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Jon Ward

Rick Perry's Failed Campaign Dissolves In Snipes At Ex-Bush Aide And Massive Bar Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Campaign 2012, Video, Karl Rove, Dave Carney, Rob Johnson, Rick Perry 2012, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Republican Presidential Primary, Karen Hughes, Joe Allbaugh, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Most unsuccessful political campaigns involve some measure of finger-pointing after they end. In Rick Perry's case, the back-stabbing be...

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Public Diplomacy: "Out" for the U.S., "In" Overseas?

John Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlotte Beers, Gastrodiplomacy, Michael Kaiser, Pentagon, Cultural Diplomacy, Jesse Helms, Smith-Mundt Act, Joseph Duffey, Modern Art, Cold War, China, Hasbara, Internet, Digital Media, People-to-People Exchanges, Bruce Gregory, Barry Zorthian, Soft Power, Marketing, Karen Hughes, Development, James Glassman, Nicholas Cull, Heritage Foundation, Business for Diplomatic Action, Edmund Gullion, Keith Reinhard, Kristin Lord, U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy, Propaganda, Engagement, Confucius Institutes, State Department, Jan Melissen, Matt Armstrong, Communism, Global War, Information, Ngos, Branding, Strategic Communications, India, George C. Marshall, Judith McHale, Kim ANdrew Elliott, Public Diplomacy, Usaid, Kenya, Paul Rockower, apps4africa, Louis Menand, International Broadcasting, End of History, World News
John Brown

China and India's public diplomacy activities have grown extensively in our new century, even as the United States is seemingly abandoning the foreign policy tool.

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Jason Linkins

Imam At Center Of 'Ground Zero Mosque' Controversy Assisted Bush-Era State Department With Outreach To Muslims

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ground Zero Mosque, Karen Hughes, George W. Bush, Liz Cheney, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Eat the Press, Politics News

The more you dig into the wild-eyed frenzy over the so-called "ground zero mosque" (by which, of course, I mean the "ground-zero mosque" that the Cord...

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Overhauling US Public Diplomacy Is like Beating a Dead Horse

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Iraqi Elections, Iraq, Peace, Alhurra, Bashar Al-Assad, Radio Sawa, Mithal Al-Alusi, Switzerland, fy2010 Budget, Moammar Gadhafi, Karen Hughes, Al Jazeera, Israel, Judith McHale, Public Diplomacy, James Glassman, Arabic TV, Senate, Syria, World News
Hussain Abdul-Hussain

"On March 6, the evening news on (Congress-funded Arabic TV) Alhurra labeled me as a Zionist agent," wrote Iraqi lawmaker Mithal Alusi, in an email to...

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Tea Partier Takes Texas Governor's Race By Storm

Jackson Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, James Baker, Gop, Karl Rove, Tea Party, Debra Medina, George W. Bush, Secession, Texas, Rick Perry, Karen Hughes, Prop 13, Republican Party, Kay Bailey Hutchison, California, Politics News
Jackson Williams

Two weeks ago, I wrote that the top Republican candidates for governor of Texas actually lost their nationally televised C-SPAN2 primary debate to a t...

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Where Are They Now?

Nick Turse | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karl Rove, Tom Ridge, Scott Mcclellan, Andrew Card, Michael Mukasey, Donald Rumsfeld, Ari Fleischer, John Yoo, Dick Cheney, Michael Chertoff, Bush Administration, Harriet Miers, Tommy Thompson, Henry Paulson, John Ashcroft, Karen Hughes, Alberto Gonzales, Politics News
Nick Turse

While times are tough for most Americans, one group is doing remarkably well. For former members of the Bush administration, the economic outlook remains bright and jobs are seemingly plentiful.

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Can America Change Hearts and Minds?

John Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business for Diplomacy Action, Propaganda, Karen Hughes, Pentagon, Judith McHale, Public Diplomacy, Politics News
John Brown

The Obama administration has finally selected an under-secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs: Judith McHale, a media and communications executive.

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Former Aide: Bush Feels "Joyful" And "Free"

Marc Ambinder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Speech, Hughes Obama, Karen Hughes, George Bush, President Bush, Karen Hughes Obama Speech, Obama Inauguration Speech, Politics News

On a panel this morning here at Atlantic's HQ, former Bush administration communications counselor Karen Hughes praised President Barack Obama's inaug...

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Bush's Magical Mystery Tour

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jack Abramoff, Elaine Chao, Karl Rove, Brownie, Margaret Spellings, Steven Griles, Michael Mukasey, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Christopher Cox, Victoria Clarke, Dirk Kempthorne, Bradley Scholzman, Karen Hughes, Harvey Pitt, Alberto Gonzales, Condi Rice, Dick Cheney, Rummy, Bush Legacy, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

To the bitter end, George W. Bush is proving to anybody willing to listen that he is not only the worst president in United States history but also just a horrible human being.

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Obama and the Kevin Bacon Game of Persecuting Muslims

Omid Safi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Council on American Islamic Relations, Islamic Society of North America, Muslim Student Association, John Hagee, Muslim Outreach, Condoleezza Rice, Karen Hughes, Mazen Asbahi, Rod Parsley, Barack Obama, Politics News
Omid Safi

By the logic of the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" game, every Muslim can be tied to another Muslim who can be tied to another Muslim who can be tied to... someone found not guilty of a crime.

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Paying Off Clinton's Debt: Not A Dime For Mark Penn

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colombia, Hillary Clinton, Karen Hughes, Corporate Power, Class Warfare, Mark Penn, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

Penn has hated everything about the movement for change long before he helped pilot the Clinton presidential campaign to disaster. Now he's teaming up with Karen Hughes in a "bi-partisan" effort.

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Mark Penn, Karen Hughes Team Up On Corporate Crisis Group

WSJ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Penn Burson-Marstellar, Mark Penn Karen Hughes, Burson-Marsteller, Clinton Strategist, Bush Adviser Karen Hughes, Bush Advisers, Hillary Clinton, Karen Hughes, Mark Penn, Clinton Campaign, Politics News

The Wall Street Journal reports (password req.): Two hard-charging political operatives are teaming up to create a bipartisan consulting organization...

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Karen Hughes Joins List Of Resigning Bush Admin Loyalists

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karen Hughes, Bush Administration, Bush Loyalist, Politics News

Karen Hughes, who led efforts to improve the U.S. image abroad and was one of President Bush's last remaining advisers from the close circle of Texas ...

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