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Militarization of the Mothers: You've Come a Long Way, Baby, from Mother's Day for Peace

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Mother's Day for Peace, Atrocity Prevention Board, Samantha Power, Susan Rice, Most Powerful Women, Condoleezza Rice, Humanitarian Intervention, Libya, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Mothers Day, Secretary of State, Condi Rice, Madeleine Albright, Julia Ward Howe, Video, Politics News

Feminist war hawks don't want to talk about the women and children victims of war--or even count them--any more than their male counterparts.

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Obama To Target Foreign Nationals’ Use Of New Technologies

The Washington Post | Scott Wilson | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Cellphone Technology, Social Media, Samantha Power, National Intelligence Estimate, Rights Violations, Human Rights Abuses, Barack Obama, Foreign Nationals, Crackdown on Dissent, Technology News

President Obama will issue an executive order Monday that will allow U.S. officials for the first time to impose sanctions against foreign nationals f...

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Obama Waives Penalties On Countries That Employ Child Soldiers – Again

Foreign Policy | Josh Rogin | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Yemen, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Samantha Power, Ban Against Child Soldiers, Chad, Child Soldiers, Dan Baer, Child Soldiers Protection Act, Jo Becker, South Sudan, Politics News

President Barack Obama has decided to waive almost all the legally mandated penalties for countries that use child soldiers and provide those countrie...

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17 Smart Books You Must Read This Summer

Lisa Bloom | Posted 09.13.2011

How do you find great books to read? Here's a reading list of books that will stir you, provoke you, keep you up at night and make you late for work, and get your grey matter sizzling.

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Samantha Power Is Right

Steve Kettmann | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Iphone, Samantha Power, Technology, Occidental College, Blackberry, Multitasking, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Social Media, Technology News

Samantha Power was a key influence on Barack Obama during the period when he was still in the Senate. She issued a challenge in May: Use technology, but do not let it use you.

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Beyond Realism and Idealism: Explaining Obama's Shifting Middle East Policy

Ty McCormick | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Samantha Power, Egypt Revolution, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Libya Protests, Libya War, World News

All this talk of dithering and deference would be interesting if it didn't confuse realism with isolationism while also misidentifying the point at which Obama's foreign policy began to tack away from its early "realist" positions.

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Samantha Power Clarifies Her Comments on Israel

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Samantha Power, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, Politics News

There have been minor comments by Samantha Power that have been interpreted as hostile to Israel, but those interpretations rely on a false assumption. Power is a heroic defender of Israel.

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Behind One Former Congressman's 'Private Mission' To Libya

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Video, Qaddafi Weldon, Nato Libya, Weldon Libya, Libya Unrest, Saif Gaddafi, Curt Weldon Libya, Libya, Libya News, Samantha Power, Curt Weldon, Muammar Gaddafi, Obama Libya, Libya Opposition, Libya Protests, World News

NEW YORK -- Former U.S. Congressman Curt Weldon, currently in Tripoli on a self- described "private mission" to urge Muammar Gaddafi to step down, has...

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Goldstone's Apology and Samantha Power's Problem with Israel

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Samantha Power, Israel, Goldstone Report, Richard Goldstone, World News

It's clear that with his most recent ramblings the description 'respected international jurist' will never again be appended to Richard Goldstone. But much more troubling are the comments now being attributed to Samantha Power.

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Obama Moved at Warp Speed on Libya

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.30.2011

While President Obama has been criticized by many on the political left and right for moving too slowly in reacting to Libya, there is simply no truth to the notion that he dragged his heels in orchestrating action there. The decisions made by the White House on Libya, whether one liked or disliked those decisions, happened at an incredible rate. Obama has changed the dynamics of response to potential and real mass human tragedy.

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Cagey Obama -- He Waited and Waited, Then He Struck With Fury Against the Baddest Barbary Pirate of Them All

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Rwanda, Hillary, Samantha Power, Gadaffi, Granada, Libya, Lockerbie, Obama, Benghazi, Barbary Pirates, Pan Am 103, Politics News

Speak softly and carry a big stick. Twenty four hours after a start to bombing in Libya and it was all but over. A week later and we are handing the mop up operations to NATO and the Europeans.

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Specter of Past African Genocides Haunts U.S. in Sudan

Joe Lauria | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South Sudan, Samantha Power, Omar Al-Bashir, Susan Rice, John Kerry, Darfur, Genocide, Sudan, Joe Biden, Madeleine Albright, Rwanda, Sudan-Referendum, World News

U.S. incentives to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir seem to have backed him off from the threat of renewed war and mass killings in the south, at least for now.

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US Needs to Look Behind Indonesia's Successes

Sara Schonhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Samantha Power, Indonesia, Barack Obama, Papua, World News

By being too supportive of what has been called democracy's shinning light in Southeast Asia, the United States effectively gives Indonesia a free pass against human rights abuses and intolerance.

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The Politics of Genocide

Dan Kovalik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Genocide, Indigenous, Darfur, Colombia, Iraq, Civil Rights, Afro-Colombians, Samantha Power, Kyrgyzstan, World News

In their new book, The Politics of Genocide, Edward Herman and David Peterson document the double standard used by the U.S. government, mass media and intellectual community in labeling particular events as "genocide."

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Sergio and the Role of the United Nations in the 21st Century

Vijaya Ramachandran | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Samantha Power, Sergio Vieira De Mello, United Nations, World News

Sergio, which premiered on HBO this month, is the story of Sergio Vieira de Mello, an extraordinary public servant who died in the 2003 bombing of the UN headquarters in Iraq.

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Human Rights Leader Samantha Power on the Life of a United Nations Icon

John Prendergast | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Samantha Power, Human Rights, Iraq, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, World News

This post by the Enough Project's Laura Heaton originally appeared on Change.org's Human Rights blog. If Samantha Power -- who was a Pulitzer Prize-w...

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International Women's Day: 11 Women Who Are Changing The World (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Today is International Women's Day. March 8 is set aside to commemorate the achievements of women in politics, science and social change. At HuffPost...

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Sergio: A Must-See Documentary

Arianna Huffington | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: James Bond, Sergio, Sergio De Mello, Samantha Power, Shadow Elite, Documentary, Oscars, Bobby Kennedy, Entertainment News

This week I wrote about our latest Book Club pick, Shadow Elite, which documents the poisonous effect the rise of a "transnational" class of elites has had on our democracy. Today I want to give you an antidote: Sergio is a powerful and deeply moving documentary I recently saw that tracks the remarkable life -- and tragic death in Iraq at the hands of a suicide bomber -- of UN envoy Sergio de Mello, one of the greatest (albeit least heralded) peacemakers of the 20th century. Described as "a cross between James Bond and Bobby Kennedy," he spent his life trying to end conflicts in the world's most dangerous places. Based on a book by Samantha Power, the film has been short-listed for the Best Documentary Oscar. So add it to your Netflix queue. And if you happen to be a member of the Academy, vote for Sergio!

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The Year in Women: The Good, Bad, and Iffy

Abigail Pesta | Posted 05.25.2011

2008 was the year that women took it on the chin. Even human punchline Paris Hilton had a laugh at the expense of John McCain, who'd famously likened Obama's celebrity to hers.

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Obama Swiftboats Van Jones

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Contractors, Fox News, Humanitarian, Green Jobs, Darfur, War, Drug Companies, Progressives, Private Insurers, Swiftboat, Drones, Van Jones, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Civilians, Howard Dean, Samantha Power, Mercenaries, Chris Wallace, Vietnam, Tim Geithner, Woodstock, Genocide, Afghanistan, Ryan Grim, Glenn Beck, Hillary Clinton, Treasury Secretary, Healthcare, Taking Woodstock, Countdown, Keith Olbermann, Msnbc, Politics News

Van Jones' resignation isn't a testament to the frenetic dry-drunk tirades of a delusional Fox employee. It is due to the Obama administration's failure to rightfully and necessarily defend a valuable member of its team.

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Obamas Are Not The Only White House Couple

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah Feinberg, Samantha Power, Anita Dunn, Obama PDA, Tommy Vietor, Bob Bauer, Dan Pfeiffer, Katie McCormick Lelyveld, Cass Sunstein, Slideshow, Style News

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama has more than one way of bringing people together: Just ask Cass and Samantha. Or Anita and Bob. Or Tommy and Katie. ...

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Obama Team Tells Jewish Leaders: UN Durban Text Crosses "Red Line"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama White House, Samantha Power, Conference Call, Power White House, Obama Durban Ii, Racism, Jewish Leaders, Israel, Obama Jewish Leaders, Durban Two, Durban Ii, Politics News

In a private conference call with Jewish leaders on Tuesday, the Obama White House reaffirmed that it has not decided to formally reengage negotiation...

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American Military Interventions In Post 9/11 World

Rana F. Sweis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy, War Refugees, Samantha Power, Human Rights, Rana Sweis, United Nation, Rebuilding, NGO's, American-Military-Intervention-Middle East, Iraq, Afghanistan, Responsibility to Protect, Thomas Weiss, Humanitarian Aid, American-Military-Involvement-Africa, War Wire, World News

A year after the September 11, 2001 attacks on Washington and New York, former President Bush's national security strategy was clear: US interests tri...

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Scritti Politti: January 30, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Phil Gingrey, Judd Gregg, Heritage Foundation, Mitch McConnell, Twitter, Lynn Sweet, Jim Demint, Commerce Department, Rush Limbaugh, Judd Gregg Commerce, Samantha Power, Economic Stimulus Package, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Media Blitz, Eat the Press, Media News

Well, you knew this was coming! From Lynn Sweet: I just chatted with Justin Herndon, one of the publicists who put together the media blitz for now ...

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Samantha Power Returns: Professor Who Slammed Clinton Will Be Obama Aide

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Samantha Power, Samantha Powers, Obama Samantha Power, National Security Council, Samantha Power Nsc, Samantha Power Returns, Nsc Samantha Power, Samantha Power Foreign Policy Aide, Samantha Power Appointed, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Samantha Power, the Harvard University professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who earned notoriety for calling Hillary Rodham ...

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