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Keep Al Qaeda in Our Crosshairs

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Iran, Al Qaeda, Kabul, George Will, Baitullah Mehsud, Pakistan, Pakistan Taliban, Obama, Afghanistan, Democrats, Fata, Mccrystal, World News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Obama has a very tough decision to make: whether or not to accept the troop level increase recommendation from his field commanders under mounting pressure from some prominent Congressional Democrats to reject it.

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Katrina vanden Heuvel vs. Dan Abrams: "Don't Lecture Me!" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 08.29.2009 | Media

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Katrina vanden Heuvel and Dan Abrams engaged in a testy exchange Wednesday morning on MSNBC that had Abrams telling the Nation editor, "Don't lecture ...

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Ask the President

Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Ask the President, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, The Nation, Ari Melber, Obama Transparency, Politics News
Katrina vanden Heuvel

Barack Obama's pledged to make his administration "the most open and transparent in history." This week we are launching a new project to continue that effort: "Ask the President."

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The Sex Appeal of Congressional Oversight Hearings

ZP Heller | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Russ Feingold, War, Bernie Sanders, Congressional Oversight Hearings, Tom Hayden, Rethink Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Politics News
ZP Heller

Where is the public outcry for congressional oversight hearings on the war in Afghanistan? Congress won't call for oversight hearings until we make them.

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Lugar Calls for a "Return to Realism" on Cuba

Steve Clemons | Posted 03.24.2009 | World

Read More: Cuba Embargo, Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, US-Cuba Relations, National Interest, US Foreign Policy, Raul Castro, Hillary Clinton, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Carl Meacham, Realism, Richard Luar, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, World News
Steve Clemons

For US-Cuba policy junkies, Lugar's report is pretty breathtaking in its indictment of decades of American failure in trying to adjust Cuba's national government's behavior via sanctions and an embargo.

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Shoot First, Ask Questions Later? Say It Ain't So, Mr. President

Tom Andrews | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Troops, Department of Defense, Military, National Security, Afghanistan, Taliban, Barack Obama, Counterinsurgency, Al Qaeda, Politics News
Tom Andrews

We hope that this early display of shoot first, ask questions later will be an anomaly for the new administration.

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7 Days: FDR = Obama? Alter, Huffington, vanden Heuvel & Green Discuss and Compare Their Transitions, Nov. 15, 2008

Mark Green | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: 7 Days in America, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Obama Transition, Mark Green, Arianna Huffington, Politics News
Mark Green

Nov. 4 didn't create a progressive realignment, only the opportunity for one. To achieve a real realignment, like 1890 or 1932, what would now have to happen?

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A Center-Left Agenda for the First 100 Days

Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Barack Obama, Reproductive Rights, Obama First 100 Days, Obama Policy, Bush Executive Orders, Energy Policy, Global Warming, Torture, President Obama, Obama Administration, Obama Priorities, Obama Presidency, Obama Issues, 100 Days, Politics News
Katrina vanden Heuvel

Working overtime, the Inside-the-Beltway Punditocracy continues to reveal its ability to ignore reality with its claims that this is still a center-right nation, despite all evidence to the contrary.

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Last week I took on Michelle Bachmann -- Now the Red-Baiting Rep. Might Lose Her Job

Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

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Katrina vanden Heuvel

The backlash to Bachmann's (and McCain-Palin's) politics of fear is reason for hope, and it also looks as though it might lead to this right-wing ideologue's well-deserved defeat in November.

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McCain Undone By Affect And Temperament
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The Media Consortium | Posted 11.16.2008 | Home

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The Media Consortium

Special Debate Edition In the much-anticipated final presidential debate of the 2008 campaign season, the man who landed the greatest number of punch...

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An Open Letter to Barack Obama

Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

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Katrina vanden Heuvel

Many progressive supporters of Obama are urging him in a new open letter to stand firm on the principles he so compellingly articulated in his successful primary fight.

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7 Days: Kerry on Obama, McCain, Iraq & Flip-Flopping with Huffington, Vanden Heuvel and Green

Mark Green | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Phil Gramm, John McCain, Phil Gramm Mental Recession, Grassroots, John Kerry Flip Flop, Iran, 2008 Election, Arianna Huffington, Barack Obama, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Obama FISA, John Kerry, John McCain and Phil Gramm, Iraq, Obama Flip Flop, Politics News
Mark Green

John Kerry on Obama's platform: "People on our side of the fence have just got to wake up to realize that, you know, you're not going to agree with somebody one hundred percent of the time."

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Jason Linkins

Sunday Pundits Allude To Coming False Obama 'Flip-Flop' Accusation

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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So, where is the angry and unhinged right poised to mount their next attack on Obama? Obviously, it won't be on an economic issue - Obama is running ...

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Obama's Win: How it Will Change the Leadership and Future of the Democratic Party

Rob Kall | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dailykos, Ed Rendell, Firedoglake, Markos Moulitsas, Ned Lamont, Joe Trippi, Obama, Dlc, Dnc, Democratic Party, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Patrick Murphy, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Rob Kall

The end Clintonian control of the Democratic Party will be a time with many opportunities for people and organizations to jump into the openings in the power hierarchy that is forming.

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Bill Clinton's "Macaca" Moment

Dave Winer | Posted 06.11.2008 | Media

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Dave Winer

There's too much control of the political process by the press, and that's too easily manipulated by the candidates. We'll see that play out in the fall as press favorites, Obama and McCain, compete.

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