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Why John Kerry wants airstrikes against Syria
Tuesday, shortly after I posted a column on Secretary of State John Kerry's push to have the White House approve U.S. strikes on Syrian airfields — and how Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey pushed back strongly against the idea — I...Tags: Samantha Power, Barack Obama, Armed Conflicts, Marketing, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Secretary of State promises fight wherever 'homophobia raises its ugly frightened head'
The U.S. Department of State is committing to fighting homophobia and is looking for new ways it can protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens in countries around the world, including within the United States, Secretary John...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Career and Workplace, Social Issues, Barack Obama, Labor Legislation
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U.S. senators seek review of spending in Honduras
MEXICO CITY -- Alarmed by what they call troubling reports of human rights atrocities in Honduras, 21 U.S. senators are calling on the Obama administration to review how U.S. money is being spent in support of possibly abusive security forces. In a...
Tags: Political Corruption, Justice and Rights, Murder, Honduras, Freedom of the Press
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Israeli politician says two-state solution is at a 'dead end'
JERUSALEM — The idea of a Palestinian state is at a "dead end," the Mideast conflict is an intractable problem and Israel has "to live with it," Israel's economy minister said Monday in some of the bluntest comments yet by a member of the country'...
Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama, Palestinian National Authority, Politics, West Bank
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Doyle McManus: Obama appointment signals activist foreign policy
The appointment of Susan Rice as national security adviser sends an important signal about the kind of foreign policy President Obama wants to pursue for the remainder of his second term: activist, assertive, occasionally even pugnacious. With three...Tags: Barack Obama, Iran's Nuclear Program, Armed Conflicts, George W. Bush, Tehran (Iran)
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A call for peace. Will we answer?
Who would have thought that the Obama administration at this time would put a full-court press on both the Israelis and the Palestinians to resume serious peace negotiations? Secretary of State John Kerry has been to Israel every month since assuming...Tags: Peace Negotiations, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Judaism, Barack Obama, Religion and Belief
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Envoy appointed to shut down prison at Guantanamo
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Monday that it had chosen a longtime Washington attorney who has worked in both Democratic and Republican administrations to find a way to close down the prison at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay,...
Tags: Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Politics, George H.W. Bush, Justice System, Yemen
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Iranians' desire for change fueled presidential upset
TEHRAN — The stunning landslide election of Hassan Rowhani as Iran's next president highlighted a deep frustration among many Iranians about the direction of their country, especially an economy marred by skyrocketing prices, stagnant salaries and...
Tags: Hasan Rowhani, Science and Technology, Politics, Iran's Nuclear Program, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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Getting U.S. weapons to Syria rebels will take weeks
WASHINGTON — Delivering weapons and ammunition to beleaguered Syrian rebels will take weeks, White House officials acknowledged Friday as the administration's decision to supply arms set off a debate about how far, and how fast, President Obama's...
Tags: Military Equipment, Rebellions, Barack Obama, Central Intelligence Agency, George W. Bush
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Warren and Cruz: principled or polarizing?
Who is the face of American liberalism? Who is the face of American conservatism? In Washington politics and on social media these days, the king and queen of "base" politics are two freshman U.S senators — Texas' Ted Cruz for conservatives and...Tags: Occupy Wall Street, Barack Obama, Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Conservative Political Action Conference
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Syria's Assad crossed 'red line.' What's Obama's next move?
Rarely has a military escalation been so exquisitely gradual. President Obama has been calling for Syria’s President Bashar Assad to surrender power for almost two years. Last year, he proclaimed a “red line,” a prohibition against...
Tags: White House, Hillary Clinton, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Security Agency, John McCain
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Democrats seek to avoid repeat of 2010 loss in Massachusetts
WASHINGTON — Desperate to avoid another Massachusetts special-election debacle, Democrats are pulling out all the stops for Rep. Edward J. Markey in the contest to keep the Senate seat formerly held by Secretary of State John F. Kerry in...
Tags: Gun Control, Political Candidates, Barack Obama, Social Issues, Elizabeth Warren
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