Over at the Motherblog, Tim Fernholz has a good post on Obama’s press conference announcing his new national security team. Of note is that Obama announced Ambassador to the UN will be a cabinet-level position, which means Suan Rice will be in the cabinet. He’s also selling the attorney general as part of the national security team. His full remarks are after the jump.

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