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Choosing books for the holidays
Inevitably this holiday season, my mom will tick through her shopping list and say with a sigh, "Your dad wants a book." Since I was a kid, my mom has teased my dad about the predictablity of this ritual, which usually involves the purchase of a brick-...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Neil Young, Patti Smith, Arts and Culture, Music
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3 unconventional picks for secretary of State
With the 2012 presidential election over, attention nows turns to the inevitable shuffling of personnel in the Obama administration. Chief among the vacancies will be at the helm of the State Department, where Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Harry S. Truman, Government, Bill Clinton, Parties and Movements
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Berman enlists former diplomats to refute Sherman's criticism of trips
PolitiCalRep. Howard Berman announced backing from former secretaries of State George P. Shultz and Madeleine Albright. Berman's rival for a San Fernando Valley congressional district seat, fellow Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman, has been critical of Berman's... -
Clinton supporter Madeleine Albright ducks Hillary 2016 question
Broward PoliticsAfter years as a diplomat, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright knows how to duck a question. Which is what she did Friday in response to a question about whether current Secretary Hillary Clinton should run for president in 2016. Clinton said... -
So Much For An Officer And A Gentleman
The Hartford CourantWhen David Petraeus' admirers refer to him as one of the nation's most distinguished and venerable military leaders, why do I get the sense that what they really mean is that he'd never be dishonorable enough to lie to a man? Because it's clear that...Tags: The Pentagon, Central Intelligence Agency, Economy, Business and Finance, Marty Feldman, Paula Broadwell
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Madeleine Albright's brooches tell a story at Bowers Museum
Los Angeles TimesIt's hard to fathom that Saddam Hussein inspired a fashion trend. But he did for Madeleine Albright, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and secretary of State under President Clinton. It was after the first Gulf War, after she criticized Hussein...Tags: Religion and Belief, United Nations, Arts and Culture, Bible, Religious Texts
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An exit interview with Rep. David Dreier
David Dreier was 26, still living in a dorm at Claremont McKenna College and working as a college administrator, when he ran for Congress the first time, in 1978. He lost then but never thereafter. Sixteen times, Dreier was elected to the House of...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Charles de Gaulle, David Dreier, Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy Repeal (2010), Tea Party Movement
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Trick or tramp? When did women's Halloween costumes become so naughty?
I've watched The Wizard of Oz dozens of times, and I'm pretty sure Dorothy didn't wear fishnet stockings. However, an Internet search of "Dorothy Halloween costumes" tells a different story. Last weekend, my son, Thom, 3, with his newly found fascination...
Tags: Pumpkin, Health and Medical Professionals, Holidays, Halloween, Nursing
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U.N. Peacekeepers Wrestle With Limitations
There is no "big idea" easier to pay homage to in principle, or harder to make work in practice, than the peacekeeping role of the United Nations. This is painfully clear in a new memoir by Kofi Annan, its former secretary-general. The latest failure...Tags: United Nations, International Organizations, Iran's Nuclear Program, Rwanda, Tehran (Iran)
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Review: Laurent Binet deftly juggles Nazis and war heroes in 'HHhH'
-------------------- HHhH A Novel Laurent Binet, translated from the French by Sam Taylor Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 336 pp., $26 -------------------- Laurent Binet tackles the story of a Nazi and the two Czechoslovakian war heroes who set out to...
Tags: Adolf Eichmann, Arts and Culture, French Literature, Nazi Party, Authors
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Op-ed takes a too rosy view of Iranian intentions
Commentator Ray McGovern charges Israel with using the pretext of alleged Iranian support for terrorism, to "whip up support for war" ("Is Israel fixing the intel? Netanyahu's rhetoric has echoes of Bush administration's justification for the Iraq war,"...Tags: White House, Iran's Nuclear Program, Tony Blair, Central Intelligence Agency, International Atomic Energy Agency
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Not an average grandmother
jbahr@aberdeennews.comMary Anne Krause isn't like most grandmothers. She used to work for the CIA. Krause joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1987, when she was 48. A Java native, Krause worked for the intelligence agency for 17 years, spending two years each in...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Police Investigations, Central Intelligence Agency, Jamaica, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
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