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Antiwar Groups Fear Barack Obama May Create Hawkish Cabinet

Reading the signs. Anti-war activists and organizers are trying to bridge the gap between cynicism and optimism. They want to capitalize on the enthusiasm and energy that the Obama victory has stirred, while maintaining a level of pressure that isn't overly critical at the outset. Although resisting discouragement at this early stage, it's imperative that they 'express concern' over certain directions the President-Elect seems to be taking in cabinet choices and advisers.

WASHINGTON - Antiwar groups and other liberal activists are increasingly concerned at signs that Barack Obama's national security team will be dominated by appointees who favored the Iraq invasion and hold hawkish views on other important foreign policy issues.

The activists are uneasy not only about signs that both Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates could be in the Obama Cabinet, but at reports suggesting that several other short-list candidates for top security posts backed the decision to go to war.

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