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Chris Matthews' Race Problem

Mark Joseph | Posted 09.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Baseball, President Obama, Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater, Hardball, Health Care Protesters, Canada, Chris Matthews, Alan Keyes, Msnbc, Apple Pie, Panama Canal, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Birthers, Racism, Mom, Hawaii, Chester Arthur, John McCain, Media News
Mark Joseph

Every night, Chris Matthews raises race as the reason President Obama is encountering so much opposition. But he's wrong. And though he may not intend it, he's the one who is injecting race into these debates.

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Honduras... The Big Backstory

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

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Eric Ehrmann

The White House denounced the action in Honduras as "illegal." But that call requires Washington to cut off all but humanitarian aid and could jeopardize the big Soto Cano base outside Tegucigalpa.

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Obama's Panama Opportunity

Gary Shapiro | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer-Electronics-Association, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Ron Kirk, Colombia Trade Agreement, Gary Shapiro, Exports, President Obama, Colombia, Protectionism, Barack Obama, International Trade, Summit of the Americas, Panama Trade Agreement, Buy American, Free Trade, Panama Canal, Panama, Stimulus Package, Business News
Gary Shapiro

President Barack Obama will soon be making his first trip to Latin America to attend the Summit of the Americas. This visit is an important opportunit...

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Obama's New Power Troika Faces Crises Old and New

William Bradley | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Caribbean, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Pakistan, Latin America, Robert Gates, Joe Biden, Iran, James Jones, Taliban, Vladimir Putin, Panama Canal, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, George W. Bush, Obama's Cabinet, Colin Powell, Dick Cheney, Islamic Jihadism, Donald Rumsfeld, Hillary Clinton, Dmitri Medvedev, Ukraine, Politics News
William Bradley

It may well be that General Jones, in what is frequently the geopolitical catbird seat as Obama's National Security Advisor, will emerge as the most influential figure of the new national security power troika.

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Russian Warship To Cross Panama Canal In Symbolic Message To US

AP | JUAN ZAMORANO | Posted 01.03.2009 | World

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PANAMA CITY, Panama — Russia said Wednesday it is sending a warship through the Panama Canal for the first time since World War II, a short jour...

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