How Many People Does it Take to Advise Barack Obama on Foreign Policy? 300, yes, 300

My head is just spinning thinking about this.

Barack Obama’s foreign policy team consists of 300 people, according to the cover story of today’s New York Times.

Can you imagine getting that many opinions on anything?

“It is unwieldy, no question,” said Denis McDonough, 38, Mr. Obama’s top foreign policy aide, speaking of an infrastructure that has been divided into 20 teams based on regions and issues, and that has recently absorbed, with some tensions, the top foreign policy advisers from Senator Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. “But an administration is unwieldy, too. We also know that it’s messier when you don’t get as much information as you can.”

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Posted by: Mark Pasetsky