Posted January 25, 2012 | 01/25/12 12:54 PM ET
Last night, I attended the White House's State of the Union "tweet up," a gathering of a couple hundred new media addicts at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. We watched an "enhanced" version of the speech with all sorts of graphs and graphics, though I was...
13 Comments | Posted January 10, 2012 | 01/10/12 05:09 PM ET
I sat down with Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's Executive Committee, at her Ramallah office. We shared a plate of "healthy stuff," fresh fruits and vegetables -- in contrast to the cigarette smoke-filled rooms of the Palestinian Authority's headquarters, the Muqata -- and discussed the PLO's...
Posted November 30, 2011 | 11/30/11 01:23 PM ET
Following 10 months of popular protests calling for his resignation, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed an agreement last week to transfer power to his vice president. It's unlikely, though, that a piece of paper will bring a peaceful transition to this beleaguered Arabian Peninsula state.
Secretary of State Hillary...
Posted November 16, 2011 | 11/16/11 12:43 PM ET
By now you've heard that French President Nicholas Sarkozy -- without realizing that his microphone was live -- called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "a liar," at last week's G20 summit, according to reports.
Most Israelis would agree.
A full
Posted February 2, 2012 | 02/02/12 11:01 PM ET