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New year brings new faces to lead on U.S.-Cuba policy
To those who follow U.S.–Cuban relations closely, 2013 may be a box full of surprises. Who knows what is inside? Cuban officials are probably delighted with the nomination of Sen. John Kerry, D.–Mass., to be Secretary of State. Not since...Tags: Human Rights, George W. Bush, John Kerry, Freedom of the Press, Barack Obama
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Senate Republicans block U.N. disabilities treaty
This post has been updated, as indicated below.The Senate rejected a United Nations treaty aimed at banning discrimination against individuals with disabilities Tuesday, falling five votes short of the two-thirds needed in a 61-38 vote. The U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons With...Tags: Bob Dole, Geneva (Swiss Confederation), James Inhofe, John McCain, Elections
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Obama nominates John Kerry to be next secretary of State
This post has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details.WASHINGTON – President Obama nominated John F. Kerry, the five-term senator from Massachusetts, to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of State on Friday, choosing a longtime political ally who shares much of his foreign policy worldview and...Tags: Bashar Assad, Susan Rice, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, John McCain, Elections
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Rep. Schiff hails John Kerry nomination for secretary of state
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on Friday hailed President Obama’s decision to nominate Sen. John Kerry -- the longtime Massachusetts senator -- to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state. Kerry, 69, has chaired the Senate Foreign...
Tags: Adam Schiff, Google+, John Kerry, United Nations, Susan Rice
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Dispute over Rice obscures more significant questions
For weeks, Republicans have directed criticism over the Obama administration's handling of the terrorist attack that killed U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens at an official who seemingly had little to do with the fatal lack of security in Benghazi - U.N....Tags: Government, Lindsey O. Graham, Human Rights, Talk Shows (genre), Crime, Law and Justice
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Sens. Corker, Collins join in critiques of Susan Rice
WASHINGTON -- Two moderate Republican senators joined in criticism of Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, after private meetings with her, in another setback for her hopes to be nominated as secretary of State. Sens. Bob Corker (R-...
Tags: Susan Collins, Lindsey O. Graham, Bob Corker, Susan Rice, Terrorism
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Ambassador to Syria keeps profile low in Bolton Hill
When the violence in Syria began spinning out of control last year, the Obama administration made the unusual decision to bring its ambassador to the troubled country home.
And for Ambassador Robert Ford, coming home has long meant returning to...Tags: Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Bashar Assad, Johns Hopkins University, U.S. Embassy, National Government
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Candidates seek foreign policy edge in third debate
WASHINGTON -- Still neck-and-neck after all these months, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney head into their third and final debate with each man eager to project an aura of personal strength and leadership while raising doubts about the steadiness and...Tags: Paul Ryan, Bob Schieffer, Elections, Iran, Mitt Romney
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The tea party is helping Democrats
WASHINGTON -- There are those who say the tea party is fading in influence, but nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the movement is on the cusp of achieving what once seemed nearly impossible: keeping the Senate Democratic. A year ago,...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Tea Party Movement, Elections, Parties and Movements, Claire McCaskill
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Ryan prepares to take on skilled debater Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — To prepare for his biggest test yet on the national stage, untested debater Paul Ryan has been hauling two thick briefing books around the country and intently studying up on Vice President Joe Biden, who has been sparring over...
Tags: Government, ABC (tv network), Paul Ryan, Sarah Palin, John McCain
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Romney's bizarre neo-con dalliance
Its candidate having blundered into unfamiliar foreign-policy territory by accusing President Barack Obama of apologizing in the current Mideast crisis, the Romney campaign has now bizarrely compounded the political misstep by throwing more fuel on the...
Tags: Condoleezza Rice, Elections, Mitt Romney, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney
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Obama condemns attack that killed envoy, 3 others
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama vowed Wednesday the United States would "work with the Libyan government to bring to justice" those who killed U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in an attack on the consulate in...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Embassy, Saudi Arabia, Islam, Muammar Gaddafi
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