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The Texas Politics (and Tennis) Tour

Jake Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lloyd Bentsen, James Baker, Politics, Karl Rove, George H.W. Bush, Lbj, Texas, Henry Cisneros, Texas Monthly, Terquasquicentennial, Barbara Jordan, Travel News

If you are planning a trip to Texas, consider stopping at these seven places where defining political moments happened.

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Live from Sundance 2011: Day 4

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Images -- political and otherwise -- often have only the most tenuous relationship with reality. As it happened, that idea was a significant factor in several of the films I saw at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday.

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Kyl Stops START -- A Rhyming Rant

Jim Parry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, James Baker, Start Treaty, Obama, Henry Kissinger, Iran Nuclear Program, Jon Kyl, Gop, Start, Politics News

You know Senator Kyl -- he is out to kill START 'Cause the GOP thinks it would be really smart For Obama to lose once again. No success for the Pres! ...

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Time for Obama to Throw a Hard Left

Jim Neal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gop, Deficit, Tea Party, Lgbt, Dadt, DREAM Act, Obama, Kyl, Start Treaty, Plouffe, Jim Neal, Henry Kissinger, Brent Scowcroft, Bush, Reagan, James Baker, Lame-Duck Session, Tax Cuts, Politics News

On Saturday, the president answered a question regarding Republican intransigence on ratification of the START Treaty by rambling on and never delivering a punch. "God," I thought, "is he really going to continue down this path?"

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You Can't 'Smile Israel Into Peace'

Greg Barrett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, James Baker, Israeli Settlements, Middle East, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, World News

The solution to the Middle East is so simple that only talking heads and heads of state can muck it up. It goes like this: Follow the rules. That's it.

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George W. Bush as One of the Greatest Presidents of All Time?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

It's easy to reflect back and consider just how close George Bush came to historical greatness, yet how far he swung away from that unparalleled opportunity to instead be considered one of the worst presidents ever.

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A Security Test for the GOP

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senator Chuck Hagel, Heritage Foundation, Missiles, Ronald Reagan, Gary Hart, John Bolton, Brent Scowcroft, Mitt Romney, New Start Treaty, Barack Obama, James Baker, Military, Nuclear Weapons, Robert Gates, National Security, Start Treaty, Politics News

America's military is solidly behind the new security treaty that cuts Russia's nuclear weapons. Is the Republican Party? The test comes Thursday when senators have to choose: Back the military or play politics?

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No Tea Parties for "Bibi"

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's arrival in Washington shortly after President Barack Obama's victory on health care reform had both symbolic significance and practical implications for the Likud leader.

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Lobo Reverses Stance on Honduran Coup

Daniel Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dana Rohrabacher, James Baker, Latin America, Otto Reich, Mary O'Grady, Honduras, Jim Demint, Porfirio Lobo, Honduras Truth Commission, World News

Last week, Honduran President Porfirio Lobo Sosa publicly acknowledged that the expulsion of President Manuel Zelaya from the country on June 28, 2009...

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Dems, Running Scared

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Quimbley D. Democrat is looking over his shoulder. This makes doing his job rather more difficult than it ought to be.

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Tea Partier Takes Texas Governor's Race By Storm

Jackson Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Freeze the Settlement Freeze

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Baker, Israeli Settlements, Clinton, Palestinian, Abbas, President Abbas, Fatah, Obama, Jewish, World News

Israelis understand that the only reality in politics is the reality on the ground. So long as Israeli soldiers control the occupied territories, the idea of a settlement freeze will not take root. I

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Obama Should Remember James Baker When In Cairo: Roger Cohen

nytimes.com | ROGER COHEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Mideast Trip, Cairo, Egypt, Roger Cohen, Obama Egypt, Obama Cairo, Roger Cohen Obama, James Baker, World News

NEW YORK -- I hope President Obama has been reading James Baker in preparation for his speech Thursday to the Muslim world. It was in the time of the ...

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James Baker Backs Reinstating The Draft

US News And World Report | Paul Bedard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Charlie Rangel, Congress's lone champion of reinstating the military draft, can count on another Korean War-era vet for support: Republican James...

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Obama's Rugged Week

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Is Geithner's plan another bailout to Wall Street? Or is it needed pragmatism to work with a deeply troubled, farcically entitled though still necessary private financial sector?

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James Baker Punches George Bush in the Face with New War Proposal

Jackson Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War Powers Act, Warren Christopher, James Baker, Iraq, National War Powers Commission, Scott Mcclellan, George W. Bush, George Bush, Ann Richards, Texas Rangers Baseball Team, Politics News

James Baker has joined his nemesis in recommending a stunning new piece of federal legislation -- a law designed to rein in future presidents who want to go to war half-cocked.

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Obama Meeting James Baker And Warren Christopher, Chairmen of War Powers Commission

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama will meet tomorrow with Warren Christopher and James Baker, the chairmen of the War Powers Commission, according to a release sent out by...

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My Vote Today: Barack Obama and Joe Biden

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brent Scowcroft, James Baker, John McCain, Richard Armitage, Joe Biden, Colin Powell, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News

I want a fresh run at getting America back on track to restoring health and solvency to its national security and economic portfolios. To my regret, McCain and Palin are not up to these challenges.

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Landslide Needed

Norman MacAfee | Posted 05.25.2011

We need a landslide. If 80 percent of the population think the country is on the wrong track, why can't we have an election where 80 percent vote for Barack and 20 for McCain?

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Former Secretaries Of State: Scrap War Powers Resolution

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, James Baker, Congress Iraq War, War Powers, War Powers Resolution, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The next time the president goes to war, Congress should be consulted and vote on whether it agrees, according to a bipartisan stud...

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Bush Calls Mugabe "Undemocratic"

Michael Carmichael | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Justin Frank, Jeremy Rosner, John Bolton, Dick Morris, Carlos Maria Aznar, National Endowment for Democracy, James Carville, Mark Penn, John Roberts, James Baker, Felipe Calderon, Anders Rasmussen, Katherine Harris, Silvio Berlusconi, Viktor Yuschenko, Aleksandr Yukashenko, Angela Merkel, Alvaro Uribe, Mark Mellman, Robert Mugabe, Jeb Bush, Usaid, Rob Allyn, Happiness, Politics News

As a former advisor to Morgan Tsvangirai, I want to offer observations on the recent attempt by President Bush to appear less despotic than the reviled president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe.

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Al Gore Was Right

Jane Smiley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Al Gore, Supreme Court, James Baker, Recount, HBO's Recount, Gore vs. Bush, Politics News

HBO's Recount shows that if the bullies had not gotten their way, then the Republicans would have obstructed the operation of Gore's administration and the nation would have been destroyed from the inside.

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James Baker: Talking To An Enemy Is Not Appeasement

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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A clip of former Secretary of State James Baker has been making the rounds recently, as a result of the current 'appeasement' debate between John McCa...

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Second Baker-Hamilton Waiting On Baker

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Study Group, James Baker, Baker-Hamilton, Lee Hamilton, Baker Hamilton Study Group, War in Iraq, Politics News

The Iraq Study Group might get a second go-round. Legislation pushed by Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.), which is now law, directs the U.S. Institute of Peace...

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