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Israelis and Palestinians to Open Direct Peace Talks in D.C. Before Labor Day
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailySecretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Friday the Israelis and Palestinians have formally agreed to begin direct peace negotiations. The talks, hosted by the White House and State Department, are expected to begin before Labor Day. "I have invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Mahmoud Abbas to meet on September 2nd in Washington, D.C., to relaunch direct negotiations," Clinton said during a special State Department press briefing Friday morning. Noting the goal is to "resolve all final status issues" within one year, Clinton pledged the administration's support for ...
Karzai Rival Abdullah Gets No Love in Washington
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (May 24) -- In the weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, most Americans came to know him as the Afghan guy with two first names. As one of the few English-speaking members of the Northern Alliance fighting the Taliban, Abdullah Abdullah was a cable TV rock star and an A-list diplomat welcomed in the Oval Office. Nine years later, the former Afghan foreign minister and presidential candidate in last year's tainted election now visiting Washington is an unwanted diversion in the administration's efforts to patch up relations with Afghan President Hamid Karzai as the U.S. military ...
Everyone Has a Man-Crush on King Abdullah
By Dave - Politics DailyObama bows to the Saudi King and it's the hot pic of the day.Power Line has the standard right-wing critique and I don't disagree:What's wrong with this picture? Americans do not bow to royalty. In my view, when the royal is the ruling tyrant of a despotic regime, the wrong is compounded. Putting aside the breach of American protocol, it is akin to Jimmy Carter succumbing to Brezhnev's infamous kiss at the signing of the arms accord in Vienna in 1979. It is a disgrace. As in Carter's case, Obama's supplicant attitude signifies his spirit. In this respect I distinguish it from George Bush's ...
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