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Some Defense Transition Team Members Announced

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Thursday, November 13th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford President-elect Barack Obama's transition team yesterday announced some key members dealing with defense matters. The Department of Defense Agency Review Team is lead by John White and Michele Flournoy, according to a statement yesterday from the transition team for Obama and Vice President-elect Joseph Biden, who will be sworn in to office Jan. 20. White, chair of Harvard University's Kennedy School Middle East Initiative, served as deputy defense secretary from 1995 to 1997. His other past roles…

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