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Obama Swiftboats Van Jones

Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

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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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Pennsylvania Avenue Pairs: Obamas Not The Only White House Couple (PHOTOS)

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 09.11.2009 | Style

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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 05.15.2009 | Politics

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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 04.02.2009 | World

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 03.02.2009 | Media

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, 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 03.02.2009 | Politics

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

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Obama Holds Secret Foreign Policy Dinner, Escaping Bubble

Foreign Policy | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

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At a quiet dinner meeting late last week in Washington's Ronald Reagan Building, President-elect Obama reached out to outside foreign-policy experts, ...

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Doug Bandow: Obama Should Rethink Humanitarian Intervention

Antiwar.com | Posted 01.12.2009 | World

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War seems so simple. Take the tragic case of Zimbabwe, suffering under the odious Robert Mugabe. The economy is collapsing; people are starving; disea...

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This (Old) News Just In... Obama Doesn't Plan to End the Iraq Occupation

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Study Group, Iraq War, Samantha Power, Susan Rice, Private Contractors, Richard Danzig, Blackwater Iraq, Iraq Occupation, New York Times, Iraq, Residual Force, Barack Obama, Colin Kahl, Anti-War, Obama Iraq Withdrawal, Iraq Withdrawal, Obama Iraq, Politics News

Some people seem to just now be waking up to the fact that Obama never had a comprehensive plan to fully end the occupation. Obama never defined "ending the war" as removing all U.S. forces from Iraq.

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Global Media Debate Hillary Selection

James Freedman | Posted 01.02.2009 | World

World Editorial Roundup for December 2, 2008.

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Obama's Uninspiring National Security Team

Lionel Beehner | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

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Obama's familiar-looking team of national security fixer-uppers does not inspire confidence. Nor do his vague answers to detailed questions on specific policies.

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Samantha Power Working On Obama's State Department Transition Team

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — An adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign who was forced to resign earlier this year after calling Sen. Hillary Rodham Cli...

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

Abigail Pesta | Posted 05.11.2009 | Style

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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Dear Mr. Almost President

Bob Starks | Posted 11.22.2008 | Chicago

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Mr. Almost President, it is time for you to give serious consideration to the concerns that have been expressed by the leadership of the African-American community.

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Monocle Presents Its Dream Cabinet

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 10.23.2008 | Media

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Monocle, the international briefing on current affairs, recently put together its recommendations for the next President's ideal cabinet. In a vide...

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The Greatest Thing I Have Seen At This Convention

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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What a great thing to see! Walking out of my first trip to the convention floor (exciting!) across a sunny pavilion, I see two people in bright blue O...

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Diplomat's Legacy: Samantha Power And Others On Vieira De Mello

Washington Independent | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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Five years ago today, a massive truck bomb detonated at the U.N. compound in Baghdad, killing 23 people. Among them was Sergio Vieira de Mello, the U....

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Netroots Nation Diggs Pelosi, Tubes Obama

Ari Melber | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mybo, Ari Melber, Digg, Get Fisa Right, Nancy Pelosi, Surveillance, Joe Rospars, Spying, Chris Hughes, Social Network Activism, Youtube Politics, Samantha Power, Netroots Nation, Barack Obama, Blog, Mybarackobama, Msm, Wes Clark, Fisa, nn08, Paul Krugman, Sns, Politics News

Three years ago, web activists were undeniable outcasts in Democratic politics and no bar outside of Berkeley could spell "netroots." Now, the movement has an open line to every player in the party.

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The War Pundits: Sam Power, McJoan, Danner, Mitchell

Ari Melber | Posted 07.25.2008 | Media

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By relying too heavily on government sources from one party, most pre-Iraq war coverage misstated the threat and drastically underplayed opposition to the war among experts, political elites, and the general public.

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Message to Graduates: "Be a Good Ancestor"

Samantha Power | Posted 06.05.2008 | Living

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My generation and our predecessors haven't been responsible caretakers. But you can be. Be resilient. Find friends who have your back. And above all, be a good ancestor. You can. And you must.

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Clinton and Obama Silence On Winter Soldier Divides Progressives

Christine Escobar | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home

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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have yet to acknowledge the Iraq withdrawal plan crafted by members of their own party, and it appears there is little pressure from the press to question them on it.

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Samantha Power On The Colbert Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Samantha Power is a Pulitzer Prize winning author and foreign policy expert who specializes in human rights and is a tireless fighter against genocide...

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Dowd: You Can't Be Elected President Unless You Prove You're Tough

New York Times | Maureen Dowd | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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I was covered in barbecue sauce, somewhere over Texas, when Barack Obama loped down the aisle of the plane to chat with reporters. I felt guilty, be...

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Tucker To Journalist That Got Power Fired: "It's A Little Much Being Lectured On Journalistic Ethics By Someone From The Scotsman"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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WOW: Today Tucker Carlson welcomed (er, "welcomed") British journalist Gerri Peev — aka "The Scot Heard 'Round The World" thanks to today's ince...

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Samantha Power: From Obama Asset To Campaign Casualty

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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In early 2005, Samantha Power was working on a follow up to her Pulitzer Prize winning book ""A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide," w...

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