Morning Coffee - 11 March 2009

Welcome to Morning Coffee, brought to you by Lindsay Beyerstein with additional links from the UN Dispatch team. Every morning we survey foreign affairs and foreign policy news so you don't have to. We begin with the "Starting Five" items of the day -- these may not always appear on A-1, but they *are* the kinds of stories that will be buzzing in foreign capitals, the UN and wherever foreign policy minds roam.
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"Former Clinton economic advisor Lael Brainard, who had been expected to be nominated to a top State Department economic post, is now reported likely to be named under secretary of the Treasury for international affairs. “Lael has been right in there with Geithner, Summers, et al working on the economic crisis so maybe they need her there as directly part of that team,” an associate says." Job opening at State!
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