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npr.org - 6/16/2009

Mousavi To Supporters: Don't Rally Today

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Good morning. News from Iran continues to move quickly. Among the developments since we last left you: -- The country's Islamic leadership says it's willing to recount a limited number of ballots from Friday's disputed presidential election. -- According to state media in Iran, seven people were ...

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swampland.blogs.time.com - 6/16/2009

McCain Unhinged

— swampland.blogs.time.com — For two years now, John McCain has been entirely consistent on Iran: every last statement he's made--at... least, those that I've seen--has been (a) fabulously uninformed and (b) dangerously bellicose. He's still at it, apparently. There is no question ... (more) McCain Unhinged

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latimes.com - 6/16/2009

Obama's choice is not to choose on Iran - Los Angeles Times

— latimes.com — Discuss Article (63 Comments) Do it, President Obama, please. Take the side of democracy. Declare yourself and... your nation on the side of hope and change where it is more than a slogan and better than a rationalization for ever-bigger government. Stop ... (more) Obama's choice is not to choose on Iran - Los Angeles Times

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The New York Times

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salon.com - 6/16/2009

The "Bomb Iran" contingent's newfound concern for The Iranian People - Glenn Greenwald

— salon.com — (updated below - Update II) I'm going to leave the debate about whether Iran's election was "stolen"... and the domestic implications within Iran to people who actually know what they're talking about (which is a very small subset of the class purporting ... (more) The "Bomb Iran" contingent's newfound concern for The ...

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Glenn Beck

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Mike Pence Undermines the Iranian People
democracyarsenal.org — ... that it would be counter-productive for the U.S. to intervene in the Iranian election and take sides in the political turmoil now roiling the nation. Indeed, even former Bush administration State Department spokesman Nick Burns said: ...

GOP Congressman Pushes to Demagogue Iran Uprising
Library Grape — ... should, be ‘heard and respected,' it seems by my lights that this administration has yet to express the unqualified support of the American people for those who are courageously taking to the streets for free elections and for democracy in Iran.What's wrong with this? Let's look to what a few rational Republicans think of bluster like what Pence is offering (h/t to Adam Blickstein for the wrap-up). Former Bush administration State Department spokesman Nick Burns said: "President Ahmadinejad would like nothing better than to see aggressive statements, a ...

Adam Blickstein: Mike Pence Undermines the Iranian People
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... that it would be counter-productive for the U.S. to intervene in the Iranian election and take sides in the political turmoil now roiling the nation. Indeed, even former Bush administration State Department spokesman Nick Burns said: ...

Pence's poor plan
Political Animal — ... by showing restraint in the midst of developments in Iran. Burns told NPR , "President Ahmadinejad would like nothing better than to see aggressive statements, a series of statements, from the United States which try to put the U.S. at the center of this, and I think President Obama is avoiding that, quietly rightly." Leave it to congressional Republicans to try step in and give Ahmadinejad the rhetorical life-preserver he's been waiting for. ...

GOP Uses Iran Resolution to Slam Obama, Undermine Iranian People
democracyarsenal.org — ... round-up of the debate that just transpired on the House floor over Iran. No one should be surprised that while the language of the resolution is fairly innocuous, the GOP is going to use it as a wedge against the Administration, and utilize the optics that the House acted on behalf of the Iranian people while Obama remains silent as a calculated strategy to hammer the President's approach towards Iran, which has been supported by Henry Kissinger, Pat Buchanan, Nick Burns, and Dick Lugar, amongst other.  Just look at the statements Republicans ...

Adam Blickstein: GOP Uses Iran Resolution to Slam Obama, Undermine Iranian People
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... debate that just transpired on the House floor over Iran. No one should be surprised that while the language of the resolution is fairly innocuous, the GOP is going to use it as a wedge against the Administration, and utilize the optics that the House acted on behalf of the Iranian people while Obama remains silent as a calculated strategy to hammer the President's approach towards Iran, which has been supported by Henry Kissinger, Pat Buchanan, Nick Burns, and Dick Lugar, amongst other. Just look at the statements Republicans just made on the floor (from ...