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search.japantimes.co.jp - 29 days ago

Okada's meeting with Clinton on, then off

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WASHINGTON (Kyodo) The U.S. State Department retracted on Saturday an earlier announcement that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton would meet with Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada this Friday. The department apparently jumped the gun when it made the announcement earlier in the day. Japan ...

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robertreich.blogspot.com - 25 days ago

Health Care Reform is Critically Important, But Getting Americans Back to Work is More So

— robertreich.blogspot.com — Presidents tend to overcompensate for the errors of their predecessors in the same party and in so... doing sow seeds of their own mistakes. Bill Clinton wanted above all to avoid Jimmy Carter's fate -- losing re-election because the economy was heading ... (more) Health Care Reform is Critically Important, But Getting ...

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nydailynews.com - 27 days ago

Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to debate at Radio City

— nydailynews.com — Don't expect a Steel Cage Death Match, but it will be a presidential duel for the ages:... ex-President George W. Bush versus predecessor Bill Clinton , for one night only. The two ex-presidents have agreed to face off on the same stage as part of MSG ... (more) Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to debate at Radio City

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democracy-project.com - 26 days ago

Quantitative Easing

— democracy-project.com — During Japan’s banking crisis in the early part of this century, the Bank of Japan pioneered a... process called quantitative easing (QE) whereby the central bank massively boosted the reserves that commercial banks held in its coffers. Bernanke and Co. have been using QE to prop up our ... (more) Quantitative Easing

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The Washington Note:  Washington Note Headlines -- 2 November 2009

The Cable:  Clinton-Okada summit falls victim to DPJ infighting

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Washington Note Headlines -- 2 November 2009
The Washington Note — ... Clinton Schedules Then Retracts Meeting with Japan Foreign Minister Okada. Could still happen -- but what a big change when Hillary Clinton's first overseas visit was to Tokyo and Barack Obama's first official foreign head of government was Japan Prime Minister Taro Aso. American and Japanese authorities are still bickering over a relocation deal for Futenma Air Station on Okinawa. Someone should remind Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the reshuffled security arrangements between the US and Japan were triggered by the brutal rape of a 12-year ...

Clinton-Okada summit falls victim to DPJ infighting
The Cable — ... For the protocol-obsessed Japanese, scheduling a cabinet-level meeting and then canceling it is a rare occurrence. But that's exactly what happened today when the State Department had to withdraw its announcement that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would meet Friday with Japanese Foreign Minister Katusya Okada. ...