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Jones is known for having sharp political skills of his own, which is one reason William Cohen recruited him to be his senior military assistant when Cohen, a Republican, was Defense Secretary in the Clinton Administration. "I wanted Jim because he knew where the bodies were buried," Cohen says. "And I wanted to make sure that mine wasn't among them." What could make Jones' job easier is the fact that both Clinton and Gates respect him. Clinton knows him through her tenure on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Gates, though he's never worked with Jones, knows him by reputation from their years at the Pentagon. Still far from clear is what role Biden will play in this delicate arrangement. It was largely on the strength of his foreign policy credentials that Obama picked him to be Vice President. And the fact that he will be close at hand in the White House means Biden will certainly have the opportunity to weigh in on important policy questions. But no one expects him to be as big a force behind the scenes as Cheney has been or to seize entire portions of the portfolio for himself.

Of all of them, Gates probably has the best sense of what lies in store. After all, Obama will be the eighth President he has served. "There will no doubt be differences among the team," says Gates, "and it will be up to the President to make the decisions." A powerful team can succeed, but only if everyone agrees who is in charge.

tableau

画面,活人画(舞台上活人扮的静态画面)

复数:tableaux

a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)

同义词：tableau vivant

any dramatic scene

weigh in

参加辩论,加入比赛

One dead photographer does not do much for the cause he cares about, even if he did feel compelled to weigh in and take sides.

一个摄影记者，即便他认为自己有必要选择立场而支持某一方，一旦他死了，则于他所关心的事业来说也是没有多大帮助的。

Such recommendations will weigh in his favour.

这种推荐将对他大有好处。