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WASHINGTON (AP) — Fiery human rights advocate Samantha Power has famously taken presidents to task for refusing to use military force to stop genocide. But as the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Power may need to bite her tongue as the Obama administration resists being drawn into Syria. Tweet This Post
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Remade Mideast poses new perils for Obama on trip
Posted by admin on March 19th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — On his second trip to the Middle East as U.S. commander in chief, President Barack Obama this week will confront a political and strategic landscape nearly unrecognizable from the one he encountered on his first trip to the region shortly after assuming office in 2009. Tweet This Post
Cliff poses tiny dollar gap, wide political ravine
Posted by admin on December 21st, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to resolving their "fiscal cliff" impasse, the dollar gap between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner is tiny in federal terms. That masks a monumental political ravine the two men must try to bridge, with most of the burden on the now beleaguered Boehner. Tweet This Post
Indicted ex-lawmaker poses dilemma for Ill. Dems
Posted by admin on October 30th, 2012
Punching a straight Democratic ticket on Election Day has been a Chicago tradition for decades. Tweet This Post
Iraq’s role in Syria war poses problems for US
Posted by admin on September 5th, 2012
Iraq's acquiescence in possibly allowing Iranian weapons deliveries to the Syrian regime demonstrates Washington's limited influence in postwar Iraq, its inability to halt Syria's 18-month conflict and its continued struggle against Tehran for supremacy in the region. Tweet This Post
Isaac poses potential problems for RNC
Posted by admin on August 22nd, 2012
All Isaac needs to do is come close to Tampa to bring a lot of problems to the Republican National Convention. Even during an average summer thunderstorm in this area, major roads can flood. Tweet This Post
Russian town poses questions as flood recedes
Posted by admin on July 8th, 2012
KRYMSK, Russia (Reuters) – It seemed there was nothing but water in the early hours of Saturday when residents say a seven-meter wave came crashing down on the Russian Black Sea town of Krymsk, flooding a neat row of new brick houses where families lay sleeping. In the hours that followed, the streets of Krymsk [...]
Dissident case poses test for U.S.-China diplomacy
Posted by admin on April 29th, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Hillary Clinton made her first trip abroad as secretary of state, she baldly said the United States could not let human rights disputes get in the way of working with China on global challenges. Now that the blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is under U.S. protection in Beijing, according to a [...]
Former Governor Poses as Homeless Man
Posted by admin on March 9th, 2012
Former New Jersey Gov. Richard Codey (D) put on a “phony beard, a fake tattoo and clothes dragged through grass and stained with coffee” to transform himself into a homeless man looking for shelter on a frigid night this week, Reuters reports. Tweet This Post
Analysis: Kingfisher’s nosedive poses dilemma for India
Posted by admin on February 26th, 2012
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – As Kingfisher Airlines careens toward collapse, the Indian government finds itself between a rock and a hard place. The government, already weakened by a string of corruption scandals over the past year, will face further political heat if it tries to rescue a money-losing private carrier – especially one owned by [...]
