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Fascinating speculation on who will get deputy secretary of state, from the esteemable Chris Nelson, of The Nelson Report:
Would be wonderful if Zelikow took it, but not sure that he would want the job, even were it to be offered to him. For what it's worth, I have heard that in the running are US ambassador to NATO Nick Burns, Arnold Kanter of the Scowcroft Group, and John Bolton [but it seems there is some panic setting in among neoconservative circles that Bolton won't get it]. More Kremlinology from Slate's Fred Kaplan.Bush names...latest “leading candidate” for Deputy Secretary of State...the staff director of the 9/11 Commission, Phil Zelikow, a University of Virginia professor, and a “good friend” of Secretary-designate Condi Rice. Zelikow thus moves ahead of earlier “favorites” like former Undersecretaries Arnie Kanter, Bob Kimmit...although sources warn not to count anyone out, or in, at this point...