Sep 08, 2008 -
Uterine cancer survivor and “The Nanny” star Fran Drescher has been named as a U.S. public diplomacy envoy on the issue of women’s health- particularly cancer prevention and care.
On Monday, Sept.
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Mar 16, 2009 -
All You Need Is Diplomacy
Hillary Clinton's world tour.
by James Rosen
With the demented face of Heath Ledger's splendidly wicked Joker flickering on the drop-down screens behind her, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stood serenely in the aisle of the press cabin aboard her plane, beverage in hand, and spoke off the record for almost 30 minutes. She had just logged 20,000 miles on her first foreign trip as the nation's top diplomat, a weeklong tour of Asian capitals that had taken her, and some 20 journalists, to Japan, Indonesia, South Korea, and China.
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Oct 21, 2009 -
The World Won't Wait On Washington Indecision
A Commentary By Tony Blankley
On three fronts -- South Korean trade, Ukrainian/Russian diplomacy and Afghan war fighting -- the Obama administration is being increasingly pressured by unfolding events to shed ideology and rationalizations and come quickly to a realistic analysis of world events and their consequences. In each of these cases, in the absence of very prompt United States policy decisions and actions, we shall incur long-term irreversible economic, geopolitical or national security harm. I will discuss the Afghan war decision in a future column.
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Feb 23, 2009 -
By Glenn Kessler
The Washington Post
updated 2:44 a.m. CT, Mon., Feb. 23, 2009
BEIJING - Hillary Rodham Clinton's blunt and unadorned style of diplomacy has been evident throughout her first trip as secretary of state the past week in Asia.
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Jan 26, 2009 -
The Associated Press
updated 1:07 p.m. CT, Mon., Jan. 26, 2009
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's top spokesman says the administration's new U.N.
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Nov 11, 2009 -
Abandoned Under Obama
By Heather Robinson on 11.10.09 @ 6:09AM
Earlier this month, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, a self-described "Muslim Zionist," traveled to the U.S. to address audiences in New York City and at Yale University. Publisher of the largest English-language weekly newspaper in Bangladesh, Choudhury has been jailed, beaten, nearly blinded, and is now on trial for his life for his reporting, and for his pro-American, pro-Israeli views.
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Aug 03, 2009 -
Swiss push for meeting with U.S. hikers detained in Iran
(CNN) -- Swiss diplomats are trying to meet with three American hikers being held in Iran, the Swiss Embassy in Tehran said Monday.
The embassy would not say whether Iranian authorities had responded to their request or if diplomats had met the Americans.
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May 20, 2009 -
Why the U.S. should listen to India’s voters
By: Michael Barone
Voters queue up at a polling station to vote in Moradabad, India, Wednesday, May 13. Millions of Indian voters headed to the polls to pick a new parliament in the final phase of the country's month long national election.
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Oct 20, 2009 -
Obama’s Moral-Leadership Balloon Crashes
Realpolitik and misplaced faith in diplomacy keeps trumping human rights.
By Mona Charen
The world thinks better of the United States, we are told, because Barack Obama is in the White House. Maybe the world is wrong.
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Oct 14, 2009 -
By Cliff Kincaid | October 12, 2009
Accuracy in Media
Some pro-life Catholics are acting shocked that the Vatican warmly greeted the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama, who is pro-abortion. They don't seem to understand that the Vatican and Obama agree on most major international issues. This is the untold story-how Obama and the Vatican accept major ingredients of what has been called a New World Order.
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