Laura Rosen's Cable/FP, here
"...Sources told The Cable that among those invited are J. Alexander Thier, of the U.S. Institute of Peace, and Jonah Blank, a South Asia advisor with the Senate Foreign Relations committee. Neither would comment. Both advised the Obama campaign on South Asia issues. Blank recently accompanied Vice President Joseph Biden on a trip to the region (Biden, incidentally, had breakfast with Clinton this morning, according to his official schedule). Thier is the editor of a recent USIP report, "The Future of Afghanistan," and previously served as a member of an Afghanistan study group led by national security advisor Jones.At the NSC, the Afghanistan portfolio seems slated to remain for now under the direction of retired Gen. Douglas Lute, George W. Bush's holdover "war czar," whose staff of seconded CIA, DoD, and other federal agency employees are mostly staying in place for now. A senior director on South Asia may be appointed at a later point. Bruce Riedel, the veteran CIA and NSC official who served as the senior lead on the team advising the Obama campaign on South Asia, has previously told The Cable he expects to stay at the Brookings Institution. But it's possible he could play an advisory role, sources say. .."
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