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Juan Williams: Palin can't stand on intellectual stage with Obama
Examiner.com - 26th Dec 2010While appearing on Fox News Sunday, Juan Williams slammed Sarah Palin's intelligence. "There's nobody out there, except for Sarah Palin, who can absolutely dominate the stage, and she can't stand on the intellectual stage with Obama," Williams sai…
Read more >>The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister For All Seasons
National Review Online - 23rd Dec 2010I confess to be an enthusiastic fan of John O’Sullivan and his book, The President, The Pope, and the Prime Minister. So I was thrilled to learn that it has been published in Italian. He was just in Rome for its launch there. So I took the o…
Read more >>Nuclear arms treaty set for Senate passage
UPI - 22nd Dec 2010WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- An Arms Control treaty trimming U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals was poised Wednesday for U.S. Senate ratification, with 11 Republicans breaking party ranks. The vote would give President Barack Obama what The New Yor…
Read more >>New York Gets Its Serving of Pork
The New York Observer - 21st Dec 2010
Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn is out with his annual "Wastebook," a year-end compilation of government largess gone wrong, and New York is well-represented. Not in the top tier, mind you. Those spots belong to a monkey house in Dayton, Ohio, which…
Read more >>Stop START, Stop Obama
Examiner.com - 7th Dec 2010
Neglecting The Economy for a year to focus on his grand healthcare scheme (made law by hook and crook) this president has made both situations markedly worse, thoroughly alienating 70% of the people, leading to the mid-term trip to the woodshed. Y…
Read more >>The Nuts And Bolts Of Diplomacy
Andrew Sullivan - 30th Nov 2010
Fred Kaplan makes a powerful case that the Wikileaks documents show the Obama Administration in a good light. How Obama got China and Russia to back sanctions against Iran: In the case of China, Obama dispatched Dennis Ross, a White House advise…
Read more >>WH points to nuke treaty support in Eastern Europe (AP)
Yahoo! News - 23rd Nov 2010WASHINGTON – The White House says support from NATO allies and governments in Eastern Europe for a Nuclear Treaty with Russia is an important Endorsement of a pact that faces Republican opposition in the Senate. White House spokesman Rober…
Read more >>U.S. allies in Europe concerned about a possible failure of New START
Washington Post - 22nd Nov 2010
President Obama's trip to Europe this past weekend has revealed a growing alarm among U.S. allies over the possible failure of a U.S.-Russia Nuclear arms Treaty, with many warning that it would hurt the West's efforts to deal with Iran and with …
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