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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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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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Over at the Washington Note, Steve Clemons has an interesting post (and video) about an interview he did yesterday with a member of Palestinian Fatah who supports a pro-unity government. It is a very interesting dialogue and worth checking out. The post is here and there is a video link once you get [...]

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A new CNN poll finds that not surprisingly, Hillary Clinton’s job approval (as Secretary of State) is high among both Democrats and Republicans. Granted, we are only in the beginning of the first term, but she has a lot of political clout and popularity which she can use to promote US interests abroad.

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So far, things don’t look to good for the two US journalists being held in North Korea. I am sure a lot of behind-the-scenes wrangling is going on at the State Department, but if the US can’t get them back without having to give in to N. Korean concessions, this could get ugly.

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To hear the Sean Hannity’s, Rush Limbaughs and Glenn Becks of the world tell it, the financial crisis is all the fault of the liberal socialists and as usual, they are the real victims.
Glenn Beck, however, shines much more brightly than the rest of his right wing cabal and wins the tin-foil hat [...]

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