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World to Obama: Thanks for Giving Us Back Our America

Rebecca Novick | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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Rebecca Novick

It's the immigrants who really know the fragility of liberty; how it can be won and lost, and won and lost again. For them freedom is not a parade. It's a flower in a storm.

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What it Means to Be American

Josh Ruxin | Posted 02.20.2009 | World

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Josh Ruxin

I'd like to go back to Rwanda or Kenya or Ethiopia on Jan. 20. I could point to the TV and say: "Look. Listen. This is what it means to be American."

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Proud in Paris!

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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Vivian Norris de Montaigu

The reasons why I left the U.S. have now been replaced with reasons why I want to be back there. I did not recognize my government for eight years. Now it begins to make sense again.

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Pay Attention: Americans Who Live Abroad Are Still Americans

Beth Arnold | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

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Beth Arnold

The fact that some of us Americans don't live within our country's borders doesn't make us less American. In this time of unifying America, accept your cousins who don't live at home.

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Waiting for Obama

Kate Southwood | Posted 01.29.2009 | Style

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Kate Southwood

I've lived in Oslo for eleven years and, although I've rarely feared for my physical safety as an American abroad, I've taken pains not to advertise my citizenship.

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Welcome to Paris

Jessica Roy | Posted 10.30.2008 | Style

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Jessica Roy

Upon landing in Paris I promptly realized that everything was different; even small things, like strange-tasting toothpaste and a startling lack of tofu.

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Mobilizing The Growing Democrats Abroad Movement

K.J. Dwyer | Posted 10.29.2008 | Home

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K.J. Dwyer

There are now roughly 6.6 million Americans living abroad; the number of national delegates now at 22. Expats have voted for Obama by a two to one margin.

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Note From Abroad: Spaniards See A Toss Up

Bryan Galvan | Posted 08.13.2008 | Home

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Bryan Galvan

MADRID -- In the wake of the "Obamania" that followed the Illinois senator through the Middle East and Europe, it's surprising that many here still se...

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Woe Is Me Signals McCain

Beth Arnold | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

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Beth Arnold

The fact that the majority of the rest of the world shares the viewpoint that Obama is the best -- candidate for the U.S. presidency is only icing on our nation's cake.

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