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Nobody Out-Novaked Novak

Richard Laermer | Posted 09.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Cnn, Richard Armitage, Fair Game, Cia, Crossfire, Valerie Plame, Cancer, Journalism, Robert Novak, Evans-Novak, Media News
Richard Laermer

Robert Novak was disliked by many -- liberals, mostly -- but he was a soldier, veteran, and a remarkable, unceasing journalist.

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Obama's Deepening AfPak Crisis

William Bradley | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

Read More: India, Pakistani Army, Britain, Turkey, Australia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kabul, Mumbai, Taliban, Islamabad, Nato, Pakistani Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, George W. Bush, Ashfaq Kayani, Dick Cheney, Karachi, Pervez Musharaff, Afpak, Richard Armitage, Colin Powell, Al Jazeera, World News
William Bradley

With the appropriate huzzahs for Obama's first 100 days still ringing in the air, his new AfPak strategy, for the linked crisis of Afghanistan and Pakistan, is already in deep trouble.

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Ryan Grim

Richard Armitage On Torture: I Should Have Resigned From Bush Administration (Video)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Armitage Resignation, Richard Armitage, Torture, Politics News

Richard Armitage, the second in command at the State Department under President Bush, told Al Jazeera English in an interview to be aired Thursday tha...

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Colin Powell for Middle East Envoy -- Dennis Ross for US Ambassador to Israel?

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dennis Ross, James Woolsey, Thomas Donilon, Colin Powell, Bob Gates, Palestine, Chuck Hagel, Hamas, Middle East Peace Process, Robert Satloff, Jim Jones, Barack Obama, Warren Christopher, Iran, Richard Armitage, Susan Rice, James Steinberg, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Gregory Craig, Richard Lugar, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Colin Powell could be the person asked to do the broad negotiating and arm twisting to achieve the Obama administration's foreign policy objectives with Iran and in Arab-Israel peace negotiations.

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My Vote Today: Barack Obama and Joe Biden

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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

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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Waving Goodbye to Bill Kristol, Colin Powell "Might" Endorse Obama

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Richard Armitage, Colin Powell, William Kristol, Barack Obama, Mike Allen, Politics News
Steve Clemons

I have no idea what General Powell might do with regard to his Meet the Press appearance on Sunday -- but I know that he's pondering something big.

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The Questions for Perot about McCain and Gambling

Gerald Posner | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain Ross Perot, Mccain Gambling Problem, Mccain Gambling Industry, John McCain, Richard Armitage, Ross Perot, 2008 Election, McCain Gambling, Gerald Posner, Mccain Gambling Debt, Politics News
Gerald Posner

In 1995, Ross Perot told me that McCain had a gambling problem and he had uncovered details that McCain was bailed out in the late 1980s from a big gambling debt by his wife, Cindy.

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When it Comes to Colin Powell, What is Bill Kristol Up To?

Steve Clemons | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Richard Armitage, Democratic National Convention, Steve Schmidt, Colin Powell, US-Russia Relations, Barack Obama, John McCain, Bill Kristol, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Bill Kristol and friends don't want interest-calculating negotiators and balanced, sensible, pragmatic realists like Colin Powell around McCain.

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Armitage: I Was Foolish To Leak Plame's CIA Identity

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Valerie Plame, Richard Armitage, Dick Armitage, Valerie Plame Wilson, CIA Leak, Politics News

Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said Sunday he was foolish to have revealed Valerie Plame's CIA identity. Armitage's acknowledgment...

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