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Obama's War: The Next Best Steps in Afghanistan?

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

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Patricia DeGennaro

Both military and civilian leaders need to revisit their management and cooperation efforts, and better define their "jobs" if any progress is to be made.

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Teflon Dick: How Cheney Uses Media For Protection

Linda Milazzo | Posted 12.03.2009 | Media

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Linda Milazzo

Dick Cheney has committed unconstrained, and as yet unprosecuted offenses, that include circumventing the Constitution and lying the nation into war.

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The Hollywood Connection in U.S.-India Relations

Richard F. Celeste | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

Read More: New Delhi, Indian Politics, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, President Barack Obama, President Obama, India, Bollywood, Hollywood, Strategic Relationships, World News
Richard F. Celeste

For all the glamor attached to Hollywood and Bollywood in their home countries, their potential in fostering bilateral ties has been scarcely appreciated. But the entertainment sector can be a foreign policy connection.

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Obama Gets 11-Dimensional Chess Win; Epic Fail for Media, GOP

Matt Osborne | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

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Matt Osborne

The Republican strategy of delay escalated their misfortune; their "tea party" movement is a great, big Teabagger Fail, and the media's credibility is shot right along with them.

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President Obama's Answers to My Questions

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

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Yoani Sanchez

I submitted seven questions to the American president, Barack Obama. He kindly took the time to respond; following are the answers I received from the White House.

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President Obama: Don't Lecture China on Censorship

Dave Lindorff | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

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Dave Lindorff

The president himself has gone to court to prevent the release of photographs of US troops torturing captives in Iraq, Afghanistan and at Guantanamo. Talk about censorship!

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Why Europe Feels Rejected By Obama

New York Times | JOHN VINOCUR | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

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Why would an American president not come to a celebration marking the fall of the Berlin Wall, and with it, the triumphant end of the Cold War -- one ...

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Sport at the Annenberg Space for Photography: It's Not Manila But It's a Thrilla

Joel Epstein | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Meadowlands, President Barack Obama, Annenberg Space for Photography, Yogi Berra, Sport, Los Angeles, Sports Illustrated, Sport: Iooss & Leifer, New York Giants, Creative Artists Agency, Sarah Palin, New York Jets, Red Bull, Annenberg Foundation, Mets, New York Knicks, Entertainment News
Joel Epstein

Simply put, the Annenberg Space for Photography is outstanding and is a must see for anyone coming to Los Angeles or for the gazillion locals who already call it home.

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Veteran's Day: Share Your Stories And Memories

Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Veteran's Day commemorates the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, when an armistice signaling the end of World War I des...

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The Night They Brought Old Dixie Back

Linda R. Monk, J.D. | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Virginia, Politics, President Barack Obama, Obama Mississippi, Breaking Politics News, Obama Virginia, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News
Linda R. Monk, J.D.

The Republicans are resurgent, at least for now. It's going to be a hard slog in 2010 and 2012 to keep the grassroots fervor alive -- and the funding to sustain it. In Virginia, we are just plain tired.

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The "Goldilocks Principle" and Afghan War Options

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

General McChrystal's recommendation for more troops and material has a distinctly Westmorelandian flavor to it. If approved, it could create an additional $40 to$80 billion per annum in war costs.

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You Can't Lend Charisma

Leighann Lord | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics

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Leighann Lord

Maybe Barack didn't campaign harder for Thompson because, deep down, he knew it wouldn't do any good.

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Mr. President: I Challenge You To Quit!

Sadie Nardini | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

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Sadie Nardini

Mr. President, I'm sure your stress levels are unbelievable. Yet, if you want to help create change we can believe in, then you must stop bumming cigarettes. I know you've done it, and may do it again.

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Africa's Seat at the Table

President Abdoulaye Wade | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

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President Abdoulaye Wade

Battling global warming, the economic crisis, food and energy shortages, and AIDS and malaria requires co-partners, not post-colonial relationships.

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The Wrath of Suburbanites and Independents

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

The election results show that no incumbent governor (or incumbent party) can escape the wrath of an electorate that continues to bleed while it watches tax dollars squandered on foreign wars and Wall Street fat cats.

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A New Foreign Policy: Hillary Clinton Targets Pakistan

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

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Mayhill Fowler

Hillary Clinton's three-day visit to Islamabad and Lahore, which began inauspiciously on the day of the terrorist attacks, was widely derided in the Pakistani press and cursorily covered here at home.

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My Exclusive Interview with Ken Guest -- Journalist/Analyst on Afghanistan (Part 2)

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 11.26.2009 | World

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Kathleen Wells, J.D.

The path out of the Afghan quagmire lies in making the Afghan tribes the cutting blade of the strategy, not the US forces or the Afghan National Army.

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WATCH: The Scariest White House Halloween Costume

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 10.29.2009 | Comedy

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Matthew Filipowicz

With Halloween just around the corner, some folks in the White House are getting into the spooky spirit. Namely, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

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President Obama: Afghanistan Needs More Than a Military Solution

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

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Patricia DeGennaro

The news media has an annoying tendency to focus on the symptoms, not the disease.

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An Open Letter: Dear Mr. President, We Need the Public Option

Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

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Dr. Johnny Benjamin

If you provide the American people with a competitive public option, the American people will keep the insurance industry in check. We will force them with our premium payments to treat us fairly.

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The First Couple -- Like Us, Only Better

Wendy Sachs | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: New York Times, Michelle Obama, The Obamas, Barack Obama, Celebrities, President Barack Obama, Sasha and Malia Obama, Obama Health Care, Living News
Wendy Sachs

They are the quintessential power couple. Parents of young children, they are attractive, athletic, romantic, charismatic, exotic, and trying to save the world one organic garden at a time.

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On Not Having Kids -- Because You Don't Want Them to Grow Up in a "Communist" Country

Colin Delany | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

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Colin Delany

Somehow it came up that her own son and his wife were reluctant to have children, which in itself is nothing unusual, but their reason blew my folks' minds: it was because they didn't want their kids to grow up in a "communist" country.

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Gillibrand Talks "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Gay Rights

gaycitynews.com | Paul Schnidler | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York

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"For himself, I think, he's going to take all the time he believes he needs in order to be successful, because it's all about being successful." Thos...

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The Shape of Things to Come: War before Peace in the Mideast

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bush Administration, Middle East, Larry David, Reality-Based Community, President Barack Obama, Realpolitik, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Moshe Dayan, Israel, Anwar Sadat, World News
Leon T. Hadar

The current status-quo in the Middle East must be disturbed before conditions are right for the next round of Middle East diplomacy.

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Nancy Pelosi's Political Balancing Act

Sherry Bebitch Jeffe | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

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Sherry Bebitch Jeffe

Pelosi's first priority is to maintain her speakership, and that means protecting her Democratic majority through the 2010 elections -- even if it means bucking her own party's president.

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