Month: January 2009

Open Thread

The last thing you want in a peace negotiator is even-handedness. God forbid.

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Hillary Confirmed

Hillary Clinton was just confirmed as Secretary of State. Only Diaper Dave Vitter (R-LA) and Jim DeMint (R-SC) voted against her. We can expect to hear who Clinton’s replacement in the Senate will be before the weekend....

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America’s Mountaintop Moment

“Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter with me now. Because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would...

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Obama’s First Foreign Call to Abbas

Well, isn’t this a good sign? JERUSALEM (AFP) — President Barack Obama plunged straight into the Middle East conflict on his first day in office calling the Palestinian president on Wednesday after the last Israeli soldier...

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