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In an interesting, albeit strange development, former President Bill Clinton has been named UN Special Envoy to Haiti, a country which the former President has been very interested in for some time. There is no doubt he is extremely popular there and can use his status to bring attention to the many social issues [...]

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Hedge funds are a huge part of the problem and props to the current head of the SEC for speaking out and saying they should be more closely regulated.

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a surprise visit to Iraq early this a.m, in hopes of reassuring worried Iraqis of continued US commitment to their stability amid rising violence.

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President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton exceeded expectations at the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad/Tobago. There was much hand-wringing by the US corporate media with respect to what might happen if, God forbid, Venezuela’s nutty President, Hugo Chavez, and President Obama happened to bump into each other at the Summit. [...]

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Some mid-east observers are saying that there are increased tensions between Israel and the US, due in part to uncertainty about a new US administration, appointment of George Mitchell as Mid-East envoy, plan to engage Iran in dialogue and the recent Israeli elections which placed the much more conservative “Bibi” Netanyahu (as compared to Tipi [...]

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How refreshing to have an Attorney General who believes that there are legal principles which are so important they are worth upholding regardless of politics and party affiliation.

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Obama’s foreign policy team has been working overtime in an attempt to help stabilize the various crisis currently on their plate.
Secretary Clinton was in the Hague where she signaled a willingness to work with Iran on shared interests in the Afghanistan region and while there was no formal meeting with the representative of Iran, special [...]

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The most enraging thing about the billions of dollars private contractors have been squandering with their profitable contracts in Iraq (and other places), is how there are so many reports piling up that they are not even providing the very services required under the contract, or worse, doing such a piss-poor job that it is [...]

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Hillary Clinton just returned from a two day trip to Mexico, where she did something a US Secretary of State has not done for quite a while- injected some humility into her speeches, Q&A’s and demeanor. And guess what? It seems to be helping the United State’s image abroad which will benefit us [...]

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Sarah Palin disses former staffers and they are none too pleased.

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