Brightest Best Zelizer | Commentary: What Obama’s ‘best and brightest’ should know

January 20, 2009 by frankls
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Julian Zelizer says the "best and the brightest" in JFK's administration ignored history's lessons.Commentary: What Obama’s ‘best and brightest’ should know
The Obama administration starts its work today with the highest of ambitions.

As President Obama said in his inaugural address: "For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of our economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act — not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth.
"We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost.

Here is the original Commentary: What Obama’s ‘best and brightest’ should know – CNN.com


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