According to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, Pope Benedict will return to being known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger once he has stepped down as pope. He will be addressed as his eminence or Cardinal Ratzinger. – Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation explained WE ALREADY know the history the Catholic Church has of demeaning [...]
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John Pilger Cites “A Full-Scale Invasion of Africa” [Follow-Up to ‘US Deploying Troops to 35 African Nations'']
In late December I posted US Deploying Troops to 35 African Nations, which began: The headline for this story, at Current is Growing The Empire. US Deploying Troops To 35 African Countries. Of course the DC spin is that this is all about ‘training’ troops of these nations. Yesterday at TruthOut, John Pilger wrote, “The [...]
Andrea Mitchell and the Clinton Interview [Video]
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy IT’S THE last time I’ll get to use the Paul Szep graphic of former Secretary Clinton holding up the world, because it’s now Secretary John Kerry. NBC’s grand dame of foreign policy taped her interview with the outgoing secretary as the incoming was [...]
Secretary Clinton’s Full Remarks on Benghazi to Senate Foreign Relations Committee [Video Update]
SECRETARY CLINTON’s full remarks to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are below. The ARB, the declassified Accountability Review Board Report on Benghazi is now online, as is Secretary Clinton’s letter about the ARB to Senator John Kerry, who has been nominated as her successor, from back in December. Other documents are available as well. Thank [...]
Michael Kinsley: Secretary Clinton is Trying to Prove Her Importance Through “Conspicuous Travel”
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 [...]
US Deploying Troops to 35 African Nations
The headline for this story, at Current is Growing The Empire. US Deploying Troops To 35 African Countries. Of course the DC spin is that this is all about “training” troops of these nations. No doubt training will occur. Maybe that will be all. Maybe it’s just another start. From NPR: An Army brigade from [...]
Tide Against Susan Rice Continues to Rise and It has Nothing to Do with Benghazi
THERE CONTINUES to be trouble for Susan Rice as article after article appears revealing why so many, including myself, aren’t enamored with the possibility of her taking over at the State Department. A recent story by Helene Cooper in the New York Times stripped bear Susan Rice’s close working relationship to Rwanda’s president, Paul Kagame, [...]
News Desk: Malaysian Customs Seize Record 24 Tons of Ivory
Malaysian customs seize record 24 tonnes of ivory (via AFP) Malaysian customs have seized 24 tonnes of unprocessed elephant tusks worth almost $20 million, the largest haul in the country to date, officials said Tuesday. Some 1,500 tusks hidden in two containers were discovered by customs officials at the country’s main port of Klang, in [...]
Clinton in Marie Claire: “I Can’t Stand Whining”
“… I hope to be around when we finally elect a woman president. That would be a great experience for me, to be up there cheering.” – Is This Really Goodbye?, by Ayelet Waldman SECRETARY CLINTON minces no words when Marie Claire’s Ayelet Waldman hitched a ride ’round the world, or at least to the [...]
Madeleine Albright Rebuts Romney: If Living in 20th Century, His Stance on Russia Might Make Sense
THE OBAMA campaign unpacked Mitt Romney’s foreign policy speech in a conference call with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. One thing I’d note of importance is that the Mother Jones tapes released also reveal Mitt Romney basically trashing the two-state solution. On the call as well, Andrea Mitchell asked about Mitt Romney’s “daylight” comment [...]
News Desk: “Half the Sky” on PBS
Watch Women Are Not the Problem, They Are the Solution on PBS. See more from Independent Lens. The linked problems of sex trafficking and forced prostitution, gender-based violence, and maternal mortality — which needlessly claim one woman every 90 seconds — present to us the single most vital opportunity of our time: the opportunity to [...]
News Desk: Egypt Issues Arrest Warrants on Ex-Pats Linked to Anti-Islam Filmmakers
From the Associated Press: Egypt’s general prosecutor issued arrest warrants Tuesday for seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a Florida-based American pastor and referred them to trial on charges linked to an anti-Islam film that has sparked riots across the Muslim world. The case is largely symbolic since the seven men and one woman are believed [...]
Secy. Clinton Gets Down Dancing
South Africa gets Hillary Clinton on the dance… by reuters SECRETARY CLINTON in Africa, doing diplomacy her way. Clinton joined local farmers in a dance and spoke to a farmer, Margaret, who told her that since the U.S. Agency for International Development gave her a cow seven years ago, and with the money she has [...]
News Desk: Sudan and South Sudan Reach ‘Reasonable Understanding’ on Oil Payments
Sudan has struck a deal with South Sudan over oil payments in a dispute that brought to the two countries to the brink of war. A spokesman from Sudan said a “reasonable understanding” had been reached, but that more further on security were needed. The two countries came close to all-out war in April, when [...]
The Sex Issue: FP’s Phenomenal Coverage of Women & the Uproar It’s Causing
Everybody should be talking about this. The future of the Middle East turns on it, as does the entire globe. If you don’t know anything about foreign policy, this is your primer. It sets the 21st century stage & will give you an idea of the real challenges ahead and how the U.S. must continue [...]
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