FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 1, 2008

Contact: Marshall Wittmann, 202-224-4041

Lieberman Praises President-Elect Obama's National Security Team

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT) issued the following statement in response to President-Elect Obama's announcement of his national security team in Chicago today:

"I applaud President-Elect Obama for assembling a talented and bipartisan national security team. At a moment in history when our nation faces both great dangers and great opportunities in our foreign relations, the President-Elect has begun to build an administration that can lead America forward on the world stage with purpose and principle."

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