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by Spencer Ackerman [courtesy of Firedoglake]

Gen. Jim Jones is close to getting the job, according to Dave Rogers at Politico. If so, it would be a good choice. With Hillary Clinton very likely to become secretary of state — I’ll have a big piece on that shortly — it’s important to have a national-security adviser with the stature necessary to impose discipline on a war cabinet filled with outsize personages. (See: Rice, Condoleezza.)

Also, Jones would be reflective of two huge Obama priorities. First, Afghanistan. As NATO Commander, Jones ceaselessly lobbied the European allies for greater assistance in the Afghanistan war. Second, energy security. Jones is widely known to be an advocate of alternative energy sources, and, as Politico notes, chairs an energy task force for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. And of course there’s the good optics of such a well-respected general being Obama’s closest White House aide on foreign policy. (David Ignatius loves Jones!)

One has to ask, though: if Jim Jones becomes national security adviser, will we see Juelz Santana as energy czar?

Crossposted to The Streak.