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FACTBOX-Obama names foreign policy panel

REUTERS
Reuters North American News Service

Jun 18, 2008 13:51 EST

(Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has named a
foreign policy panel of former U.S. officials from whom he will seek
advice on weighty foreign policy matters such as Iraq and Afghanistan.

The list may offer hints about how the Illinois senator might fill
senior jobs if he is elected to the White House.

Obama met with the panel on Wednesday and said his advisers shared his
approach of pursuing a "pragmatic" foreign policy which he contrasted
with what he said was a "rigid ideology" of the Bush administration.

These are the advisers on Obama's senior working group on national
security.

* MADELEINE ALBRIGHT - Served a secretary of state in former President
Bill Clinton's administration and was a top adviser to the campaign of
Obama's former rival, Hillary Clinton.

* DAVID BOREN - The former governor and senator from Oklahoma chaired
the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

* WARREN CHRISTOPHER - Was Bill Clinton's first secretary of state and
also served as deputy secretary of state in the Carter administration.

* GREG CRAIG - Was a former senior adviser to Albright in the Clinton
administration and later led the team defending Bill Clinton against
the impeachment charges involving Clinton's affair with a White House
intern. Despite long ties to both Bill and Hillary Clinton, Craig was
an early supporter of Obama and has been part of his inner circle of
advisers.

* RICHARD DANZIG - Served as secretary of the Navy under Bill Clinton
and is an expert on counterterrorism.

* LEE HAMILTON - The former Indiana congressman co-chaired the
blue-ribbon commission that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks and was
a lead author of Iraq Study Group report that offered recommendations
on Iraq to President Bush in 2006.

* ERIC HOLDER - Was deputy attorney general in Bill Clinton's
administration and is working with Caroline Kennedy, daughter of slain
President John F. Kennedy, in helping to guide Obama's search for a
vice presidential running mate.

* ANTHONY LAKE - Was national security adviser to Bill Clinton and has
been part of the inner circle of Obama's campaign.

* SAM NUNN - A former senator from Georgia who chaired the Senate
Armed Services Committee, Nunn has long been viewed as a leading
Democratic voice on foreign policy and some have speculated he might
be looked at by Obama as a potential running mate.

* WILLIAM PERRY - Was secretary of defense under Bill Clinton.

* SUSAN RICE - The former assistant secretary of state for African
Affairs is Obama's senior foreign policy adviser.

* TIM ROEMER - The former Indiana congressman was a member of the 9/11
commission.

* JAMES STEINBERG - Was deputy national security adviser to Bill Clinton.

(Reporting by Caren Bohan; Editing by David Wiessler and Cynthia Osterman)

Source: Reuters North American News Service

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