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COLUMN: Obama's foreign policy reset
The appointment of Susan Rice as national security adviser sends an important signal about the kind of foreign policy President Obama wants to pursue for the remainder of his second term: activist, assertive, occasionally even pugnacious. With three years...Tags: Robert Gates, Al-Qaeda, John Kerry, Bill Clinton, Chuck Hagel
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Iran presidential race down to choice of 2 conservatives
TEHRAN — When Iranians go to the polls Friday, they will bid an unceremonious farewell to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the populist with the zip-up windbreaker who ran afoul of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, even as he became Iran's provocative face...
Tags: Islam, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Nuclear Policy, News Agency, Family Planning
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Iran outmaneuvers U.S. in the Syrian proxy war
Syria's uprising offered the possibility of a strategic defeat of Iran. In this scenario, Iran would be weakened by the collapse of President Bashar Assad's regime, Tehran's single Arab ally and a vital link to Lebanon's Hezbollah militia. Isolated,...
Tags: Islam, Nuclear Policy, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Religious Conflicts, Rebellions
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Obama announces new sanctions on Iran
WASHINGTON — President Obama announced new economic sanctions on Iran on Monday in a bid to raise pressure on conservative hard-liners who have vowed not to compromise with the West over Tehran's nuclear development program. Obama, who has faced...
Tags: Financial Markets, Barack Obama, Bashar Assad, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Elections
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Kerry sees no change on Iran no matter who wins election
WASHINGTON -- Although nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili is favored to win the upcoming presidential election in Iran, U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry said Friday that the outcome would have little effect on Tehran’s disputed nuclear program and...
Tags: Nuclear Policy, Germany, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), U.S. Department of State, Government
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Ryan Crocker says U.S. is fumbling on Iran's nuclear program
WASHINGTON — Ryan Crocker has long been viewed as America's indispensable diplomat in the Muslim world. President George W. Bush named him ambassador to Iraq in 2007 to rescue a failing policy, and four years later, President Obama dispatched him to...
Tags: Islam, Nuclear Policy, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of State
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Obama administration targets reporters in crackdown on leaks
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON First, there was the news that the Justice Department had secretly seized telephone records of reporters at the Associated Press. A week later, there were reports that the department had investigated a Fox News journalist as a potential...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Al-Qaeda, Judges, Criminals, U.S. House of Representatives
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Iran has boosted uranium enrichment capacity, report says
WASHINGTON -- Iran further increased its uranium enrichment capacity in the last three months, yet it also limited its progress in certain sensitive areas of its disputed nuclear program in an apparent attempt to avoid risking retaliation from Israel or...
Tags: Nuclear Policy, United Nations, U.S. Department of State, Israel, Iran
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Obama administration to tighten pressure on Iran, aide says
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would add more sanctions on Iran in an effort to dissuade Tehran from continuing its nuclear program, but stopped short of backing tough new penalties that lawmakers are considering....
Tags: Nuclear Policy, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Energy Resources, John Kerry, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Options for action in Syria
Outrage. That's what we should feel over the Syrian government's slaughter of more than 70,000 of its own people and its use of chemical weapons. And outrage is what we should feel over the international community's total impotence. Despite nearly...
Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Weaponry, Bashar Assad
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Senate bill aims to toughen Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Wednesday that would sharply toughen U.S. economic sanctions on Iran despite administration calls for Congress to delay penalties that could disrupt diplomacy aimed at resolving...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Bill Nelson, U.S. Department of State, Economic Sanctions, Susan Collins
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Iranian presidential candidates register for June election
TEHRAN — Iranian presidential candidates began registering Tuesday for the national election next month to choose a successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Although there has been considerable political suspense over who will run, voter enthusiasm has...
Tags: Elections, Iran Presidential Election (2009), Iran, Politics, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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