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Arturo Valenzuela Confirmed as Asst. Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Lemieux, Latin America, Honduras, Jim Demint, Cuba, Thomas Shannon, Arturo Valenzuela, Western Hemisphere, Manuel Zelaya, Politics News
Steve Clemons

After a long, messy battle between Senator Jim DeMint and the Obama administration, Senator DeMint removed his holds on two key administration appointees.

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Senator LeMieux On Wrong Track with anti-Cuba Political Action Committee and State Department Hold

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

Read More: Dan Restrepo, Honduras, US-Cuba Relations, Thomas Donilon, Us Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Arturo Valenzuela, George Lemieux, Cuba, Jim Demint, Us-Cuba Democracy Pac, Thomas Shannon, Foreign Policy, World News
Steve Clemons

Kind of sad when you see a Freshman US Senator get appointed and immediately hijacked by lobbying groups who have deeply parochial interests that run against the nation's.

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President Obama's Credibility on the Line in Honduras

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras Coup, Latin America, Latin America Policy, Manuel Zelaya, Honduras, Honduras Zelaya, Hillary Clinton, Thomas Shannon, Barack Obama, State Department, Foreign Policy, World News
Mark Weisbrot

The Obama team brokered the accord in Honduras, and got a commitment from the coup leaders. If they go back on it, how much will the Obama administration's word be worth on anything else?

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White House Bows To Grassley On Ethanol Tariffs

The Wall Street Journal | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Iowa, Corn, Ambassador to Brazil, Brazil, President Obama, Obama, Thomas Shannon, Ethonal, Grassley, White House, Chuck Grassley, Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Hillary Clinton, Politics News

Washington runs on political leverage, and at the current moment few people have more of it than Chuck Grassley. President Obama is desperate to have ...

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