John Kerry

It also goes along with the Atlantic piece about Obama's former colleagues in the Senate becoming his national security inner circle. Biden, Hagel and Kerry are realists, not interventionists. I still remember reading about the Afghanistan debate, and it was Biden who did not want to surge in Afghanistan, but was outnumbered by others including Clinton. (Thank goodness Petraeus is out of the picture -- he was the one playing tricks in the press to box the POTUS into surging). I think IF Kerry and Hagel are confirmed, we won't see new adventures, will get out of Afghanistan, and see diplomatic progress in the Middle East. And maybe show some leadership on climate change? Maybe?

I love that it's a bunch of old white guys from the Senate who behind their smiles and long years in Washington are actually pretty radical choices. It will mean the return to true "conservative" foreign policy. I mean the old meaning of the word. Where you stop and ask questions before shooting.

Just a footnote though, that I don't know if this will impact drone policy, which although controversial, seems to be supported by the three men as a lesser evil to entire armies invading countries. So don't expect the Greenwald crowd to be happy with this team.