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By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyMembers of the U.S. World Cup soccer team recently paid a visit to the White House, where they were greeted by the impressive trio of President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton. Goodwill was in the air -- on Saturday, the U.S. team will face the English in a match that is expected to draw one of the largest audiences in the history of televised sports. The presidents, for their part, were especially enthusiastic about the team's footwear. "I want to be on this team just for the shoes," Clinton said. "This is the only team that I've ever seen that had ...
Women's Rights and the New U.S. Sudan Policy
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyMore power to Christine in her rallying cry to make women's rights THE issue of the 21st Century. It couldn't come at a better time. The Prez and Secretary of State today unveiled the new US policy on Sudan, a country with some hefty and heinous women's rights violations to its name. Somali author Ayaan Hirsi Ali mentions the Sudanese woman who wore trousers -- Lubna Hussein -- and her courageous stand against a Sudanese court bent on lashing her for the indiscretion. But what of the thousands (some say, hundreds of thousands) of women raped during what the US describes as a genocide in ...
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