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Hillary Clinton faints, suffers concussion, recuperating at home
This post has been updated. See below for details.WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who canceled an overseas trip this week due to a stomach virus, suffered a concussion after she fainted, the State Department said Saturday. Clinton, who has said she plans to step down...Tags: Fainting, Environmental Issues, U.S. Department of State, Conservation, Politics
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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: Human Rights, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Freedom of the Press, John Kerry
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Senate Republicans block U.N. disabilities treaty
This post has been updated, as indicated below.The Senate rejected a United Nations treaty aimed at banning discrimination against individuals with disabilities Tuesday, falling five votes short of the two-thirds needed in a 61-38 vote. The U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons With...Tags: United Nations, Bob Dole, George W. Bush, Mike Lee, Voting
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Obama nominates John Kerry to be next secretary of State
This post has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details.WASHINGTON – President Obama nominated John F. Kerry, the five-term senator from Massachusetts, to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of State on Friday, choosing a longtime political ally who shares much of his foreign policy worldview and...Tags: United Nations, Washington, DC, Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Bashar Assad
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Rep. Schiff hails John Kerry nomination for secretary of state
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on Friday hailed President Obama’s decision to nominate Sen. John Kerry -- the longtime Massachusetts senator -- to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state. Kerry, 69, has chaired the Senate Foreign...
Tags: Republican Party, United Nations, Google+, Susan Rice, Benghazi
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Dispute over Rice obscures more significant questions
For weeks, Republicans have directed criticism over the Obama administration's handling of the terrorist attack that killed U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens at an official who seemingly had little to do with the fatal lack of security in Benghazi - U.N....Tags: Human Rights, United Nations, Civil Rights, Kelly Ayotte, Justice and Rights
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Sens. Corker, Collins join in critiques of Susan Rice
WASHINGTON -- Two moderate Republican senators joined in criticism of Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, after private meetings with her, in another setback for her hopes to be nominated as secretary of State. Sens. Bob Corker (R-...
Tags: United Nations, Terrorism, Kelly Ayotte, Politics, Barack Obama
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Ambassador to Syria keeps profile low in Bolton Hill
When the violence in Syria began spinning out of control last year, the Obama administration made the unusual decision to bring its ambassador to the troubled country home.
And for Ambassador Robert Ford, coming home has long meant returning to...Tags: National Government, Mount Vernon, Egypt, U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Department of State
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Candidates seek foreign policy edge in third debate
WASHINGTON -- Still neck-and-neck after all these months, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney head into their third and final debate with each man eager to project an aura of personal strength and leadership while raising doubts about the steadiness and...Tags: Paul Ryan, Washington, DC, Lynn University, Voting, John Kerry
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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: Joe Donnelly, Christine O'Donnell, Tea Party Movement, Bill Clinton, Todd Akin
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Ryan prepares to take on skilled debater Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — To prepare for his biggest test yet on the national stage, untested debater Paul Ryan has been hauling two thick briefing books around the country and intently studying up on Vice President Joe Biden, who has been sparring over...
Tags: Paul Ryan, John Boehner, Executive Branch, Washington, DC, Sarah Palin
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Romney's bizarre neo-con dalliance
Its candidate having blundered into unfamiliar foreign-policy territory by accusing President Barack Obama of apologizing in the current Mideast crisis, the Romney campaign has now bizarrely compounded the political misstep by throwing more fuel on the...Tags: The Pentagon, George W. Bush, Defense, Politics, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011)
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