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Cheney-ite vs. Hillary
tnr.com - 10/31/2009
Cheney-ite vs. Hillary
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John Hannah, who served as Dick Cheney's national security advisor, takes to NRO  to express his anger that Hillary Clinton was bashing the Bush legacy in Pakistan this week. First, what Hillary said: read more
Cheney Refused to Release the Journalists
emptywheel.firedoglake.com - 10/31/2009
Cheney Refused to Release the Journalists
— emptywheel.firedoglake.com — [Ed. Note: be sure to catch emptywheel's previous post regarding the release today of Cheney's interview materials.]... There is a lot in Cheney’s interview report –we’ll have a busy weekend. But for the moment, let’s start ... (more) Cheney Refused to Release the Journalists

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corner.nationalreview.com - 10/29/2009
Secretary Clinton Abroad -- By: NRO Staff
— corner.nationalreview.com — Maybe, as a former member of the Bush administration, I'm just too sensitive. But as a concerned... citizen who desperately wants to give the administration the benefit of the doubt whenever I can for trying to do the right thing to defend and advance ... (more) Secretary Clinton Abroad -- By: NRO Staff

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Hillary Gets Tough; Will it Work?
tnr.com - 10/30/2009
Hillary Gets Tough; Will it Work?
— tnr.com — This is pretty great. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed doubt Thursday over Pakistan's failure to... locate top al-Qaeda leaders in the eight years since they escaped over the border from Afghanistan, telling a group of Pakistani ... (more) Hillary Gets Tough; Will it Work?

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Matthew Yglesias:  John Hannah, Patriot

The Moderate Voice:  John Hannah’s Tone-Deaf Political Strategy

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John Hannah, Patriot
Matthew Yglesias — ... despised and discredited Bush administration, whines in response: Does anyone advising President Obama and the secretary of state really believe that this kind of partisanship and trash-talking abroad about another American president is really going to buy us much long-term goodwill among either our friends or our adversaries? Do they imagine that this sort of thing really helps to advance U.S. national interests? To which Mike Crowley offers the only reasonable response of course it will buy us goodwill. Obviously, ...

John Hannah’s Tone-Deaf Political Strategy
The Moderate Voice — ... “Does anyone advising President Obama and the secretary of state really believe,” Hannah frets, “that this kind of partisanship and trash-talking abroad about another American president is really going to buy us much long-term goodwill among either our friends or our adversaries? Do they imagine that this sort of thing really helps to advance U.S. national interests?” TNR’s Michael Crowley’s answer: Hell, yeah, it will! Personally, I really ...

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