The New Foreign Policy Yard Boss

摘要

When Barack Obama named Tom Donilon as his new National Security Adviser this month, he ticked off his aide's best-known qualities: a remarkable work ethic, a probing intellect and a limitless appetite for Diet Coke. But the President left out another Donilon attribute that will likely matter most in the coming year, when once again the subject of the Afghan war's direction is set to reach the Oval Office. "He looks out for the President," says one senior White House aide.