Clinton to Visit Middle East Amid Calls for Radically New Peace Strategy
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 1st, 2009 5:35 am by HL
Clinton to Visit Middle East Amid Calls for Radically New Peace Strategy
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton this week will make her first foray into Middle East diplomacy, attending a high-level conference on humanitarian assistance to Gaza and making the rounds of Israeli and Palestinian officials, at a time when a growing chorus of voices in the United States…
Gillibrand, Clinton’s Successor in Senate, Has No Shortage of Critics
It’s 10 minutes into the interview, and New York’s junior senator hasn’t stopped talking. She is gesturing eagerly in the Senate dining room and the table is shaking, water splashing from the glasses, as she argues that she is misunderstood.
The Conservatives’ ‘Cleansing’ Moment
Same old hotel on the park, same ballrooms, same long lines down the corridor to hear the big-name speakers, but otherwise the landscape looks radically different for this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, which wrapped up yesterday afternoon at the Omni Shoreham. The conservatives…
Battle Lines Quickly Set Over Planned Policy Shifts
Battle lines are rapidly hardening over the broad policy shifts, massive deficits and tax increases President Obama unveiled last week in his first budget request, a 10-year spending plan thick with political friction points.