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Petraeus' Role In Drafting Benghazi Talking Points Raises Questions

The Washington Post | Scott Wilson and Karen DeYoung, | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics

The controversy over the Obama administration’s response to the Benghazi attack last year began at a meeting over coffee on Capitol Hill three days ...

Government Hands Terrorism Statistics Job To Academic Group

AP | MATTHEW LEE and LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The federal government has given the job of compiling statistics used by the State Department to analyze trends in global terrorism to a...

Review: Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails

Peter Van Buren | Posted 05.21.2013 | Books
Peter Van Buren

Coyne's book is a careful, detailed, academic answer to the real-world question surrounding U.S. reconstruction efforts: How is it possible that well-funded, expertly staffed and, at least rhetorically, well-intentioned humanitarian actions fail, often serially, as in Afghanistan?

The U.S. Perilously Ignores Island Conflicts in Asia

Donald Gross | Posted 05.21.2013 | World
Donald Gross

The fallout between the Philippines and Taiwan has been considerable, and recent events demonstrate that the United States ignores the disputes over the small islands in the South China and East China Seas at its peril.

Foreign Policy Begins at Home: Fact or Just Rhetoric?

Manjula Dissanayake | Posted 05.20.2013 | Politics
Manjula Dissanayake

I personally believe that the U.S. still has the capacity and the aspiration to remain the nation of opportunity for generations to come.

Monsanto and Other GM Firms Are Winning in the U.S. and Globally

Wenonah Hauter | Posted 05.20.2013 | Green
Wenonah Hauter

With a farm policy of "get big or get out" that only benefits big and increasingly consolidated companies, which wield unprecedented power over the market and put small and midsized farmers out of business, it's no accident that we're here.

Weiner's Wife Enjoyed Plum Arrangement While At State

The Huffington Post | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.20.2013 | Politics

Huma Abedin, longtime friend of the Clintons and wife of former Rep. Anthony Weiner, enjoyed an arrangement to work as an adviser in the State Departm...

Who Is Jay Carney Kidding?

Salon.com | Posted 05.16.2013 | Politics

During a press briefing on Tuesday, White House spokesperson Jay Carney mechanically repeated a line when asked about the Justice Department’s seizu...

Ryan Grim

OFAil: Obama Group Refuses To Push On Keystone

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.16.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Top officials from President Barack Obama's campaign arm, which was recently rechristened as Organizing for Action, are working to dampe...

Gay American Travelers: Your Government Has Your Back

Billy Kolber | Posted 05.16.2013 | Travel
Billy Kolber

There's never been a better time to be a gay traveler. The Bureau of Consular Affairs is making sure that U.S. citizens have access to accurate and current LGBT-specific information when planning overseas travel.

Hillary Was Right!!

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 05.14.2013 | Politics
Patricia DeGennaro

You heard it here, the former Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton was right. Like she said, "what does it matter?". What does matter is that the Congress is wasting our time and money rehashing rhetoric instead of reason.

Missing the Point of Talking Points

William Klein | Posted 05.13.2013 | Politics
William Klein

I've prepared kajillions of talking points for politicians, government officials and executives who need language that articulates their views in the best possible light. Consider it advertising in the form of speech.

Judging Public Diplomacy's Impact

Philip Seib | Posted 05.10.2013 | World
Philip Seib

John Kerry is working exceptionally hard to bring stability to the Middle East, but he will not be successful if he convinces only the region's political leaders to support his efforts. He needs the publics of the Arab countries and Israel to trust the United States and its peace proposals.

More Blather on Benghazigate

Dennis Jett | Posted 05.10.2013 | Politics
Dennis Jett

From the very first reports of the attack, Republicans have been trying to spin the story to maximize the damage to the president and to the most likely Democratic presidential candidate in 2016.

It's Time to Delist Cuba

Arturo Lopez Levy | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics
Arturo Lopez Levy

Characterizing Cuba as a terrorist state--and more generally implying that the island in any way poses any threat to U.S. security--hinders the United States' ability to develop a strategic vision for post-Fidel Cuba.

Jason Linkins

Benghazi Will Totally Be 'The Next Watergate' Unless It Isn't

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics

This week, your House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will bring us the latest in l'affaire Benghazi with a set of hearings titled "Exposing...

Kerry Aims To Sway Russia Against Syrian Regime

AP | BRADLEY KLAPPER | Posted 05.07.2013 | World

MOSCOW — The United States and Russia pledged Tuesday to set aside more than two years of differences over Syria's civil war, saying they'd conv...

This Department Won't See Furloughs

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.03.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Despite budget cuts requiring most federal agencies to furlough workers, the State Department says it will not have to force any of its ...

One Million Comments From Pipeline Opponents Show Momentum Building Against Keystone XL

Gene Karpinski | Posted 05.01.2013 | Green
Gene Karpinski

. The sheer number of comments is one of the clearest signs yet that momentum is building nationwide against this pipeline. It's easy to see why: The American people know that the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is all risk and no reward.

Big Oil's Yellow Submarine

Carl Pope | Posted 04.29.2013 | Green
Carl Pope

Every serious nation except the U.S. has an energy policy -- we need one. Obama's economic advisers appear not to want to even discuss the idea.

Ad: Arkansas Spill 'Just A Preview Of What's To Come'

The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 04.29.2013 | Green

WASHINGTON -- Environmental groups on Monday announced a new ad campaign that highlights ExxonMobil's massive oil spill in Arkansas last month. The ad...

'Green News Report' - April 23, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.23.2013 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport FACEBOOK: Green News Report The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'...

Lynne Peeples

Whose 'Facts' Decide Keystone XL?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 04.23.2013 | Green

Joe Oliver, Canada's minister of natural resources, is not shy about his support for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. And just like the increasingly...

After 5 Years, Is Obama Ready to Fill State Department Vacancy?

Joe Newman | Posted 04.22.2013 | Politics
Joe Newman

Secretary of State John Kerry says if it were up to him, the State Department would already have a permanent inspector general, a critical position that has been vacant for more than five years.

Diaspora Communities Count on Kerry to Uphold Clinton's Legacy

Karen Kashmanian Oates, Ph.D. | Posted 04.19.2013 | Politics
Karen Kashmanian Oates, Ph.D.

In her farewell remarks as Secretary earlier this year, Clinton she said there are now more than 1,500 diaspora communities from more than 190 countries and regions that regularly interact with the State Department and IdEA. That momentum is why it is so important for Secretary Kerry to continue this critical work.