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Obama Message to Allies: ‘You Can’t Trust Me’

November 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments

If an Associated Press report published early today is accurate, President-elect Barack Obama has sent a clear and disturbing message to U.S. allies around the world: “You can’t trust me.”
The report cites Obama foreign policy adviser Denis McDonough as saying Obama did not make a commitment to Polish President Lech Kaczynski regarding installation of a [...]

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Another ‘Test Administrator’ Enters the Classroom

November 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Soon after yesterday’s election results were announced, I reported that the test promised by Joe “We will be tested” Biden 16 days ago appears to have begun in Israel. This morning, another “test administrator” by the name of Dmitry Medvedev has entered the classroom that is this complicated world in which we live.
Associated Press is [...]

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Appointment of New Diplomat Hailed as ‘Brilliant’

September 5th, 2008 · No Comments

When I read in a Department of State news release this morning that Fran Drescher will be appointed the nation’s newest public diplomacy envoy Monday morning, I immediately surmised that Condoleezza Rice and her gang at the State Department had lost it. A few moments later, however, I realized the brilliance of such an appointment.
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Transcript: Rice Remarks En Route to Belgium

August 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offered remarks about the ongoing conflict between Russia and Georgia and other matters while aboard an aircraft en route to Brussels, Belgium today. Below is a transcript of both her comments and the question-and-answer session with reporters that followed:
SECRETARY RICE: Hello. Good morning, everyone. All right, well, welcome aboard. Can [...]

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