Tomorrow, the guard changes in Washington, D.C., USA. Europe has been relatively quiet. It does not appear that Javier Solana will be present at the inauguration. His itinerary shows he has a busy day, instead, in Brussels. It is clear to me that his present low profile is being maintained; but that his powers are far from diminished. The European "chain of command" is shown in this Western European Union article. In the event it predictably disappears, take cheer, I have multiple archived it. For now, you may read it by clicking here. For the benefit of the "uninitiated" Javier Solana controls the Western European Union as its Secretary General. SG/HR which you will read in numerous "chain of command" paragraphs is Javier Solana's position with the European Union.
With the changing of the guard, we have an already friendly to Javier Solana Washington, even friendlier. Solana has already expressed high hopes about working mutally with the Obama adminstration, as has Mikhail Gorbachev. Joe Biden reportedly once said he wished he could vote for Javier Solana as President of the United States. Joe Biden, come tomorrow, is Vice President of the United States. President-Elect Obama once served under Joe Biden's Chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Hillary Clinton is Secretary of State-Designee. Javier Solana has held meetings with her in the past two years in Washington, D.C. It was her husband, Bill Clinton, as President of the United States who boosted Solana to the all-powerful NATO headship on November 30, 1995.
It looks to me like it is a heady time coming up for Javier Solana who given his Middle East roles and anti-Piracy patrol is likely to become much higher profile in the days to come.
Stay tuned!
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