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Cynthia Stroum, Obama's Ex-Ambassador to Luxembourg, Ripped in Report

-Politics Daily Staff

Cynthia Stroum, who announced her resignation in mid-January, is a well-known Democratic donor who reportedly raised some $500,000 for Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.

Rumsfeld Says He Should Have Quit Defense Post After Abu Ghraib Scandal

-Politics Daily Staff

In his memoir, Rumsfeld defends his record presiding over two wars, but says he regrets some of those wisecracks, such as referring derisively to France and Germany as "Old Europe."

Cairo Is Not Berlin: The Folly of Mistaking Egypt for the Former Eastern Bloc

-Sarah Wildman

For the United States, there are big differences between the breaking away of Eastern Bloc countries from communist domination some 20 years ago and what is happening in Egypt in 2011.

Britain's Ex-PM Gordon Brown Urges Economic 'American Marshall Plan'

-Annie Groer

Brown said that taking bold action is necessary to ensure that European countries don't handicap themselves for the future by cutting back education, or retreating into a Thirties' style protectionism.

WikiLeaks Reaction in Europe: Dismay, Concern but Not Much Alarm

-Delia Lloyd

Reaction in Europe to the latest document dump ranged from dismay that the U.S. cannot be trusted to keep private matters confidential to laughter from Silvio Berlusconi, who learned American diplomats see him as "feckless" and "vain."

NATO Summit 'Extremely Productive,' a Satisfied Obama Says

-Sarah Wildman

The president was strongly supported by leaders of other nations in his bid to win Senate ratification of the new nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia.

Obama Squeezing GOP on Arms Treaty: 'Our Security' is at Stake

-Tom Diemer

Obama invoked Ronald Reagan, saying without speedy ratification of the arms agreement, the U.S. has to trust Russia on nuclear weaponry while not having the ability to verify with its arms inspectors.

No Rest for the Weary: Obama Arrives in Lisbon for the NATO Summit

-Sarah Wildman

NATO leaders' plates are full: Europe's debt crisis, a re-evaluation of Afghanistan policy, Russian relations, missile defense and nuclear disarmament.

AIDS Is a Kind of 'Justice' for Promiscuous Sex, Belgian Catholic Leader Claims

-David Gibson

Newly published comments by Archbishop André-Joseph Léonard of Brussels spark fury and rattle a church already shaken by scandal.

Terrorist Plots Darken Europe's Immigration Debate

-Delia Lloyd

A quick succession of terrorist plots is making a European population that's already "jumpy" about immigrants' ability to assimilate that much more anxious.

Republicans Unveil 'Pledge to America'

-Patricia Murphy

The document, released Thursday, promises to reverse Democrats' "disastrous policies," placing an emphasis on jump-starting the American economy.

Tony Blair Memoir: Calls Bush a 'True Idealist'; Clinton a 'Political Soulmate'

-Tom Diemer

Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, still believes his country was right to back the U.S. in Iraq. And he has kind words for George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

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