jpost.com - 6/15/2009
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The spokesman for Iran's Guardian Council said it is ready to recount specific ballot boxes in last week's disputed presidential elections, but rejected a request to cancel election results. State television quoted Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei as saying that the recount would be limited to voting sites ...
latimes.com - 6/16/2009
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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 ...
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Obama's choice is not to choose on Iran - Los Angeles Times
redstate.com - 6/15/2009
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redstate.com —
The Blue Dog Democrats have genuinely boxed themselves
in lately on their consistency regarding Iran. On September...
25, 2007, all the Blue Dog Democrats who were then in Congress voted in favor of H.R. 1400, the Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007. ...
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Brad Sherman (D-CA) Takes On Obama Over Iran Funding
salon.com - 6/16/2009
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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 ...
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The "Bomb Iran" contingent's newfound concern for The ...
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Iran Today [JHoward]
protein wisdom —
h/t sdferr : Running reports from Iran at nicacINsight . The reported shootings are covered in the top post at 5:26. Iranians who are wondering why Obama has spoken out on their behalf may be beginning to understand that he has made a choice and it isn’t them. ABCNews: Iran Erupts: Shots Fired at Defiant Iranian Protesters Asharq Alawsat: Tense Iran Braces for More Anti-Ahmadinejad Protests FOXNews: Gunfire Erupts at Iranian Pro-Reform Protests, At Least 1 Killed MSNBC: Protester killed, others hurt at Tehran rally CBSNews: Tehran Election Protest Turns Deadly CNN: Hatred, chaos and savage beatings in Tehran ...
Newspaper Roundup for June 16, 2009
CNSNews.com Headlines —
Home News Politics CNSNews.com Newspaper Roundup for June 16, 2009 Tuesday, June 16, 2009 By Susan Jones, Senior Editor Los Angeles Times: Western states want reins on federal power Los Angeles Times: Obama to propose strict new regulation of financial industry Washington Times: Federal Reserve to gain power under plan Washington Post: California s Emergency Aid Request Spurned By U.S. Government Officials Push State To Repair Budget Boston Globe: $185 million in stimulus aid for Mass. Water, sewer projects boosted; No estimates on job creation Politico: Mayors angry with White House New York Times: In ...
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njdc.org 7/10/2009 — Talk about a swing and a miss.
Coming out of the G-8 talks in Italy, much of the media seems intent on arguing that the summit didn’t go far enough on the issue of a nuclear Iran. See, for example, Time , “ The G-8 Speaks Softly on Iran’s Nuclear Program .”
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Iran Election Live-Blogging (Wednesday June 17)
huffingtonpost.com 6/20/2009 — This is the archive of my Iran election live-blogging from Sunday, June 14. For the latest updates, click here .
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huffingtonpost.com 6/23/2009 — This is an archive of my Iran live-blogging from Monday, June 22. For the latest updates, click here .
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Iran Links
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Four Iranian Outcomes, And What They Mean For The U.S.
politics.theatlantic.com 6/12/2009 — Today, Iran will hold a presidential election that has brought voters to the streets nightly over the past week, young urban reformers clad in challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi's emblematic green, women with fingers dipped in green to show their ...
Obama and the Media’s Iran Blindspot
harrisonprice.com 6/15/2009 — The picture the U.S. media and Obama painted.
One has to wonder, in reference to the presidential election in Iran… how could Obama and the U.S. media have thought anything different would have happened? Iran is a hardline theocracy and its mullahs don’t want any reform to ...
May: Hope and Change in Iran
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Obama Wins the Iranian Election
corner.nationalreview.com 6/17/2009 — As massive protests rocked Iran after the "re-election" of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over "reform" candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, the western press was eager to attribute the protests to Barack Obama's international influence -- specifically the "support" ...
Iran Election Results: Ahmadinejad Declared Winner By Govt
huffingtonpost.com 6/16/2009 — TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's government says incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the winner of the election with a landslide 62.63 percent of the vote. Top opposition contender Mir Hossein Mousavi takes only 33.75 percent of vote in a result disputed by ...
Ross leaving State for White House? —
First Read 6/15/2009
From NBC's Libby Leist State Department officials and sources close to Dennis Ross say the diplomat is expected to leave the State Department soon for a position in the White House. Ross currently is in charge of the Iran portfolio at the State ...
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