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What the Neocons Don't Get about Freedom

Mike Signer | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Charles Krauthammer, Iran Election, Demagogue, Freedom, Neocons, Democracy, Democracy Promotion, Jonah Goldberg, Barack Obama, State Department, Politics News
Mike Signer

A key aspect of constitutionalism is that it begins and ends with the people, rather than rhetoric, institutions, or leaders. Thus the genius of Obama's policy of actual democracy promotion.

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Hondurans Resist Coup, Will Need Help From Other Countries

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras Crisis, Honduras Coup, World Condemnation of Honduras Coup, Latin America, Central America, Obama Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Honduras, Honduras Zelaya, Manuel Zelaya Honduras, State Department, Barack Obama, Military Coup, Foreign Policy, World News
Mark Weisbrot

It is clear that Hondurans won't be getting any help from the United States, so the rest of the world will have to scream bloody murder about the violence and repression going on there.

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Reuters, AP Legitimize Honduran Coup Regime as "Interim Government"

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.07.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras Coup, Reuters, Associated Press, Honduras, New York Times, Washington Post, Diplomacy, State Department, Foreign Policy, World News
Robert Naiman

Are those wielding power in Honduras today a "de facto" government, or are they an "interim" or "caretaker" government?

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A Modest Proposal for Garrisoned Lands

Chalmers Johnson | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

Read More: Peshawar, Afghanistan, Miliary Base, Pakistan, State Department, World News
Chalmers Johnson

While it may be comforting for State Department employees to know that they have some protection, they will now be part of an in-your-face American imperial presence.

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Latin America Drags a Reluctant Washington Into Supporting Democracy in Honduras

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 07.01.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras Coup, Latin America, Latin America Policy, Manuel Zelaya, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Honduras, Organization of American States, State Department, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, World News
Mark Weisbrot

Why such reluctance to openly call for the immediate and unconditional return of an elected president, as the rest of the hemisphere and the United Nations has done?

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Obama Announces Special Envoy To Muslim World

CNN | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: State Department Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Islam, State Department, President Barack Obama, Muslim World, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Muslims, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Farah Pandith, Politics News

The Obama administration continued its outreach to the Muslim world Wednesday, introducing a new special envoy for Islamic relations tasked with impro...

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Ashton Kutcher Tweets For Obama

Politico | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Reid Cherlin, White House, Twitter, State Department, Ashton Kutcher Twitter, Iran, National HIV Testing Day, Ashton Kutcher, Politics News

If you're a regular reader of Ashton Kutcher's Twitter feed (and you very well may be, as the actor and prankster has over 2.5 million followers), you...

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Somalia's "State" of Emergency An International Affair

Andrew Belonsky | Posted 06.25.2009 | World

Read More: Religion, Islam, Al-Qaeda, Pakistan, Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Pirates, Al Shabaab, Siad Barre Yemen, Terrorism, State Department, Kenya, State of Emergency, World News, World News
Andrew Belonsky

Somalis are given two alluring choices: join the Islamists' fight or head to the high seas. There's no state to either welcome them or be aligned with.

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White House Rescinds July Fourth Invites For Iran Diplomats

AP | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Gibbs, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Ira Elections, Fourth of July, Iran Diplomacy, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Obama, President Obama, Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, State Department, Politics News

WASHINGTON — An offer for Iranian envoys to attend U.S. embassy Fourth of July parties has been rescinded as the violent crackdown in Tehran con...

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Obama Nominee Moves Forward After GOP Hold Forces Dems To Take Anti-Filibuster Measure

The Washington Independant | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Yale Law School, Cloture, Obama Nominee, John Bolto, Dean Koh, George Bush, Obama, Harold Koh, Harold Koh Nominee for State Department Legal Advisor, Harry Reid, Richard Lugar, State Department, John Bellinger, Glenn Beck, Jim Demint, Politics News

On Monday, nearly four months after President Obama nominated Harold Koh to become legal adviser to the State Department, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) fil...

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Clinton Cancels Overseas Travel Due To Arm Injury

Associated Press | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Greece, State Department, Clinton, Clinton Arm Injury, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, William Burns, Clinton Injury, Italy, Europe, Politics News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is canceling plans to attend international meetings in Italy and Greece this week as she ...

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Intelligence Bureaucracy, Not Clinton 'Wall,' Caused Intelligence Failures, Says Declassified 9/11 Commission Report

Frank Naif | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nsa, Intelligence, Right Wing Media, Joe Scarborough, Central Intelligence Agency, Conservatives, Cia, Counterterrorism, 9/11, Fbi, 9/11 Commission, Right Wing, Declassified Documents, State Department, Politics News
Frank Naif

Different parts of the government had important clues about the 9/11 attacks well in advance, but didn't share them with intelligence or law enforcement units that could have acted on them.

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Iraq Refugees Look to President's Lincoln and Obama

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

Read More: Iraqi Refugees, Iraq Refugees, Department of Defense, United Nations, President Obama, War in Iraq, Barack Obama, State Department, Iraq War, Iraq Veterans, Iraqi Refugees in Jordan, Middle East, Abraham Lincoln, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, World-Refugee-Day, Iraq, Refugees, Refugee Crisis, Iraqi Refugees in Syria, All for Good, World News
Luis Carlos Montalván

Why is there still no US-formulated "international strategic plan" to deal with the world's largest refugee crisis caused when our nation invaded Iraq over 6 years ago? On World Refugee Day, we can do better.

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Twitter, It's Time To Grow Up

Rachel Sklar | Posted 06.19.2009 | Media

Read More: State Department Iran, Iran, Twittering, Twitter, State Department Twitter, Iran Election, State Department, State Department Iran Twitter, Media News
Rachel Sklar

And part of growing up means figuring out how to make money.

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Sen. Kyl Puts Hold On State Dept. Nominees

Foreign Policy | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russia, State Department Nominees, Start Treaty, Senator Kyl, President Obama, Obama Administration, Obama, John Kyl, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Kerry, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, State Department, Kyl, Harry Reid, Politics News

All State Department nominees are on hold, some Hill and other sources tell The Cable. A congressional source says that Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) put a hol...

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Same Old Counterspy Failures Evident in Cuba Spy Case

Frank Naif | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Intelligence, US-Cuba Relations, National Security, Fbi, Counterintelligence, Riggs Bank, Espionage, Cuba, State Department, Politics News
Frank Naif

Will US security officials ever fix their broken spy catching system?

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Twitter Essential Tool for Iranian Election News: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer June 17, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 06.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Twitter, President Obama, Martha University, Charlie Gibson, Iran, Mediabytes, Election, Senate, Shelly Palmer, Fcc, State Department, Hand Set, Wireless, Exclusivity, Tehran, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Media News, Owen Van Natta, Abc, Health Reform, News, Myspace, Media News
Shelly Palmer

The State Department asked Twitter to delay a "critical network upgrade" scheduled for yesterday in order for civilian reporters in Tehran to use th...

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State Dept. Spoke To Twitter About Keeping Iran Online

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 06.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Iran Elections, Twitter, Iran Twitter, State Department, Obama, President Obama, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The State Department this week asked Twitter to postpone a scheduled maintenance shutdown of its service to keep information flowin...

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Dennis Ross To Be Relieved Of Iran Post: Haaretz

Haaretz | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Middle Eaast, Dennis Ross, State Department, Obama Administration, Middle East, Middle East Envoy, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Israel, Politics News

Dennis Ross, who most recently served as a special State Department envoy to Iran, will abruptly be relieved of his duties, sources in Washington told...

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"Join Us, Mr. President!!!"

Laurence Leamer | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tim Shriver, Foreign Aid, Peace Corps, Michelle Obama, State Department, Shriver, Federal Budget, Obama, Harris Wofford, Sargent Shriver, Budget Bill, Barack Obama, Appropriaitions, Politics News
Laurence Leamer

The son of the founder of the Peace Corps leading our march was one of the most powerful acts of political symbolism I have ever seen.

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How A US Passport Is Made (VIDEO)

Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, How to Make a Us Passport, Us Passport Video, State Department, Passport, Politics News

From the State Department's YouTube channel: "Under Secretary for Management Patrick F. Kennedy and State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack discuss ...

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Clinton Says Release Of Detainee Photos Could Endanger U.S. Diplomats

The Plum Line | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator Leahy, Obama Photos, Detainee Photos, State Department, Clinton, Terrorism, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Enhanced Interrogations, Interrogations Photos, Patrick Leahy, Hillary Clinton, Politics News

I noted here yesterday that at a press conference, Senator Lindsey Graham disclosed that Hillary Clinton had privately confided to him that she worrie...

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If Love Could Have Saved Him He Would Not Have Died

Michael Jones | Posted 06.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Iraq, State Department, Iraq War, Public Service, Paul Fussel, Terry Barnich, Iraq Deaths, Illinois Commerce Commission, Chicago News
Michael Jones

Terry Barnich volunteered to serve his country. He went to Iraq. Not as a soldier, but as part of the State Department, to help Iraq become a successful democracy.

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Alleged Cuban Spies Given Praise From Castro

The Independent | Stephen Foley | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

Read More: Cuban Spies, State Department, State Department Cuban Spy, Walter Kendall Myers, Cuban Spy, Fidel Castro, Cuba, Gwendolyn Myers, Russia, Britain, China, Iraq, Castro on Cuban Spies, Fidel Castro Cuba, Cuban Spies, June 8, 2009, Cia Cuban Spy Meyer, Fidel Castro Elderly Spies, World News

He is said to have been the subject of some cartoonish plots over the years, from poisoned ice cream, mines disguised as sea shells and, of course, ex...

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21st Century Statecraft: Texting for Swat Valley Refugee Assistance

Craig Newmark | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: State Department, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Swat Valley, Pakistan, Politics News
Craig Newmark

In Pakistan's Swat Valley, nearly 2.4 million people have fled their homes after rejecting the violence of the Taliban, and hundreds of thousands now...

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