Susan Rice

President Obama Is a Friend of Israel

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: US-Israel Relations, Israel, Susan Rice, Leon Panetta, Iron Dome, Obama Israel, Barack Obama, Obama Israel Policy, President Obama, Middle East, Foreign Affairs, Politics News

If past is prologue, Americans -- both Jews and non-Jews -- devoted to and concerned about Israel can vote to reelect President Obama in November with an absolutely clear conscience.

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UN Ambassador Susan Rice: 'The Aim Is To End The Assad Regime'

HuffingtonPost.com | Clare Richardson | Posted 05.17.2012

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As the deadly crackdown by Bashar Assad's regime in Syria stretches into its 15th month and the death toll soars to more than 12,000 people, the Unite...

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Militarization of the Mothers: You've Come a Long Way, Baby, from Mother's Day for Peace

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Mother's Day for Peace, Atrocity Prevention Board, Samantha Power, Susan Rice, Most Powerful Women, Condoleezza Rice, Humanitarian Intervention, Libya, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Mothers Day, Secretary of State, Condi Rice, Madeleine Albright, Julia Ward Howe, Video, Politics News

Feminist war hawks don't want to talk about the women and children victims of war--or even count them--any more than their male counterparts.

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Is it Possible to Salvage the Faltering Syrian "Ceasefire"

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Syria, Syrian National Council, Al Qaeda, Turkey, Free Syrian Army, United Nations Security Council, Bash Al Assad, Arab League, Lebanon, Kofi Annan, Damascus, Susan Rice, Hama, Homs, Israel, Hillary Clinton, World News

An absence of imaginative, strategic diplomacy as the year-long crisis in Syria unfolded has caught the U.S. with dwindling options as the oxymoronic UN ceasefire collapses. Consequences abound as a result for U.S. interests across the region.

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Washington: Syria Promise Holds 'Little If Any Credibility'

Reuters | Posted 04.12.2012

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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, April 11 (Reuters) - The United States dismissed Syria's new pledge to halt all fighting by dawn ...

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President Obama: Join the Treaty to Ban Landmines

Human Rights Watch | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: United States, Susan Rice, Arms, Landmines, President Obama, World News

The United States should act on its recent condemnation of Syria's use of antipersonnel landmines by joining the international ban on these weapons.

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Sheila Johnson, Susan Rice Among ELLE Magazine's '10 Powerful Women in DC'

Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Sheila Johnson, Women's History Month, Susan Rice, Power-List, Elle Magazine, Black Voices News

From a political strategist to an award-winning journalist and an ambassador to the U.N., women have taken Washington, DC's political scene by storm. ...

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Kerry Warns Against Bombing Syria

AP | Posted 05.08.2012

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WASHINGTON — Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry said Thursday the violent crackdown by Bashar Assad's regime in Syria should...

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At AIPAC, Amb. Susan Rice Emerges As Pro-Israel Courter-In-Chief

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 03.06.2012

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WASHINGTON -- When President Barack Obama spoke at a pro-Israel conference here on Sunday, among his many goals was to offer a defense of his administ...

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400 Killed In Syria Over The Past 10 Days

AP | By MICHAEL ASTOR | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Syria News, B. Lynn Pascoe, Video, Susan Rice, Arab League, Arab Monitors, Syria Uprising, Bashar Ja'afari, Syria, Bashar Al-Assad, Violence in Syria, World News

UNITED NATIONS -- An estimated 400 people have been killed in Syria since an Arab League mission arrived in the country to monitor the uprising agains...

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How Many More Syrians Have to be Killed Before Russia and China Condemn the Syrian Regime?

Nehad Ismail | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Genocide, Syria Crimes Against Humanity, Syrian Regime, President Obama, Susan Rice, Arab Street, UN Human Rights Council, Russia, Human Rights Commissioner, China, Tartous Naval Base, Navi Pillay, International Criminal Court, World News

The UN Human rights High Commissioner Navi Pillay told the world on Monday that more than 5000 civilian have been killed by the Syrian security forces since March. At least 300 children have been killed.

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Syria Has Few Friends But UN Punitive Action Is Elusive

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 01.24.2012

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Will Turkey and others ensure that Syrian opposition forces have enough military support to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad? Suddenly, it's a fast moving saga.

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No More Mr. Nice Guy -- Europeans Force Vote on Syria at UN

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 12.05.2011

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Tuesday's proceedings showed divisions among Security Council members severe enough to be uttered in an open session. They also pointed to a future deadlock on Middle East issues as well as human rights violations elsewhere in the world.

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U.S. Takes Lonely Path In Opposing All Forms Of Palestinian Recognition

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 11.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- When Susan Rice, the American ambassador to the United Nations, appeared at a breakfast meeting with reporters here on Monday, it was ju...

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Libyan Victory Validates Obama Doctrine

Joe Cirincione | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Libya, Steve Clemons, Susan Rice, National Security, David Cameron, Neoconservatives, Hosni Mubarak, Obama National Security Team, Fareed Zakaria, Syria, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Nicolas Sarkozy, Victory, Politics News

The collapse of the Gaddafi regime firmly establishes the benefits of Obama's national security strategy over the failed war policies that preceded him -- and are still promoted by his critics.

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LOOK: Libya Rebels 'Thank' Obama, Cameron

Posted 10.22.2011

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As Libyans gathered early Monday morning to celebrate rebel advancement into Tripoli and the arrest of Seif al-Islam, Moammar Gaddafi's second eldest ...

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Susan Rice Fails To Show Up For Crucial UN Middle East Debate

Richard Grenell | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: UN Security Council, Susan Rice, Palestinian Statehood, Middle East, United Nations, World News

Does Rice think it's none of America's business if the UN recognizes a government that includes Hamas? Does Rice believe the UN should take up other statehood issues? Her silence confuses our allies and sends the wrong signals to the UN.

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US To Boycott Racism Conference At UN

AP | ANITA SNOW | Posted 08.01.2011

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UNITED NATIONS — The Obama administration said Wednesday it will boycott a world conference against racism being held at U.N. headquarters in Se...

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Sudan Violence Threatens To Upend Fragile Peace

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 07.24.2011

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Africa's largest country is on the verge of reigniting a conflict that killed hundreds of thousands of people and devastated the region over a decade....

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Kofi Annan Calls Obama's Libya Policy "Not Very Helpful"

Richard Grenell | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Libya, Lebanon, Arab Spring, Turkey, Susan Rice, Middle East Revolutions, Foreign Affairs, Brazil, United Nations, Kofi Annan, Barack Obama, Obama Libya Policy, North Korea, World News

When Barack Obama was running for president he committed to leading the United Nations and other countries towards a common global goal. Since becoming president, Obama has failed to convince the UN to follow his lead.

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Obama Moved at Warp Speed on Libya

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.30.2011

While President Obama has been criticized by many on the political left and right for moving too slowly in reacting to Libya, there is simply no truth to the notion that he dragged his heels in orchestrating action there. The decisions made by the White House on Libya, whether one liked or disliked those decisions, happened at an incredible rate. Obama has changed the dynamics of response to potential and real mass human tragedy.

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Memo to President Obama: Don't Stand in Sarkozy's Way in Libya

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the annals of Franco-U.S. relations, this is a rare moment indeed when the French can bail America out of an ill-conceived foreign intervention of its own making.

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Middle East Tensions Present Obama Administration With Unique Challenges

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- As Muammar Gaddafi’s forces race to crush the ragged remnants of the month-old Libyan rebellion with "no mercy,” the Obama administr...

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What's It Take for the UN to Allow a No-Fly Zone Over Libya?

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite moving quickly to impose punitive measures, diplomats say that the only way reluctant UN Security Council members might agree to military action in Libya is if the Arab League approves.

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Susan Rice Skips UN Meeting on Libya Violence

Richard Grenell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Libya, Susan Rice, Moammar Gadhafi, Libya Revolution, Libya Protests, Politics News

Missing the only United Nations Security Council meeting on the Middle East revolution was not Susan Rice's first absence from high profile UN business.

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