I, Casuist:
The question to ask is not whether Obama's middle name (or his whole name) guarantees him success as a national redeemer. I'm not aware of having suggested anything of the sort.

oh I don't know.

"substantive rewards", "nobility," "world-historical gains" and a "transvaluation of values" -- all credited to a president-elect providentially bearing "a title of honor" -- sure sound like declarative fine print in a "guarantee" of succcess, hence the point of your post: I, Barack Hussein Obama.

unless you've since unpointed (i.e, backtracked, reversed course, moonwalked), aware or not.

Excerpted from Senate Report 110-335 - NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009; Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, 110th Congress, 2d Session, Chairman Carl Levin, May 12, 2008:

Assignment of forces to the United States Northern Command with primary mission of management of the consequences of an incident in the United States homeland involving a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear device, or high-yield explosives (sec. 905)

The committee recommends a provision that would express the sense of Congress that: (1) the Department of Defense should make every effort to help protect the Nation from the threat of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-yield explosive (CBRNE) attack; (2) efforts to establish forces to manage the consequences of CBRNE incidents should receive the highest level of attention within the Department; and (3) the additional forces needed for CBRNE consequence management should be identified, trained, equipped, and assigned to U.S. Northern Command as soon as possible. The provision would also require the Secretary of Defense to submit three reports to the congressional defense committees describing the progress made toward assigning such forces to U.S. Northern Command. The provision specifies a number of elements to be included in the reports.

The committee notes that the Department has directed that a full-time, dedicated CBRNE consequence management force be trained and equipped by the end of fiscal year 2008, and that two additional such forces are to be established by the end of the next 2 fiscal years. The Department has begun the process of establishing these CBRNE consequence management forces, which will be assigned to U.S. Northern Command.

The committee observes that the Commission on the National Guard and the Reserves and the Government Accountability Office have been critical of the capacity of the Department to respond to domestic CBRNE incidents. The committee believes that establishing the CBRNE consequence management forces under U.S. Northern Command is an essential step in enhancing the ability of the Nation to respond to such incidents.

Excerpted from U.S. Northern Command gains dedicated response force, US Northern Command News, September 30, 2008:

For the first time in its existence, U.S. Northern Command is gaining a dedicated force to respond to potential chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive (CBRNE) incidents in the homeland.

"We are now building the first of three CBRNE Consequence Management Response Forces," said USNORTHCOM Commander Gen. Gene Renuart. "On the first of October, we’ll have an organized force, a trained force, an equipped force, a force that has adequate command and control and is on quick response – 48 hours – to head off to a large-scale nuclear, chemical, biological event that might require Department of Defense support."

The CBRNE Consequence Management Response Force, or CCMRF, is a team of about 4,700 joint personnel that would deploy as the Department of Defense’s initial response force for a CBRNE incident. Its capabilities include search and rescue, decontamination, medical, aviation, communications and logistical support.

Each CCMRF will be composed of three functional task forces – Task Force Operations, Task Force Medical and Task Force Aviation – that have their own individual operational focus and set of mission skills. Depending on the different mission requirements and the incident commander’s priorities, Task Force Operations, Task Force Medical and Task Force Aviation units would have varying roles and responsibilities based upon the type of catastrophe and the size of the geographical area. In USNORTHCOM’s first CCMRF, the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, assigned at Fort Stewart, Ga., will form the core unit of Task Force Operations.

Although CCMRFs are a joint force comprised of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines, the first CCMRF will fall under the operational control of USNORTHCOM’s Joint Force Land Component Command, U.S. Army North, located in San Antonio, Texas. Joint Task Force Civil Support, USNORTHCOM’s subordinate command in Fort Monroe, Va., would serve as the operational headquarters and work closely with state and local officials and first responders.

See also:

Units assigned to CCMRF gain insights for new response mission, US Northern Command News, September 19, 2008.