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Which Style of Diplomacy Might Hillary Employ?

January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Which style of diplomacy might Secretary of State Hillary Clinton use while globetrotting on behalf of President Barack Obama — the one she displayed yesterday at Foggy Bottom or the less-refined “blue streak” form she reserves for more private conversations? Not a profane word was used yesterday when the former first lady stood in front [...]

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Leader of Group Linked to Terror Will Deliver Inauguration Day Prayer at National Cathedral

January 15th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Ingrid Mattson, the first woman president of the Islamic Society of North America, will offer a prayer at the National Cathedral on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20.  It’s newsworthy, because her organization has admitted to having ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas and was, according to Jihad Watch, an unindicted co-conspirator in the same Hamas [...]

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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. [...]

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Were Five Targets Added to Strike List in Iran?

August 12th, 2008 · No Comments

A news release issued by the State Department today makes it appear to me that the United States and/or Israel might be one step closer to taking action that ensures IRAN won’t soon have the capability of producing a nuclear weapon(s): Treasury Designation of Iranian Entities for Proliferation Activities Today, the Department of the Treasury [...]

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Democratic Uprising in Burma 20-Year-Old Memory

August 8th, 2008 · No Comments

A few minutes ago, the media folks at the State Department sent me this reminder about the 20th anniversary of the democratic uprising in Burma, the country know known as Myanmar. I took glee in the fact that it’s release happened to coincide with opening day of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Could it [...]

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State Department Warns China-Bound Americans

March 21st, 2008 · No Comments

The U.S. State Department posted a new fact sheet today that contains ominous warnings for American citizens planning to travel to Beijing later this year for the XXIXth Olympic Summer Games and the Beijing Paralympic Summer Games which will take place Aug 8-24 and Sept. 6-17, respectively. Two of the more-serious warnings appear beneath the [...]

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