commentarymagazine.com - 12/5/2008
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Barack Obama is toying with the idea of making a speech from an Islamic capital within his first 100 days in office. The scuttlebutt is all about finding the right one. (The consensus is Cairo–which is a terrible idea. An Obama speech there would be read as a shameful acceptance of ...
post-gazette.com - 12/5/2008
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post-gazette.com —
Despite a new administration coming into power, U.S.
Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan said she plans to stick
around. "It doesn't serve justice for all the U.S. attorneys to submit their resignations all at one time," she said yesterday. U.S. attorneys ...
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Buchanan doesn't plan to step down as U.S. attorney
thinkprogress.org - 12/5/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
Mary Beth Buchanan was appointed by President Bush
to serve as U.S. attorney in Pittsburgh in Sept.
2001. Buchanan has held several significant posts within the Bush/Ashcroft/Gonzales Justice Department, most notably serving as director the Executive ...
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A New Attorney Scandal? Bush-Appointed U.S. Attorney ...
longwarjournal.org - 12/4/2008
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longwarjournal.org —
The US government is seeking to add several
former Pakistani intelligence officers to the United Nations’ list
of international terrorists, The News reported . A senior US intelligence official familiar with the effort to reign in Pakistan’s ...
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US moves to declare former Pakistani officers ...
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Which city should Obama choose for his speech to the Middle East?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... very fact that Mr. Obama once lived and went to school there would make choosing it seem like cheating… Tehran? Too soon for that. Amman? Been there, done that. Islamabad? Too dangerous. Ankara? Too safe. Plus the Turks aren’t going to be too crazy about being used for outreach to the Muslim world when they’re trying to join the European Union. The ballsy choice? Mumbai , although realistically there’s no way he’d antagonize Pakistan like that. Abe Greenwald notes, correctly, that Cairo’s a horrible pick unless The One means to signal we’ve come all the way back to ...
Breaking News On Obama Speech
Riehl World View —
... Along with the trial balloon that Barack Obama may give a speech in an Islamic capitol during his first 100 days in office, after learning that some people insist ...
Where Should Obama Give His Great Middle East Speech?
Stop The ACLU —
... President-elect Barack Obama’s aides say he is considering making a major foreign policy speech from an Islamic capital during his first 100 days in office. So where should he do it? The list of Islamic world capitals is long, and includes the obvious —Riyadh, Kuwait City, Islamabad — and the not-so-obvious — Male (the Maldives), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Tashkent (Uzbekistan). Some wise-guys have even suggested Dearborn, Mich., as a possibility. Abe Greenwald: The scuttlebutt is all about finding the right one. (The consensus is Cairo–which is a terrible idea. An Obama ...
Principles of Enragement
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
... Shorter Abe Greenwald: tiny Muslim brains cannot understand the big words of Barack Obama, and, in fact, any effort to engage the wider world of Islam in a respectful and direct manner would be a symbol that we think they’re all murderous savages out to kill us. Therefore, it’s much smarter to bomb their asses into last Eid, because nobody listens to speeches in a post-11/4 world. ...
Pyramid Scheme?
The Opinionator —
... country’s commitment to a stable and democratic Iraq. It would be a chance for Obama to assure those Iraqis who were hostile to President Bush and those who fear a new approach. And most of all, if Obama believes that his words may win hearts and minds, a speech in Baghdad could have the effect of saving American lives by further reducing the strain in relations between U.S. forces and the Iraqi people. Meanwhile, Abe Greenwald at Commentary thinks that no matter where it occurs, the speech is a bad idea : The global problems generating from within the Muslim world today are ...
MORNING READ
News —
... the mother of her newborn, writes Michelle Malkin . The fringe lawsuits are part of the new American tradition of trying to overturn presidential results by any means necessary, writes Dave Weigel at Slate. FROM THE BLOGS: [image] Great Expectations? Impossible Ones? - L. Stranahan, Awesome Blog [image] Power and Authority in Time of Crisis - Sandy Levinson, Balkinization [image] Geithner: Kick Bair Out - Ian Welsh, Firedoglake [image] Obama's Muslim Speech - Abe Greenwald, Commentary [image] D.C. Statehood - Matthew ...
Watcher's Council Results
Rhymes With Right —
... Fourth place with 1 point - (T * ) - Obamas Muslim Speech - Commentarys Contentions Fifth place with 2/3 point - (T * ) - Unspeakable Acts, But We Must Speak Out - ...
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