HAVING WRITTEN the book on the sexism leveled at Hillary Rodham Clinton in her historic 20-year rise in politics, I’m never surprised when another shot crosses her bow, including when it comes from men of the left. But Michael Kinsley really out does himself on his latest anti-Clinton screed for Bloomberg titled “Hillary Clinton’s Ego [...]
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News Desk: Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf Passes
THE REPORT from the AP: Schwarzkopf was named commander in chief of U.S. Central Command at Tampa’s MacDill Air Force Base in 1988, overseeing the headquarters for U.S. military and security concerns in nearly two dozen countries stretching across the Middle East to Afghanistan and the rest of central Asia, plus Pakistan. When Saddam invaded [...]
Time’s Marketing Stunt and Who The Person of the Year Should Have Been
Of the 79 insider attacks from May 2007 to September 2012, military investigators found that 38 percent were likely to have been triggered by personal motives; 6 percent were suspected cases of enemy infiltration; and 14 percent were attributed to co-option, in which insurgents persuaded a member of the security forces to help carry out [...]
Secretary Clinton on What Lies Ahead in Foreign Policy [Full Remarks]
A FOREIGN policy speech given by Secretary Clinton at Foreign Policy’s “transformational trends” forum, also included a Q&A with Secretary Clinton. The speech comes as anticipation grows for President Obama to soon nominate her successor, perhaps even next week, with U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice in the eye of the storm and considered the leading candidate [...]
News Desk: Afghan ‘Revenge’ Attack Kills Three, Wounds 90
Afghan ‘revenge’ attack kills three, wounds 90 (via AFP) A suicide car bomber killed three people and wounded dozens near a NATO-run training base on Friday, in an attack claimed by the Taliban as revenge for the execution of its militants. Several NATO soldiers were lightly wounded, a spokesman for the US-led International Security Assistance [...]
News Desk: President Obama, Campaigning in Ohio, Speaking Some Truths Worth Remembering [Video]
SANDY PUNCHED the east coast in the gut, with 22 dead being reported in Staten Island so far, New Jersey and New York getting the worst of it, while West Virginia and other areas got pummeled, too. No one escaped nor’easter Sandy if she passed through where you live. Now, it’s the last weekend after [...]
Winning the Debate, Losing the Media War
LET THE SPIN begin. What I warned was going to happen yesterday is in full bloom, because try as Obama might last night, Mitt Romney’s debate strategy assured he could slither away from being pegged as un-presidential by the president, because you only get one chance to make a first impression and that came in [...]
Top Story — In Stunning Reversal Romney Flips on Afghanistan: “Bring Our Troops Out by the End of 2014″ [Video]
“You mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military’s changed. We have these things called aircraft carriers, where planes land on them. We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines. And [...]
The Headline that Nails Romney’s Advantage, Obama’s Problem
THE REASON Obama’s debate win last night matters less is written in the Huffington Post headline. No real debate about drones. No real debate about Middle East policy. You like Israel? I do too and I’ll raise you a “no option off the table.” Your average American voter doesn’t make distinctions between Ahmadinejad’s pathological hatred [...]
Wake Up America: Issa Dumps Docs, Endangers U.S. Allies in Libya, as CIA Confirms Rice
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) compromised the identities of several Libyans working with the U.S. government and placed their lives in danger when he released reams of State Department communications Friday, according to Obama administration officials. – Josh Rogin, Foreign Policy THIS IS an example of what happens when you have circus performers [...]
News Desk: Malala in UK After Assassination Attempt, for Traumatic Brain Injury and “Intensive Neuro-Rehabilitation”
“We do have very extensive experience of this sort of traumatic, bullet-related injury.” [BBC] THE UAE, United Arab Emirates, provided an air ambulance to transport Malala Yousafzai, the 14 year-old activist struck by a bullet, in an assassination attempt by the Pakistani Taliban, Tehrik-e-Taliban. She was targeted due to her strong advocacy for education for [...]
Top Story: Ben Affleck’s ARGO in the Blast Furnace of Benghazi
“This is the best bad idea we have sir, by far.” – Ben Affleck in ARGO, playing C.I.A. agent Tony Mendez November 4th, 1979. As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA exfiltration specialist concocts a risky plan to free six American hostages. SOMETIMES A FILM meets with an event in history and [...]
Journeys: A Letter To Senator McCain From Hanoi
TM NOTE: This is a new feature called “Journeys.” My dear friend James will be offering his ruminations from his travels as he takes this most personal of journeys, which he calls “Floating. The Journey” at his blog. Along with Peter Daou, James helped with the launch of The Huffington Post, which is now part [...]
CBPP: Bush Policies Driving Large Deficits and Economic Problems
The deficit for fiscal year 2009 — which began more than three months before President Obama’s inauguration — was $1.4 trillion and, at 10 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the largest deficit relative to the economy since the end of World War II. – Center on Budget and Policy Priorities IT NEVER was Barack [...]
Gen. John Allen “Mad as Hell,” But Nothing Will Change with Another Insider Attack in Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN IS once again being talked about in the media. In a presidential election year, neither Obama and Romney offer a way out of U.S. policy that holds the American taxpayer hostage, while we watch our soldiers get murdered. Al Qaeda has been beaten in Afghanistan, Obama’s primary goal, so why are we still there? [...]
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