Replacing Holbrooke not so easy
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 17th, 2010 5:38 am by HL
Replacing Holbrooke not so easy
Senior State Department officials, stunned by the sudden death of uber-diplomat Richard Holbrooke, the special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, are concerned that the all-star team of experts he had assembled – all intensely loyal to him – may start drifting away.
Senate kicks off debate over US-Russia arms treaty
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats secured the backing of a significant number of Republicans in a crucial test vote Wednesday on a new U.S.-Russia arms control treaty – President Barack Obama’s top foreign policy priority.
Marcus: Judges, ideology and partisanship
I’m hoping for the moment when a federal judge picked by a Democratic president strikes down the health-care law. Or when a Republican-appointed judge upholds it.