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McManus: Obama plays for time to avoid 'red line'
Barack Obama really, really does not want to get tangled up in Syria. For almost a year, Obama's secretaries of State — first Hillary Rodham Clinton, now John Kerry — have pressed the president for more aid to the insurgents who are fighting...Tags: International Military Interventions, Barack Obama, Weaponry, Biological and Chemical Weapons, White House
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McManus: Inching closer to entanglement in Syria
The White House finally made it official last week: Yes, the civil war in Syria is a slippery slope, and yes, we're on it. Nobody in the Obama administration actually used those words, of course. But if you paid attention to what officials said, it...
Tags: Robert Ford, Saudi Arabia, Barack Obama, Weaponry, White House
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Bob Menendez, senator of the evening
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bob Menendez is embroiled in a prostitution scandal -- and it has little if anything to do with sex. The New Jersey Democrat has for three months been the target of voluminous allegations, all unconfirmed, that he hired prostitutes,...
Tags: News Media, Politics, Religion and Belief, Sex Crimes, FBI
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The ghosts of Benghazi
WASHINGTON -- We may never know exactly what happened in Benghazi the night Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed, but it's becoming increasingly clear that our response was short of optimum. Even today, there are far more...
Tags: Barack Obama, Kelly Ayotte, U.S. Embassy, White House, Georgetown
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Questions that need asking
WASHINGTON -- Republicans wanted nothing more than to summon Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Capitol Hill and grill her about the tragic fiasco in Benghazi. Sadly for them, they got their wish. Clinton's smooth and confident performance at...
Tags: Terrorism, Republican Party, Barack Obama, France, Washington, DC
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Hil storms the Hill
WASHINGTON -- They blamed her mismanagement for the death of Americans in Benghazi, Libya. They accused her of a cover-up. Some even suggested that she faked an illness to avoid testifying about the attack. On Wednesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton finally...
Tags: Republican Party, Rand Paul, Politics, John Barrasso, Libya
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New year brings new faces to lead on U.S.-Cuba policy
To those who follow U.S.–Cuban relations closely, 2013 may be a box full of surprises. Who knows what is inside? Cuban officials are probably delighted with the nomination of Sen. John Kerry, D.–Mass., to be Secretary of State. Not since...Tags: Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Freedom of the Press, Elections, Human Rights
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The tea party is helping Democrats
WASHINGTON -- There are those who say the tea party is fading in influence, but nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the movement is on the cusp of achieving what once seemed nearly impossible: keeping the Senate Democratic. A year ago,...
Tags: Christine O'Donnell, Republican Party, Barack Obama, White House, Bill Clinton
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Cuba travel crack earns rebuke from Cuban-American senator
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee didn't ask a single question of Secretary of State-nominee John Kerry about his views on Cuba policy at his confirmation hearing this week. But a meant-to-... -
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Pictures in the News | January 23, 2013
FrameworkWednesday's Pictures in the News starts out in a winter wonderland, where visitors walk through the snowy landscape at Grosser Feldberg in Germany. Cold weather was on the menu across the Atlantic, where commuters bundled up against the cold on New York's... -
Syria conflict expected to fester as world's attention strays
World NowGlobal Focus: Shaken by a rash of defections and rebel encroachment on its strongholds, the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad is thought by some in the international community to be headed for collapse after a nearly 17-month uprising. But...
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