newsweek.com - 10/27/2008
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One of the sharpest and most telling differences on foreign policy between Barack Obama and John McCain is whether the United States should talk to difficult and disreputable leaders like Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or Venezuela's Hugo Chávez. In each of the three presidential debates, McCain ...
newsweek.com - 10/27/2008
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newsweek.com —
One of the sharpest and most telling differences
on foreign policy between Barack Obama and John McCain...
is whether the United States should talk to difficult and disreputable leaders like Iran 's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or Venezuela's Hugo Chávez. In each ...
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Ex-Bush Official: We Should Talk to Iran | Newsweek ...
newsweek.com - 11/1/2008
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newsweek.com —
With the presidential election only days away, federal
officials are looking closely for any uptick in threats...
to presidential candidates from white supremacist or other extremist groups. But in contrast to the pre-election atmosphere of four years ...
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Former Bush State Department Official: We Should Talk to Our Enemies
Political Punch —
... Former Bush State Department Official: We Should Talk to Our Enemies October 27, 2008 11:10 AM Nicholas Burns, the former Undersecretary of State for political affairs until his retirement in April writes in Newsweek about the McCain-Obama debate over talking to enemies of the U.S."One of the sharpest and most telling differences on foreign policy between Barack Obama and John McCain is whether the United States should talk to difficult and disreputable leaders like Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or Venezuela's Hugo Chávez," writes the former highest-ranking American career ...
The Repulican's Robocall
democracyarsenal.org —
... In Newsweek Nick Burns, formerly the highest ranking diplomat in the Bush administration, criticized the position taken by the McCain of refusing to engage in
tough diplomacy with U.S. enemies, asking, “Is it really smart to
declare we will never talk to such leaders?” He continued, cited
“ardent cold-war presidents -- Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Richard
Nixon and Ronald Reagan, none of whom was often accused of being weak
or naive—decided that sitting down with our adversaries made good sense
for America. They all talked to Soviet leaders—men vastly more ...
McCain's Irresponsible Syria Response
democracyarsenal.org —
... Finally, there is the argument about not meeting with Syria. Here is the thing. Israeli PM Olmert has stated publicly that Israel should move to direct negotiations directly with the Syrians and the Israelis are currently in talks through a Turkish mediator. Ambassador Nick Burns, who was Bush's point man on Iran for three years, had a piece out this weekend arguing for direct talks with our enemies. ...
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