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Obama's Foreign Policy Team Earns High Praise, But Concern About Clintons

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

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With President-elect Barack Obama set to announce his foreign policy team on Monday, the names expected to fill out the squad were widely praised on t...

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The Men Who Made Me Love Hillary

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics

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Glenn Hurowitz

Unfortunately, the coterie of cautious centrists being touted by the Obama campaign as short-listers for the vice presidential nod are hardly up to the task of taking on the Republican attack machine.

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Battle of the Surrogates: Should We Be Picking a President This Way?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

The Obama campaign has to be more selective in choosing its spokespeople, using more strong, smart advocates like Sen. Biden and Sen. Webb, and keeping Pelosi and Kerry as far away from the media as possible.

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Sen. Jack Reed: No "Blank Check" For War In Iraq

AP | ANDREW MIGA | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Jack Reed says America can't afford the Republican strategy of continuing to write blank checks for the Iraq war. "At a time ...

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Obama In Jerusalem

Jan McGirk | Posted 07.21.2008 | Home

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Jan McGirk

Activists here say there are at least 100,000 dual national Israeli-American voters. During a 4th of July picnic in Jerusalem, "the volunteers were constantly busy, not a moment to rest. People were lining up to register."

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Obama's VP List: A Few Good Men -- And No Women?

Adele Stan | Posted 07.20.2008 | Politics

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Adele Stan

The part I find so maddening about this turn of events is the reason given for the absence of a female contender.

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Obama's Europe Blindspot: Why Did He Skip Europe's Institutional Heart?

Steve Clemons | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

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Steve Clemons

(Obama Does Brown but Not Brussels) I'm strongly supportive of Barack Obama's announced plans to spend some quality plane time with Senators Chuck H...

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Sen. Reed: I'm Not Interested In Being VP

AP | MICHELLE R. SMITH | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island said Monday he was not interested in being Democrat Barack Obama's running mate. Reed, a...

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Ignoring the 'Rocks in Glass Houses' Rule, Lieberman Calls Obama a Flip-Flopper on This Week

Mitchell Bard | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

How apathetic does McCain think the voters are that his campaign can get away with accusing Obama of the very thing that has been McCain's biggest weakness?

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Jack Reed: Another Obama VP Dark Horse

New York Times | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

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Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island, a studious, introverted former Army Ranger, is one of the Democratic Party's eminent voices on military affairs. Bu...

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Say One Thing, Do Another -- Bush on Veterans Day and Today

Jon Soltz | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics

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Jon Soltz

Despite the President talking a lot about what we owe veterans on Saturday, today, with his veto pen he told veterans, "We don't owe you [BLEEP]."

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Fox Is Sole Network Not To Air Dem. Response After Bush Speech

Media Matters For America | Posted 09.14.2007 | Media

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Following President Bush's September 13 prime-time address to the nation on Iraq, Fox was the only broadcast network not to air the Democratic respons...

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