The foreign policy structure

However, senior government sources in Jerusalem said that the information they have received indicates that the new administration is planning a hierarchy of about five special envoys to various regions, overseen by a kind of "super coordinator," who would answer directly to the president and the secretary of state....

(An Israel-Palestine envoy and..) The other four envoys would be: to Iraq to liaise with the Iraqi government on U.S. troop withdrawal; to Iran to oversee the beginning of dialogue and participate in international discussions on an incentive package; to Afghanistan and Pakistan to stabilize the security situation; and to North Korea to watch over denuclearization and the lifting of international sanctions.

I'm not wholly sure of the accuracy of this, but it would give a clear sense of foreign policy priorities. (No India/Pakistan?)

(Also notable. The Obama team is holding their national security meeting today. Mike McConnell is still sitting in the (unfilled) DNI chair.)