WALTER RUSSELL MEAD and DANIEL LEVY that will run live on The Washington Note and also run LIVE on C-Span.
Still Life with Dog — Boyd Gavin Artist Boyd Gavin has figured out that I’m seriously into weimaraners. . .and luckily, he’s seriously into painting. Got this note from him this morning. . . Since you are very fond of weimaraners, I thought you would be interested to see my painted rendition of one.
I’m off to see the holiday decorations in the East Wing of the White House this morning. Should be fun. I’ll try to snap all of you some good pictures. — Steve Clemons Update: No pics.
My close friend took this happy clip of Annie, Oakley and Buddy.
With just 31 days left in his term, President Bush has pardoned Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors for years of misdeeds, inefficiency, uncompetitiveness, and poor quality. The White House will give the auto manufacturers $17.4 billion in low interest loans.
For those interested, here is the audio and text of a clip on the Clinton Foundation’s donor list which was made public yesterday. I spent some time speaking on the subject to Peter Overby of National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.
I was notified this morning that the Clinton Foundation had posted on its website its roster of donors. Good luck looking to it and through it — which I did at length in the first few minutes after receiving the email. But ever since, the Clinton Foundation site has been crashing. Tons of traffic.
This morning, I will be doing a web-based exchange with people all over the world about U.S. foreign policy and what may be coming next from an Obama-led America. The site is here, but the Facebook page for this U.S. State Department global chat network titled Co.Nx conveys a bit more about this interesting forum….