swampland.blogs.time.com - 1/12/2009
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Roger Cohen makes a very good point in his New York Times column today. There are no Arabs or Persians on Barack Obama's Middle East negotiating team--at least not yet. And most of those who have been named or rumored are Jewish males.
I suppose that it falls to Jewish males like Cohen (and ...
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2 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) Advisers to President-elect
Barack Obama say one of his first duties in
office will be to order the closing of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay. That executive order is expected during Obama's first week on the ...
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The Associated Press: Advisers say Obama preparing to ...
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(Obama and Calderone, from AP)
Clinton preps for her hearing.
Obama's Middle East team lacks on Arabs and Persians.
Israel bars Arab parties from its election.
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The she's-a-friend-of-Obama argument for Caroline Kennedy gathers steam.
Russ Smith prefers Mario.
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Pepsi imitates and flatters the Obama campaign.
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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Hard to say, but Obama's Middle East team is indeed stacked with officials with close ties to Israel, including a former U.S. ambassador. ...
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