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No-Fly Zone Over Libya: The Pros and Cons
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsAs Moammar Gadhafi's regime continues its violent crackdown on Libyan protesters, some world leaders and U.N. officials are calling for the imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya. This would prevent Gadhafi from ordering the Libyan air force to attack protest zones. Ibrahim Dabbashi, Libya's deputy ambassador to the United Nations, has asked the international body to impose a no-fly zone, and U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has also backed the idea. But support for a no-fly zone is not universal. At The Nation, Robert Dreyfuss offers two arguments against the no-fly ...
Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, AKA King Rut
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Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton Pay Tribute to Richard Holbrooke at Memorial
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyWorld leaders gathered at Washington's Kennedy Center Friday to honor the legacy of Richard Holbrooke, a legendary figure in the world of foreign policy and a forceful diplomat who brokered peace in Vietnam and Bosnia. Among those attending the ceremony were President Obama, President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton. Holbrooke had been serving as the Obama administration's Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan when he suddenly took ill last month after a meeting at the White House. He died ...
Richard Holbrooke Called a 'True Giant of American Foreign Policy'
By J. Richard - AOL News(Dec. 14) -- Friends and colleagues today are mourning the death of American diplomat Richard Holbrooke, who died Monday after undergoing over 20 hours of emergency heart surgery. Holbrooke is being remembered as a veteran diplomat and a key player in U.S. foreign policy over the past five decades. Among numerous other accomplishments, Holbrooke engineered the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords, which helped end ethnic violence in the former Yugoslavia. Most recently, President Barack Obama appointed Holbrooke as U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Surge Desk compiled some ...
WikiLeaks, Shut Your Piehole
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WikiLeaks 3: Diplomatic Disaster or Snoozefest?
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Nov. 29) -- How bad is it? Julian Assange's international media organization, WikiLeaks, stirred up controversy once again on Sunday by making public nearly a quarter-million previously confidential American diplomatic documents. The latest release raises concerns over the breadth of American diplomatic efforts and the Arab world, as well as critical philosophical issues surrounding the role of media and protection of government documents. WikiLeaks released the classified documents -- a collection of correspondences between the State Department and diplomatic outposts around the world -- ...
Obama Squeezing GOP on Arms Treaty: 'Our Security' is at Stake
By not in system - AOL NewsPushing hard for the START treaty, President Obama kept up his full court press on reluctant Republicans Saturday, warning that failure to ratify the nuclear arms deal with Russia "would be a dangerous gamble with America's national security." ...
WikiLeaks Julian Assange on the Move 'Like a Hunted Man,' Report Says
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, under fire for posting hundreds of thousands of secret war documents on the Internet, is living a cloaked life -- staying at hotels under false names, dying his hair and exchanging messages with a dwindling band of loyalists using encrypted cellphones. ...
National Security Adviser James Jones Resigns
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James Jones, President Obama's national security adviser who struggled to mediate between the White House and the Pentagon over Afghan war strategy, has resigned effective later this month. He will be replaced by the deputy national security adviser, Tom Donilon. ...
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