Arturo Valenzuela

Arturo Valenzuela Confirmed as Asst. Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Lemieux, Latin America, Honduras, Jim Demint, Cuba, Thomas Shannon, Arturo Valenzuela, Western Hemisphere, Manuel Zelaya, Politics News
Steve Clemons

After a long, messy battle between Senator Jim DeMint and the Obama administration, Senator DeMint removed his holds on two key administration appointees.

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Senator LeMieux On Wrong Track with anti-Cuba Political Action Committee and State Department Hold

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

Read More: Dan Restrepo, Honduras, US-Cuba Relations, Thomas Donilon, Us Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Arturo Valenzuela, George Lemieux, Cuba, Jim Demint, Us-Cuba Democracy Pac, Thomas Shannon, Foreign Policy, World News
Steve Clemons

Kind of sad when you see a Freshman US Senator get appointed and immediately hijacked by lobbying groups who have deeply parochial interests that run against the nation's.

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Giving Aaron Schock a Pass on Honduras and DeMint

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Aaron Schock, Mitch McConnell, Latin America, John Kerry, Jim Demint, Manuel Zelaya, Honduras Coup, Arturo Valenzuela, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Foreign Affairs, Chicago News
Steve Clemons

I suspect that Rep. Schock is going down to check out what is real and what is not in the mess of the Honduras coup and its aftermath -- but Jim DeMint is going down to "meddle."

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