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Best Wishes, Mr. President...and a sign of the times
democracyarsenal.org —
Whitehouse.gov is now live and worth a look. Of note, on the foreign policy page, Afghanistan and Pakistan are first... Iraq has it's own page, and in bold letters, it promises a responsible, phased withdrawal.
Obama Reaffirms FP Campaign Pledges
Newshoggers.com —
... Whitehouse.gov has a summary of the Obama/Biden administration's foreign policy platform up. There are no radical departures from the campaign, but of course now the policy prescriptions there are on the official White House website as official presidential policy. They include a refocus on Afghanistan and Pakistan, holding Pakistan more accountable, supporting Israel come what may, adding America's weight to "the Millennium Development Goal of cutting extreme poverty and hunger around the world in half by 2015", de-politicizing the intelligence community and repairing America's ...
New White House Website Drops Iran Threat From “Unacceptable” To Just “Troubling”
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
... Under “Foreign Policy,” there are sub-headings covering different issues, most with multiple bullet-points. Here is the entire entry for Iran: ...
Obama Reaffirms FP Campaign Pledges
Crooks and Liars —
... Whitehouse.gov has a summary of the Obama/Biden administration's foreign policy platform up. There are no radical departures from the campaign, but of course now the policy prescriptions there are on the official White House website as official presidential policy. They include a refocus on Afghanistan and Pakistan, holding Pakistan more accountable, supporting Israel come what may, adding America's weight to "the Millennium Development Goal of cutting extreme poverty and hunger around the world in half by 2015", de-politicizing the intelligence community and ...
UN on Israel - Gaza "raises the spectre of systematic war crimes"
Newshoggers.com —
... And in amongst all the good things people (including myself) have been saying about Obama these last two days let's not forget that it is his administration's stated policy that "our first and incontrovertible commitment in the Middle East must be to the security of Israel, America's strongest ally in the region" and "the United States will never distance itself from Israel." ...
New Era of America Leadership?
Antiwar.com Original —
C heck it out! According to the Obama-Biden Foreign Policy Agenda just posted at the White House web-site, "President Obama and Vice President Biden will renew America's security and standing in the world through a new era of American leadership." How?"The Obama-Biden foreign policy will end the war in Iraq responsibly, finish the fight against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan, secure nuclear weapons and loose nuclear materials from terrorists, and renew American diplomacy to support strong alliances and to seek a lasting peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict." ...
Brandon Friedman: Five Myths About the Afghanistan Escalation
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... As President Obama readies a plan to send more troops to Afghanistan, there's been a vigorous debate on the progressive side among those who wish to see more U.S. troops sent to Afghanistan and those who don't. On the one hand, we have a White House website that says explicitly: ...
Jeff Stein: Has Washington Run Out of Patience with Hamid Karzai?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
The grumbling about Afghan President Hamid Karzai has grown so loud you'd think the Obama administration has given up on him.
Indeed, you could almost hear the knees knocking in Karzai's embassy here when incoming Obama officials met privately during inauguration week with at least two Afghan politicians who would like to replace the president.
With the war going badly, criticism has grown of Karzai's seeming tolerance of endemic corruption in his government, which threatens to turn Afghanistan into a narco-state, if not ...
Steven Crandell: White House Welcome for Nuclear Disarmament
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
The White House rolls out the welcome mat for the nuclear abolition movement.
Sounds strange, doesn't it. But guess what?
The goal of nuclear disarmament is no longer just a dream. On the contrary, it's now official policy.
It's there on the White House website, in both the Homeland Security and Foreign Policy sections:
"Set a Goal of a Nuclear-Free World. Show the world that America believes in its existing commitment under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to work to ultimately eliminate all nuclear ...
Joe Cirincione: A New Start for US-Russian Relations
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Upfront is a significant commitment to achieving a nuclear free world, consistent with Obama's repeated statements. They restore arms control and conflict resolution to central policy roles. ...
