Henry Kissinger

Wrong Priority

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Shultz, Robert Gates, Henry Kissinger, Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism, Sam Nunn, Nonproliferation Treaty, Pirates, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

The most serious threat to our security, that of our allies, and to world peace, is very widely agreed to be that of terrorists getting their hands on a ready-made nuclear weapon.

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Kissinger Unplugged

Stanley Kutler | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Richard M. Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Nixon Tapes, Kissinger Nixon Relationship, War in Iraq, Thomas Friedman Kissinger, Politics News
Stanley Kutler

Thomas Friedman's depiction of someone who "could candidly talk back" to President Nixon is not the Kissinger we know from his taped conversations with his president.

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: Masterstroke, Mousetrap, Or Both?

William Bradley | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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William Bradley

Potential Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Is it a masterstroke by President-elect Obama? A mousetrap for the Clintons? Is it even happening at all?

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The Strange Return of the Sixties Radicals

Johann Hari | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Global Warming, Bill Ayers, Vietnam War, Culture Wars, 1960's, Henry Kissinger, Politics News
Johann Hari

There is still a distortion in our memories of the violence of the '60's. After condemning Obama for vaguely knowing Ayers, McCain boasted about his "close friendship" with Henry Kissinger -- and nobody noticed the dissonance.

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The Powell Endorsement and the End of the Republican Foreign Policy Establishment

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Neoconservatives, Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell, Bob Gates, Colin Powell Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics News
Ilan Goldenberg

Years from now when we look back at Powell's endorsement of Obama there may be an even bigger story. It is the story of the end of the Republican foreign policy establishment as we know it.

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Palin: The Worst Angels of Our Nature

Charles J. Brown | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

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Charles J. Brown

The Palinistas are far less interested in electing McCain than they are in putting the Sarahnator one step away from the White House (and, they hope, in it soon).

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John McCain is Channeling Nixon Now

Dave Winer | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Obama, Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, Ayers, Culture Wars, Politics News
Dave Winer

What McCain isn't telling you, and many Americans are too young to remember, is that there were two sides to the culture war of the 60s.

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Sarah Palin's Conversation with Henry Kissinger

Alexis C. Jolly | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice Presidential Debate, Henry Kissinger, Sarah Palin, Political Satire, Intellectual, Satire, Joe Six Pack, Politics News
Alexis C. Jolly

Although Sarah Palin's September 23 conversation with Henry Kissinger was off-limits to reporters, the Huffington Post gained exclusive access to a microphone hidden in Dr. Kissinger's office.

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A Heartbeat Away from Controlling Our Nuclear Arsenal

Steven Crandell | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, John McCain, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, Nuclear Weapons, Sarah Palin, US Leadership for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World, Joe Biden, George Schulz, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Barack Obama, Deterrence, David Kreiger, Politics News
Steven Crandell

Nuclear weapons pose the ultimate test of presidential judgment. Once launched, these weapons change world history forever. More than 70 percent of ...

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Why The Candidates Shouldn't Care What Kissinger Thinks

Lionel Beehner | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Foriegn Policy, Iran, Debate, Obama, Presidential Debates, Henry Kissinger, Mccain Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics News
Lionel Beehner

It would seem only in the field of foreign policy can people be so utterly wrong all the time yet still retain their jobs and endowed chairs and still be courted by presidential candidates.

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Asymmetrical Warfare

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Debate, Presidential Debates, Mccain, Henry Kissinger, 2008 Election, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Obama provides a realistic vision for the future, while McCain offers tired platitudes and tax cuts for oil executives. The only avenue available to McCain was to lie, because the truth will elect Obama.

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AP's Debate Factcheck: Kissinger, Ahmadinejad, And More

AP | CALVIN WOODWARD and JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Some facts got lost when Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain confronted each other over the financial crisis, Iraq, th...

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McCain's Reckless Response to Russia -- So Says Everybody

Max Bergmann | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

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Max Bergmann

In response to the Russia crisis, McCain's priorities are completely off base and his over-the-top rhetoric which was on display only makes the possibility of a new Cold War all the more likely.

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Palin Calls Kissinger Naive

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Ilan Goldenberg

In her interview with Katie Couric, Palin essentially called Kissinger naive and also proved that she just hasn't done her homework on foreign policy.

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Palin: Art of Mastering Foreign Policy by Handshake

Richard Silverstein | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Henry Kissinger, Palin Un Meeting, Israel Iran Airstrike, Foreign Policy, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Richard Silverstein

I've always wanted to see a resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict. I was hoping for a handshake with Ariel Sharon.

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Palin, Karzai, Kissinger And Others Will Meet To Boost Her Foreign Policy

NY Times | ELISABETH BUMILLER | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Henry Kissinger, Afghanistan, Palin Russia, Sarah Palin, Palin Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Gov. Sarah Palin will meet with former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and President Álvaro Uribe of Colombia as the United Natio...

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Joshua Cooper Ramo: Who Is NBC's China Analyst During The Olympics?

Huffington Post | Posted 08.11.2008 | Media

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Harper's Magazine's Ken Silverstein reported over the weekend that Joshua Cooper Ramo, NBC's on-air China expert during the Beijing Olympics, is actua...

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War President McCain

Jeffrey Klein | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Foreign Policy, John McCain, John McCain Vietnam, Henry Kissinger, Mccain Nixon, Mccain Naval Academy, Admiral Mccain, Politics News
Jeffrey Klein

McCain is not as diabolical as Nixon, but he remains ideologically confined by the same faulty hawkish logic the U.S. used to lose the Vietnam War.

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Energy Crisis Looming, Warn Powell, Kissinger, And Others

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 07.16.2008 | Green

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WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of 27 elder statesmen is sending an open letter to both presidential candidates and every member of Congress say...

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McClellan and Second Thoughts

John Feffer | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

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John Feffer

In this version of shock therapy, Scottie McClellan and David Brock and Eric Shinseki would warn kids not to listen to Rush Limbaugh or watch Bill O'Reilly or read Ann Coulter.

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Thou Shalt Not...Charlton Heston Dead at 83

Steve Clemons | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics

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Steve Clemons

When I asked Mr. Heston if he would like to attend President Nixon's funeral, his response was: "In what capacity?"

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Secretarial Consensus

Terence Smith | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warren Christopher, James Baker, Former Secretaries of State Madeline Albright, Iran, Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell, Guantanamo Bay, Politics News
Terence Smith

Bipartisan consensus is what emerged last week at the University of Georgia, where I moderated the 16th Conference of Former Secretaries of State, produced by the Southern Center for International Studies.

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Former Secretaries Of State: Close Guantanamo

Atlanta Journal-Constitution | AARON GOULD SHEININ | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell, Guantanamo Bay, Madeleine Albright, Guantanamo Detainees, Politics News

Five former U.S. secretaries of State said Thursday the next president should move quickly to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Tha...

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Clean Up the Environment: A Tree A Day

Yunan Jin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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Yunan Jin

I believe that changes start from within, and that's what I wanted people to understand. I believe everybody needs to act, and needs to act now to clean up our environment.

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Clinton's Iraq Vote -- Five Years Later

Jon Wiener | Posted 03.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Hillary Clinton, Henry Kissinger, Senate Resolution Force in Iraq, Russ Feingold, Senate Resolution Iraq, War in Iraq, Offthebus, Anniversary of Iraq War, George Bush Argument for War in Iraq, Nancy Pelosi, George Bush Iraq, Fifth Anniversary of War in Iraq, Anniversary of Iraq, Ted Kennedy, War on Terror, Home News
Jon Wiener

The fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war is an appropriate moment to revisit Hillary Clinton's argument in favor of authorizing Bush's use of force, and to contrast it with the case made at the time by Bush's opponents.

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