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O'Malley headed to Israel next month
The Baltimore SunGov. Martin O'Malley will travel to Israel in April for an economic development mission that was canceled during last fall's violence in the Gaza Strip. The itinerary has not been finalized, an aide said, but the trip is meant to replace the eight-day...Tags: Israel, Travel, Martin O'Malley, Trips and Vacations
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Column: Some questions for Hagel
Senate hearings on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary will be a distinctive Washington entertainment, a donnybrook without drama. He should be confirmed: Presidents are due substantial deference in selecting Cabinet members because they...Tags: Israel, U.S. Congress, Wars and Interventions, George Will, Chuck Schumer
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Hillary Clinton's stock is on the rise
In the cease-fire struck between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got second billing to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi's role as the prime go-between, and rightly so. But her highly visible hand-holding on both...
Tags: Israel, Bill Clinton, Mahmoud Abbas, Barack Obama, Andrew Cuomo
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Morsi's hateful speech
Zionists are "bloodsuckers" and "the descendants of apes and pigs." Egyptians should "nurse our children and our grandchildren on hatred for them: for Zionists, for Jews." Those are the words not of an anonymous fanatic on a Cairo street corner but of...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Israel, Jay Carney, U.S. Department of State, West Bank
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Hagel defends record, spars with critics in Senate hearing
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.WASHINGTON -- Making his first public comments after his nomination to lead the Pentagon, former Sen. Chuck Hagel said Thursday he stood by his record but also urged senators to look beyond controversial votes and statements he has made, which critics...Tags: Israel, Wars and Interventions, Chuck Schumer, Republican Party, Leon Panetta
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A controversial speaker's right to speak
Maybe it was too nice out to protest. Or maybe no one cared what a few hundred conservatives were talking about in this one-party state. But only about 10 people convened Saturday with signs outside the DoubleTree Hotel in Annapolis to oppose Pamela...Tags: Religion and Belief, New York City, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Michael Bloomberg, Jihad
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Hagel and defense
Biography isn't policy. President Barack Obama's choice for secretary of defense, Chuck Hagel, former Nebraska Republican senator, has a resume most politicians can envy: a clean senatorial record, no ethical lapses and two Purple Hearts from a war many...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Israel, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Chuck Hagel, Politics
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Groundhog Day in Gaza
In the film "Groundhog Day," Bill Murray wakes up each morning and relives the previous day. A similar scenario is playing out in the Middle East between Israel and her enemies. The deadly "movie" always goes like this: Israel is shelled or attacked...
Tags: BBC, Religion and Belief, Israel, United Nations, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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U.S. and Israel push the boundaries of international law
William PfaffPARIS -- In 2009, the former head of the international law department of Israel's military establishment, Daniel Reisner, said that "International law progresses through violations. We invented the targeted assassination thesis and we had to push it. At...Tags: Israel, U.S. Congress, Labor Legislation, United Nations, William Pfaff
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Washington casts wary eye at Muslim Brotherhood
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama begins his second term straining to maintain a good relationship with Egypt, an important U.S. ally whose president is a conservative Islamist walking a fine line between acting as a moderate peace broker and...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, U.S. Congress, Israel, Mohamed Morsi, Egypt
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Netanyahu's choices
As President Barack Obama begins his second term, he faces a series of Middle East challenges far more daunting than when he began his presidency in 2009. These problems include: •what to do about the Arab-Israeli conflict, with peace talks between...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Israel, Wars and Interventions, Peace Negotiations, Egypt
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U.S. drone use could set dangerous example for rogue powers
Imagine if North Korea or Iran or Venezuela deployed thousands of unmanned surveillance aircraft in search of earthbound enemies, a swarm of robotic hunters armed with lethal weaponry and their governments’ go-ahead to exterminate targets. It&...
Tags: Israel, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, International Relations, Civil Rights
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Nov 26, 2012
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Jan 31, 2013
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Jan 15, 2013
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Jan 12, 2013
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Nov 24, 2012
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Feb 12, 2013
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Jan 28, 2013
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Feb 11, 2013
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Feb 7, 2013
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