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PHOTO: 'The Hobbit' Reveals Its New Stars

Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: The Hobbit, Richard Armitage, Martin Freeman Bilbo Baggins, Martin Freeman the Hobbit, The Hobbit Dwarves, Richard Armitage Thorin Oakenshield, Lord of the Rings, Martin Freeman, Gandalf, Peter Jackson the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Celebrity News

While it was Elijah Wood, as Frodo Baggins, and his little furry-footed friends that led the adventure in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, the great q...

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An Unsanitized Look at the Origins of the Iraq War

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paul Wolfowitz, President George W. Bush, Douglas Feith, Bill Clinton, Colin Powell, John Bolton, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, Iraq Occupation, Pnac, Dick Cheney, Msnbc, Pope John Paul, Cnn, Iraq WMD, Richard Armitage, Saddam Hussein, Peter Rodman, Iraq War, Fox News, Baghdad, Richard Perle, William Schneider, Dov Zakheim, Zalmay Khalilzad, Iraq Liberation Act, Elliot Abrams, Project for a New American Century, Neo-Conservatives, Neo-Cons, Paula Dobriansky, Karen Kwiatkowski, Politics News

The debacle in Iraq is not merely a result of errors in planning or poor decision-making. Soldiers are still risking their lives every day in Iraq, "combat" or no "combat," and many more will die for this policy our neo-con leaders handed down to us.

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Nobody Out-Novaked Novak

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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 05.25.2011

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

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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 05.25.2011

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

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 05.25.2011

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

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 05.25.2011

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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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