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Targeting Hillary
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's swan song before the Senate and House committees on foreign affairs was in a sense a prelude to any future bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. It gave Republicans a last chance to cast her as an...
Tags: John McCain, Primaries, White House, Jeff Duncan, Christopher Stevens
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Real questions for Hagel and Brennan
Whether Chuck Hagel and John Brennan are the ideal men to lead the Pentagon and CIA remains to be seen. We need the exercise of a through vetting in Senate confirmation hearings, and certainly an examination of the nominees' past statements and actions is...Tags: John McCain, Terrorism, Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate, John Brennan
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Since when does it take a political campaign to become secretary of state?
There was a time when a president and the opposition party in Congress could agree on certain basics, such as the right of the chief executive to select members of his cabinet with no fuss or bother. The president's most important choice in this...
Tags: John McCain, United Nations, White House, Christopher Stevens, U.S. Senate
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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: White House, Martin Dempsey, Christopher Stevens, Georgetown, U.S. Senate
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Should the Senate chuck Hagel?
Change of SubjectI was agnostic on the choice of former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel to be President Obama's secretary of defense -- it seems to me that presidents ought to have pretty wide latitude in selecting the members of their cabinets, and...... -
Why did Obama defend and then drop Susan Rice?
Whether Susan Rice jumped or was pushed from consideration to succeed retiring Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, her removal from the equation clears one bone of partisan contention from President Barack Obama's plate as he heads into his second term....
Tags: International Organizations, George W. Bush, John McCain, United Nations, Scott P. Brown
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Lady Hillary of Benghazi
Paul GreenbergHillary Clinton kept her cool last week as she fielded questions from two congressional committees about the State Department's failure to protect our envoys at Benghazi. Until a senator from Wisconsin, Ron Johnson, pressed her on the subject. That's when...Tags: United Nations, Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, Christopher Stevens, Benghazi
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Hillary leaves office stronger than ever
When Hillary Clinton went to Capitol Hill last week, Republicans opened their bags of overly ripe conspiracy theories and moldering fruitcake ideas and tossed everything at her. Every shot missed. Republican senators and congressmen on the foreign...
Tags: United Nations, Christopher Stevens, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Entertainment Events, Benghazi
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President honors South Dakotan
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama honored the Miami Heat for winning the 2012 NBA Championship title after falling short just a year before. ‘‘Everybody doing their part, is what finally put the Heat over the top,’’...Tags: Gabrielle Union, White House, National Basketball Association, Miami Heat, Frederica Wilson
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Clinton grilled, punches back
It was darkly amusing to watch Republicans go after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during the Capitol Hill hearings regarding the tragic fiasco in Benghazi, Libya. But the Grand Old Party's attack dogs were barking up the wrong tree. We still...
Tags: United Nations, Flu, Christopher Stevens, Benghazi, Barack Obama
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Hillary Clinton's dodgy testimony
Jonah GoldbergA lot of people in Washington apparently forgot how good Hillary Clinton is at not telling the truth. Wednesday, in her testimony before both the Senate and, later, the House, Clinton brilliantly fudged, dodged and filibustered. Of course, she's a pro....Tags: United Nations, White House, Terrorism, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama
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Kerry tackles questions on Iran, Syria, Hagel
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Kerry, President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of state, collected pledges of support Thursday and testified at his confirmation hearing that U.S. foreign policy should be defined by a helping hand as well as...
Tags: John McCain, United Nations, Tehran (Iran), Iran, Parties and Movements
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