swampland.blogs.time.com - 12/5/2008
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Henry Kissinger has written a real valentine to Barack Obama in today's Washington Post.:
It took courage for the president-elect to choose this constellation and no little inner assurance -- both qualities essential for dealing with the challenge of distilling order out of a fragmenting ...
haaretz.com - 12/11/2008
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haaretz.com —
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's administration will offer Israel
a "nuclear umbrella" against the threat of a nuclear
attack by Iran, a well-placed American source said earlier this week. The source, who is close to the new administration, said ...
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Obama's atomic umbrella: U.S. nuclear strike ...
jpost.com - 12/4/2008
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jpost.com —
The IDF is drawing up options for a
strike on Iranian nuclear facilities that do not include
coordination with the United States, The Jerusalem Post has learned. While its preference is to coordinate with the US, defense officials have said Israel is ...
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IDF preparing options for Iran strike | Iran news | ...
newyorker.com - 12/2/2008
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newyorker.com —
The Bush Administration, while publicly advocating diplomacy in
order to stop Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon,
has increased clandestine activities inside Iran and intensified planning for a possible major air attack. Current and former American ...
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Annals of National Security: The Iran Plans: The New Yorker
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... Of course it’s not surprise that Henry Kissinger is a liar, but you rarely see a journalist straight-up use the word “lie” when describing a prominent public figure. Props to Karen Tumulty. ...
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Nonproliferation Policy Pow-Wow
The Page by Mark Halperin —
Getty Obama will meet with former SecStates Kissinger , Schultz, former Sen. Nunn, former Defense Sec Perry in the Oval Office Tuesday. They're expected to discuss key U.S. nonproliferation policy priorities.
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Kissinger on Obama’s Foreign Policy Team
outsidethebeltway.com 12/5/2008 — This morning in the Washington Post former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has words of praise for President-Elect Barack Obama’s recently announced foreign policy team.
Of Hillary Clinton he writes:
No one can question the ...
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NYT describes Obama's breakneck pace of appointments. Grassroots leaders meet to discuss how they can have Obama's ear. Henry Kissinger praises Obama's national security picks. Don't let the economy get you down: Obama can fulfill his promises . The Harvard buds who are advising ...
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With the imminent selection of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, the major question that emerges is, how will she and Barack Obama work together? That is, will there be the seamless interaction between them of Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon or will there be the obvious distance that was ...
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