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Most second-term presidents become fixated on global affairs because the world beyond our shores, with all its strife and misery, often seems more malleable than life in Washington, with its fractious Congress and waning electoral mandate. The trick, though, for a foreign policy president, is to be good at it—and these days those skills appear [...]
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From Benghazi to Syria: Obama’s Bush-league mistakes in foreign policy
Posted by admin on May 10th, 2013
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Tags: Benghazi, Bushleague, Foreign, From, Mistakes, Obama's, policy, Syria 
No Comments »Kerry Says Foreign Students Scared of Guns in U.S.
Posted by admin on April 15th, 2013
Secretary of State John Kerry told CNN that students in other countries assessing where to study abroad are increasingly scared of coming to the United States because of gun violence. Tweet This Post
Employers eager for new foreign worker program
Posted by admin on April 10th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — As desperate as unemployed Americans are to find work, there are still some jobs that many would never consider applying for because they are seen as too dirty, too demanding or just plain unappealing. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Want to Join the Foreign Service? There’s an App for That
Posted by admin on April 1st, 2013
A new State Department mobile application gives prospective Foreign Service officers a taste of what could be in store for them. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
How Foreign Governments Use a Loophole to Influence the U.S.
Posted by admin on March 22nd, 2013
Rosie Gray: “Unlike the Washington firms hired directly by foreign governments, Ukraine’s leadership has slipped its American agenda through an increasingly popular loophole in the federal law intended to regulate foreign activity in the United States, allowing it to follow the minimal disclosure practices required of domestic corporate lobbies, not the extensive ones demanded of [...]
Madeleine Albright: Foreign Policy Has Become ‘Much Harder’
Posted by admin on March 17th, 2013
After a roundtable appearance on “This Week,” former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright joined Martha Raddatz for an ABC News web exclusive. Albright discussed her career, gave advice for the current Secretary of State John Kerry, and talked about how U.S. foreign policy has changed… Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Albright, Become, Foreign, harder, Madeleine, much, policy No Comments »American’s Suspicious Death in Singapore Brings Foreign Minister to Lawmakers
Posted by admin on March 13th, 2013
The suspicious death of an American employed in Singapore prompted that country’s foreign minister into a meetings on Capitol Hill today. Shane Todd was a young engineer working for a top technology firm in the island nation when he was found dead in his apartment…. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Americans, Brings, Death, Foreign, lawmakers, Minister, Singapore, Suspicious No Comments »American’s Suspicious Death in Singapore Brings Foreign Minister to Lawmakers
Posted by admin on March 13th, 2013
The suspicious death of an American employed in Singapore prompted that country’s foreign minister into a meetings on Capitol Hill today. Shane Todd was a young engineer working for a top technology firm in the island nation when he was found dead in his apartment…. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Americans, Brings, Death, Foreign, lawmakers, Minister, Singapore, Suspicious No Comments »Adelson Admits to Bribing Foreign Officials
Posted by admin on March 3rd, 2013
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson, the largest Republican donor in last year’s presidential campaign, has informed the Securities and Exchange Commission that his company likely violated a federal law against bribing foreign officials, the New York Times reports. Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This Post
China likely to appoint expert on North Korea, Japan as foreign minister
Posted by admin on February 27th, 2013
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is likely to appoint an expert on Japan and North Korea as its next foreign minister, three independent sources said, in a measure of Beijing's resolve to improve difficult relationships with two of its closest neighbors. Barring last-minute changes, Wang Yi, 59, China's ambassador to Japan from 2004 to 2007, was [...]
