President-elect Barack Obama, second from the right, announces his national security team during a news conference in Chicago, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Standing behind Obama are Secretary of State-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. , far left, National Security Adviser-designate Ret. Marine Gen. James Jones, center, and United Nations Ambassador-designate Susan Rice. AP Photo logo AP Photo 11 months ago

President-elect Barack Obama, second from the right, announces his national security team during a news conference in Chicago, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Standing behind Obama are Secretary of State-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. , far left, National Security Adviser-designate Ret. Marine Gen. James Jones, center, and United Nations Ambassador-designate Susan Rice.

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  1. Visiting US National Security Adviser James Jones (L) shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their meeting in Moscow on October 29, 2009. Jones met Lavrov to discuss reducing the nuclear arsenals of the former Cold War adversaries. Jones is also set to meet his Russian counterpart, Nikolai Patrushev, as part of a brief visit to the Russian capital for talks that may also touch on the Iran issue.
  2. US Vice President Joe Biden (R), US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) and National Security Advisor General James Jones (L) speak as US President Barack Obama meets with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washignton, DC, September 29, 2009.
  3. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 28: U.S. National Security Advisor General James Jones listens to North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen answer questions about the future of NATO and the mission in Afghanistan during a forum at the Atlantic Council September 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Former Prime Minister of Denmark, Rasmussen addressed the debate in the U.S. about the way forward in Afghanistan as many European allies are wavering in their commitment to ISAF.
  4. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 28: U.S. National Security Advisor General James Jones listens to North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen answer questions about the future of NATO and the mission in Afghanistan during a forum at the Atlantic Council September 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Former Prime Minister of Denmark, Rasmussen addressed the debate in the U.S. about the way forward in Afghanistan as many European allies are wavering in their commitment to ISAF.
  5. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 28: U.S. National Security Advisor General James Jones pauses while listening to North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen answer questions about the future of NATO and the mission in Afghanistan during a forum at the Atlantic Council September 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Former Prime Minister of Denmark, Rasmussen addressed the debate in the U.S. about the way forward in Afghanistan as many European allies are wavering in their commitment to ISAF.
  6. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 28: U.S. National Security Advisor General James Jones introduces North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen before he addresses the future of the mission in Afghanistan during a forum at the Atlantic Council September 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Former Prime Minister of Denmark, Rasmussen addressed the debate in the U.S. about the way forward in Afghanistan as many European allies are wavering in their commitment to ISAF.
  7. Indonesian activists wear masks featuring US President Barrack Obama (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso(2nd R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a protest against biodiversity offset programs, in Jakarta on November 18, 2009. Scores of environment activists held a protest against the program of biodiversity offset as they believed that biodiversity offsets are conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, and is not the real solution and will ruin ecological dignity of developing countries.
  8. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: In this photo illustration, a copy of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sits on end on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  9. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) open boxes of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' as other books sit on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  10. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross (R) puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  11. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  12. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  13. BEIJING - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (2nd R) reacts during a breakfast meeting with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo (2nd L) held at a hotel November 18, 2009 in Beijing, China. U.S. President Barack Obama is on an official nine-day, four nation, Asia tour during which he has visited Japan and attended the APEC Summit in Singapore before heading to China. Following his visit to China, where he is expected to discuss the economy, trade and climate change, he will head to South Korea.
  14. BEIJING - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham (C) arrives at a breakfast meeting with Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo, (unseen) at a hotel November 18, 2009 in Beijing, China. U.S. President Barack Obama is on an official nine-day, four nation, Asia tour during which he has visited Japan and attended the APEC Summit in Singapore before heading to China. Following his visit to China, where he is expected to discuss the economy, trade and climate change, he will head to South Korea.
  15. BEIJING - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) is shown to a breakfast meeting by Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo at a hotel November 18, 2009 in Beijing, China. U.S. President Barack Obama is on an official nine-day, four nation, Asia tour during which he has visited Japan and attended the APEC Summit in Singapore before heading to China. Following his visit to China, where he is expected to discuss the economy, trade and climate change, he will head to South Korea.
  16. BEIJING - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks near U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell (L) during a breakfast meeting with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo at a hotel November 18, 2009 in Beijing, China. U.S. President Barack Obama is on an official nine-day, four nation, Asia tour during which he has visited Japan and attended the APEC Summit in Singapore before heading to China. Following his visit to China, where he is expected to discuss the economy, trade and climate change, he will head to South Korea.

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