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State Dept to Saudi Arabia: Congrats on recalling your ambassador to Syria,...
We’re less concerned than the Saudis over Assad’s human-rights violations? Last week, the UN, with the blessing of the US, mustered up a strongly-worded statement condemning Bashar Assad’s violent...
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Video: Mother of accused British rioter turns her in to the police
“That’s our job as parents.” An amazing clip, and proof positive that not all rioters come from bad homes. Her daughter Chelsea — who’s a teen ambassador for the London Olympics, if you can believe it...
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“Unusual”: U.S. ambassador confronts Iranian officials over terror plot
Strongly worded. Obama acknowledged at today’s presser that the U.S. had contacted Iran about the plot but State was coy later when asked about the who and how. According to CBS, though, it was Susan...
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Syria, US recall ambassadors
Hmmm. In a sign that Barack Obama’s attempts to push Syrian thug Bashar Assad as a “reformer” have come to an end, the US has recalled Ambassador Robert Ford from Damascus. They cite security...
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Obama sending Ford back to Syria?
Inconsistency. Remember when the Obama administration responded to Middle East dictators that massacred demonstrators by bombing them, and those that didn’t by demanding their resignation? Good...
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South Carolina: Jon Huntsman in a tight race with…
Should be safe, though, as Colbert failed to get on the ballot They may be talking about a possible, last minute Huntsman surge up in New Hampshire, but it would appear that his fortunes may not be on...
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U.S. ambassador: Withdrawing too soon could create pre-9/11 conditions in...
“Al Qaeda badly damaged would be able to regenerate if the Taliban took the country over again.” The official word is that the timeline for withdrawal is unchanged, with Obama himself insisting that...
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Egyptian parliamentary report: Israel is our “number one enemy”
Spring fever. I saw something about this at Iran’s English-language house organ, Press TV, and figured it was propaganda aimed at driving the wedge between Israel and Egypt a little deeper. Not so....
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Open thread: Sunday morning talking heads
Yeah, him. Full plate this morning. If you want primary stuff, you’ve got Romney on Fox and Santorum on ABC and CNN in the last push before Illinois. If you want foreign policy, you’ve got McCain plus...
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U.S. ambassador to Israel: We’re “ready” to attack Iran if necessary
Talking trash. Why in the world were these things said? “It would have been better to solve it (the Iranian nuclear crisis) in a diplomatic way, by using pressure and without applying military force,”...
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Er, is Anna Wintour looking for an ambassadorship in a second Obama term?
The lifestyles of the rich and the famous. Ugh. And here I was thinking that that whole weird “don’t be late” thing was just about Obama’s wealthy, glamorous buddies getting him reelected! How could I...
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