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   This is what passes for blue-ribbon wisdom in Washington. Former   
   Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says his former boss needs to   
   shake up the White House staff.   
      
   Claiming President Obama is too isolated, Panetta told an   
   interviewer that he favors “giving the president greater   
   exposure to a lot of different options that he is going to have   
   to consider if he is going to get things done.”   
      
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   That’s a perfectly fine idea — except it ignores the basic   
   problem. It’s not the staff or their views.   
      
   The problem is the president. Obama won’t listen to anyone who   
   disagrees with him.   
      
   That’s because, as Valerie Jarrett helpfully explains, he’s   
   always the smartest man in the room.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/10/16/blue-ribbon-wisdom-   
   from-leon-panetta/?intcmp=obnetwork   
      
       
      
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