R&D: Obama Hints at Changes to His Economic Team, Netanyahu Details Plans for a Military Presence Near a Palestinian State, and Jerry Brown’s Possible Strategy in California

Here is your R&D for September 21st:

Obama Hints at High-Level Changes from the Wall Street Journal
With bad results forecast for the 2010 midterms, President Obama is looking to shake up his economic team.  Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers are rumored to be on the chopping block.

Netanyahu Seeks Military Force on Any Palestinian State’s Eastern Border from Bloomberg
In a move that could complicate the Middle East peace process, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that a peace agreement with the Palestinians must allow for an Israeli military presence on the eastern side of an independent state.

Would ‘one term’ pledge get Jerry Brown past Meg Whitman in California? from the Christian Science Monitor
With the California governor’s race in a dead heat, political analysts are speculating whether Attorney General Jerry Brown would benefit by promising voters that he would only serve one term.

Al-Qaeda sees opportunity in Kashmir from the Asia Times
As uprisings grip Kashmir, al-Qaeda is attempting to capitalize on the unrest and launch attacks against India.  This has the potential to create problems in the India-Pakistan relationship and threaten the security of South Asia.

Chavez calls followers “to battle’ for two thirds control of the Assembly from MercoPress
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez invoked the words of Jesus, Simon Bolivar, and Napoleon as he urged followers to go to the polls on September 26th and preserve the super majority his supporters have in the National Assembly.