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Cuba's Soft Power: Exporting Doctors Rather Than Revolution

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Bruno Rodriguez, Central America, Pakistan, United Nations, Henry Reeves Brigade, US Foreign Policy, China, Medical Diplomacy, Susan Rice, Smart Power, US-Cuba Relations, Embargo, Fidel Castro, Sichuan Earthquake, Kashmir, Soft Power, Cuba, World News
Steve Clemons

I would have encouraged Cuba's foreign minister to say that the embargo was an anachronism of the Cold War, has not achieved the goals the US had for it, and harmed both Cuban and US interests.

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Obama Gets Good Grades at the United Nations

Stephen Schlesinger | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Susan Rice, Barack Obama, Unesco, Goldstone Report, Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations, Obama One Year Later, Unicef, UN Security Council, World News
Stephen Schlesinger

Obama has compiled an extraordinary list of accomplishments already at the UN. Let's begin with his decision to appoint a new ambassador, Susan Rice, who actually believes in the UN.

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Cuba United Nations Vote Today: US Should Abstain

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Shultz, Susan Rice, Latin America, United Nations, Embargo, Brent Scowcroft, Israel, Cuba, Jim McGovern, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Increasing numbers of national security leaders of the likes of Brent Scowcroft and George Shultz have said that the US embargo of Cuba makes no sense and harms American interests.

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The Fierce Urgency of Implementation: Obama's New Sudan Policy

John Prendergast | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Susan Rice, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Sudan, J. Scott Gration Special Envoy, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, World News
John Prendergast

The U.S. must lead internationally in developing a coalition of countries that can help the people of Sudan find a just and sustainable peace, and the administration will be rightly evaluated by whether it meets its goals.

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Susan Rice: White House In "Intense Negotiations" With Iran (VIDEO)

Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Iran Negotiations, White House, Barack Obama, Susan Rice, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Nuclear Program, Politics News

***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** By STEVEN R. HURST, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - The White House said Sunday it sees signs of progress in confr...

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Glaring Omissions in Goldstone Report

State Rep. Julie Hamos | Posted 10.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Palestine, Susan Rice, United Nations Human Rights Council, Goldstone Report, Illinois General Assembly, Israel Defense Forces, Iran, Israel Gaza Operation, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Chicago News
State Rep. Julie Hamos

Where is the repudiation of Hamas' refusal to recognize the State of Israel? How can Israel negotiate for a two-state solution when one Palestinian partner is bent on its destruction?

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Update: Gaddafi Hijacks UN General Assembly Podium

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: Lockerbie Bomber, United Nations General Assembly, Susan Rice, United Nations, President Obama, Nicholas Sarkozy, New York, Gaddafi Text Speech Un, Qaddafi, UN General Assembly, World News Libyan Leader, Read More: Gaddafi, Qaddafi Un Speech, Gaddafi Speech at Un Video, Libya Speech, Gaddafi Un Speech, United Nations Gaddafi, Muammar El-Qaddafi, Gaddafi Un, Un Veto Power, World News
Evelyn Leopold

Only a few blocks from Broadway, Colonel Gaddafi rambled on for more than an hour and a half, tearing out pages of the U.N. Charter and shaking his hands in anger before the UN General Assembly.

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US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice on Karen Kornbluh's Impact on Obama Land

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Family Work Issues, Oecd, Susan Rice, Karen Kornbluh, Democratic Party Platform, Barack Obama, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Rice's comments were remarkable in what they conveyed about Kornbluh's impact on President Obama's policy course.

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Rice Advances the Obama Doctrine

Joe Cirincione | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unilateralism, Susan Rice, Robert Gates, Nuclear Weapons, Janet Napolitano, United Nations, President Obama, John Brennan, Hillary Clinton, UN Security Council, Nuclear Terrorism, 21st Century, Jim Jones, Multilateralism, Politics News
Joe Cirincione

The Obama Doctrine isn't naïve liberal internationalism. On the contrary, as Susan Rice explains, respect for multilateral institutions strengthens America's ability to protect and pursue its own interests.

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Excremental Change

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Incrementalism, Heartless Capitalism, Susan Rice, Switzerland Banks, North Korea Nuclear Program, Europe-Financial-Crisis, United Nations, Us Financial Crisis, Hillary Clinton, Caymen-Islands, Business News
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort

Excremental Change involves cleaning first the loopholes of the system and expelling all the dirt that is inside. Ask the Pirates of Heartless Capitalism where they hide and you will find the dirt.

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Obama Administration Seeks To Join U.N. Rights Of The Child Convention

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: United Nations, Un, Convention on the Rights of the Child, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Children's Rights, Children, Susan Rice, Susan Rice Un Ambassador, Barack Obama 2008, Obama, President Obama, Somalia, China, Politics News

UNITED NATIONS — The Obama administration is reviving efforts to have the United States sign onto a global children's rights treaty ratified by ...

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UN North Korea Stance "Unprecedented": Susan Rice

AP | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Un North Korea, White House North Korea, North Korea Sanctions, Susan Rice, United Nations, North Korea, Obama North Korea, Susan Rice North Korea, World News

WASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is praising the international body's newly-endorsed sanctions against North Korea in resp...

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North Korea U.N. Resolution: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Economic Sanctions, Uk, France, Ballistic-Missiles, Susan Rice, Nuclear Weapons, South Korea, North Korea Nuclear Program, Vitaly-Churkin, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, Russia, Nuclear Proliferation, Obama, Japan, North Korea, Un Resolution 1874 Text, Un Resolution North Korea, North Korea United Nations, Un Resolution 1874, North Korean Air Force, World News
Evelyn Leopold

The U.S.-drafted measure adopted in the U.N. is tougher than most against any one country and has the approval of China and Russia.

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Obama Asks Tamil Tigers To Surrender, Sri Lanka To Mind Civilians

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka Civil War, Obama Tamil Tigers, Obama Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Civilian Deaths, Sri Lanka Army, David Miliband, Red Cross, United Nations Security Council, Amnesty International, UN Security Council, Susan Rice, Human Rights Watch, Ban Ki-Moon, International Red Cross, Hillary Clinton, World News

President Obama, speaking this afternoon, made a direct statement to both the Tamil Tigers as well as the Sri Lankan government regarding the enduring...

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North Korea: UN Security Council Divided On Response

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: North Korea Nuclear Weapons, Russia, North Korea Missile Launch, France, United Kingdom, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, United States, Iran, Kim Jong Il, North Korea Missile Test, Susan Rice, North Korea Missile, Japan, North Korea, Advocacy, World News

Despite the initial hullabaloo that followed North Korea's Sunday test launch of a Taepodong-2 missile, the UN security council has so far failed to i...

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North Korea: What's Next? Ask China

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 05.06.2009 | World

Read More: United Nations Security Council, Susan Rice, China, North Korea Nuclear Program, North Korea Missile Test, North Korea, World News
Evelyn Leopold

Why did North Korea do it? One theory is to grab the attention of the Obama administration in an effort to garner direct talks and ties to Washington.

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J. Scott Gration: Special Envoy To Sudan

AP | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

Read More: Sudan, Darfur Sudan, Sudan Genocide, Genocide in Sudan, Omar Al-Bashir, Gration, J. Scott Gration, J. Scott Gration Special Envoy, Special Envoy to Darfur, Susan Rice, World News

WASHINGTON — A senior administration official says President Barack Obama has chosen retired Air Force Gen. J. Scott Gration to be a special env...

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Sudan Aid Crisis To Be Discussed By UN Security Council

Al Jazeera | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

Read More: Sudan Aid Ban, Susan Rice, Humanitarian Aid Sudan, Sudan Aid Organizations, Susan Rice Un, Sudan, Africa, Aid, Humanitarian Aid, UN Security Council, World News

The United Nations Security Council is to meet to discuss Sudan's decision to expel several aid groups from the country following the indictment of it...

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UN Racism Conference: US Pulling Out

Politico.com | Posted 03.30.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Susan Rice, United Nations, Durban, Un Racism Conference, Un World Conference on Racism, Durban Ii, Israel, Durban 2009, Durban Conference, Barack Obama, World News

White House aides told Jewish leaders on a conference call today that the United States will boycott the United Nations' World Conference on Racism ov...

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Iran Slams Obama Government At UN

news.yahoo.com | Louis Charbonneau | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

Read More: Susan Rice Iran, Iran, Susan Rice, Obama Iran, United Nations, Mohammad Khazaee, Iran Un, Yukio Takasu, Iran Comments United Nations, Islamic Republic of Iran, World News

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -- Iran went on the offensive against the Obama administration on Thursday, accusing Washington's new U.N. ambassador of maki...

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Clinton: Iran Must Choose Whether To Cooperate With West

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Diplomacy, Hillary Iran, Susan Rice Iran, Barack Obama, Susan Rice, Obama Iran, Obama Iran Talks, Iran Talks, Iran, Clinton Iran, Hillary Clinton, World News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's intent to change the direction of U.S. foreign policy gives Iran a "clear opportunity" to engage more prod...

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Darfur Is An "Ongoing Genocide:" Susan Rice

UN Dispatch | Mark Leon Goldberg | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

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I, for one, look forward to a new day in America's approach to the Darfur crisis. I'm encouraged by the fact that [Susan] Rice so clearly stated that ...

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Uh, No "Preconditions"?

Hooman Majd | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Diplomacy, Obama Iran, Susan Rice Barack Obama, Susan Rice, Susan Rice Un, Foreign Affairs, 100 Days, Iran, Diplomacy, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Iran Negotiations, Foreign Policy, World News
Hooman Majd

If the Obama administration is serious about working towards a solution to the Iran problem, it might want to reconsider its approach at the U.N.

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Susan Rice, Obama's UN Choice, Pledges To Reinvigorate America's Leadership At UN

Nytimes.com | NEIL MacFARQUHAR | Posted 02.15.2009 | World

Read More: Susan Rice Israel, Susan Rice Confirmation Hearings, Susan Rice Gaza, Susan Rice Un, Susan Rice, Rice Confirmation Hearings, United Nations, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Susan Rice Darfur, Foreign Policy, World News

WASHINGTON -- Susan E. Rice, a former assistant secretary of state for African affairs in the Clinton administration, faced largely gentle questions f...

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Kerry's Historic Opportunity on Genocide Policy

Susan Morgan | Posted 02.12.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Darfur, Susan Rice, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Kerry, Genocide, Genocide Prevention Task Force, Hillary Clinton, World News
Susan Morgan

At last, US rhetoric on genocide may mature into effective policy against genocide. What better place to begin than the confirmation hearings to be held Tuesday by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee?

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