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Hillary Backpedals on Pakistan
tnr.com - 27 days ago
Hillary Backpedals on Pakistan
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No sooner had I finished praising her tough talk in Pakistan than she began walking it back . Clinton carefully scaled back her comments from a day earlier suggesting that some Pakistani officials knew where al-Qaida's upper echelon has been hiding and have done little to target them. read ...
Hillary Gets Tough; Will it Work?
tnr.com - 27 days ago
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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commonsensewonder.blogspot.com - 27 days ago
Note to the anti war types: We weren't in Afghanistan before 9/11
— commonsensewonder.blogspot.com — Passports Linked to 9/11 Found in Pakistan Friday , October 30, 2009 SHERWANGAI, Pakistan — Pakistani soldiers... battling their way into a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border have seized passports that may be linked to 9/11 suspects, as they confront an enemy skilled in operating in a ... (more) Note to the anti war types: We weren't in Afghanistan ...

Comments vote down jhudock jhudock posted 27 days agoposted this
Hillary Clinton Explains the American Government to Pakistan
harrisonprice.com - 26 days ago
Hillary Clinton Explains the American Government to Pakistan
— harrisonprice.com — “We (the United States) tax everything that moves and doesn’t move.” – Hillary Clinton I’m reminded of... this quote when I read that: “ [G]overnment’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, ... (more) Hillary Clinton Explains the American Government to Pakistan

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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan:  Hillary Going Rogue?

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Hillary Going Rogue?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — The secretary of state dials back comments she made earlier this week suggesting that Pakistani officials know where top al-Qaeda leaders are hiding but are doing little to target them. Mike Crowley sees a trend: Hillary is beginning to compile a non-trivial list of off-message comments that cause trouble. On a trip to China she dismissed human rights as a factor in US-China relations--apparently not a scripted statement. She got ahead of the Obama White House on talk of a complete Israeli settlement freeze. And this summer she compared the ...

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