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…m the Kennedy School at Harvard. But during the presidential campaign, Power announced that Hillary Clinton (not yet in Barack’s employ), who had been relentlessly bashing her boss, was a “monster.” A furor erupted. Power resigned. Her career with Obama was over. Only it wasn’t....

…ational referendum. FP: How would you describe Egypt's role in the peace process now? What do you expect from President Barack Obama's administration with regards to the peace process? SE: Egypt has played a central role, and continues to do so. We trust that Egypt, under Preside...

…ech. You'd probably have more luck playing with Tarot cards, or reading tea leaves or goat entrails. But not this year. Barack Obama's fourth such address left a trail of foreign-policy cookie crumbs that lead directly to some pretty clear, if hardly surprising or revolutionary,...

…and Me— Remembering Scott Kelman— The 20th Anniversary of the Summer of Love— POLITICS— The Last Election— A Letter to Barack Obama— Unsafe at Safeway— The Yippies and the Occupiers— PORN AGAIN— Remembering Pubic Hair-- The Taste of Sperm— Eating Shit For Fun and...

… eavesdropping, the president had committed crimes and should be held accountable for them,” Greenwald wrote. When Barack Obama became President in 2009, Greenwald also attacked him for breaking the law by “ordering illegal eavesdropping.” Because of his opposition to Pres...

…e real dangers. The prospect of a nuclear Iran was even more so. “But the implication of the way you speak, not just to Barack Obama or David Cameron, but to Israelis, is that these are existential threats. What do you imagine? That if, God forbid, we wake up and Iran is a nuclea...

…re the virtually identical precipitous drops in the economy immediately preceding the Presidencies of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama and the totally opposite results during their respective Presidencies. I just can’t see how a pro-Obama candidate can win in 2016. 4 Laffer Associa...

…policy, the world wants to know whether he has invented a new “doctrine”. The short answer in the case of Libya is that Barack Obama has not invented a new doctrine so much as repudiated an old one. What he is also doing, however, is challenging an American habit of mind. The do...

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… actions of the IMF, that space is limited. But what does Washington think? Not very much at the moment. With President Barack Obama's second term team still being assembled, it is not surprising that there is something of a vacuum in Middle East policy. But the issue is deeper t...

… says stimulus plan to kick in later this year By Tom Doggett — Sat Jul 11, 3:13 pm ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Barack Obama said Saturday more time was needed for his $787 billion stimulus package to work, predicting the spending would have a bigger impact on the economy...

… to self-deception than the rest of us, but it is much more visible to others and has potentially far greater effects. Barack Obama’s self-deception, as is often the case, was the downside of a major virtue—the ability to integrate opposing factions. He gave me a scare when aft...

…rom the centre. Central players mobilise others and create the conditions and coalitions for action – just as President Barack Obama described America’s role in this conflict. In truth, US diplomacy has been adroit in enabling action from other powers in the region, and then know...

Notes from Aspen Strategy Group US Policy on Arab Revolutions TJP summary: Plenty of different opinions on what was done right and wrong. No consensus. Indyk: syria will spill into Bahrain and KSA (Saudi). We should have moved earlier. KSA is a BFD. Feaver (ex Bush): BO'...

…ccepted the novel post with a grain of salt. It took heavy lobbying by Saudi Arabia, and a phone call from US President Barack Obama, to convince him to settle for the NCSP, along with assurances that the body would have real powers, rather than ceremonial duties. The new council...