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'They don't want to go back'
March is Women's History Month, but the headlines give us little to celebrate. Women who dare to attend protests in Egypt are routinely beaten and subjected to brutal "virginity tests." Girls in Afghanistan are beaten or disfigured for attending school....
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Feminism, Rape, Human Rights, Lobbying
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From pride to disillusionment: a black leader sours on Obama
I can hear 'em now. "He's a good guy"; "He's a family man"; "He'll govern like a moderate"; "It will be so good for the country"; "He's post-partisan." That the election of a mixed-race candidate for president sent positive messages about America around...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Labor Markets, Unemployment, Philosophy, Employment Opportunities
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Cardin stands up for rights
This month's passage of a new U.S.-Russia trade law has done more than showcase Senator Ben Cardin's dedication to international human rights. By sending the shock to the Kremlin — that the U.S. values prosecuting rights abusers as much as it...
Tags: Helsinki (Finland), European Parliament, Elections, Human Rights, Barack Obama
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Why did Obama defend and then drop Susan Rice?
Whether Susan Rice jumped or was pushed from consideration to succeed retiring Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, her removal from the equation clears one bone of partisan contention from President Barack Obama's plate as he heads into his second term....
Tags: Scott P. Brown, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Hillary Clinton, Elections, Barack Obama
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Hillary's next drama
Watching Hillary Rodham Clinton's exit from the State Department is a little like watching the season-ending episode of a popular television series that may not come back the next year. As loyal as its viewers are, there are always wary network executives...
Tags: Television, Hillary Clinton, Elections, Barack Obama, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Since when does it take a political campaign to become secretary of state?
There was a time when a president and the opposition party in Congress could agree on certain basics, such as the right of the chief executive to select members of his cabinet with no fuss or bother. The president's most important choice in this...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Republican Party, Hillary Clinton, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Elections
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Republicans right to seek answers about Benghazi
In general, presidents should appoint whomever they want to serve in their cabinets. But that doesn't mean that re-elected President Barack Obama will — or even should — appoint U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to replace the soon-departing...
Tags: Scott P. Brown, Republican Party, Hillary Clinton, Elections, Barack Obama
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Obama is a lame duck who knows how to quack
It's sometimes said that a lame-duck president is a weakened leader from the first day of his last term. The two-term limit of the 22nd Amendment, imposed by wrathful Republicans in 1951 in response to FDR's breach of the George Washington tradition, is...Tags: Republican Party, Elections, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Defense, George Washington
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Targeting Hillary
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's swan song before the Senate and House committees on foreign affairs was in a sense a prelude to any future bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. It gave Republicans a last chance to cast her as an...
Tags: Republican Party, Hillary Clinton, Elections, Barack Obama, Jeff Duncan
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Say no to Keystone
With the revised route for the Keystone XL pipeline having last week won approval from Nebraska's Republican governor, the geology of North America's most controversial energy project is clear: It has landed President Barack Obama between a rock and a...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Petroleum Industry, Conservation, Elections, Barack Obama
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Hillary Clinton leaves D.C. well-positioned for 2016
Many Republicans and some conservative Democratic legislators in Annapolis believe the Maryland General Assembly has become a proving ground for the presidential ambitions of Gov. Martin O'Malley. The governor's critics believe that by pushing issues...
Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Republican Party, Hillary Clinton, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Elections
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Foreign Service welcomes Kerry to Foggy Bottom
In greeting new Secretary of State John Kerry, members of the Foreign Service were welcoming one of their own. They hope his arrival at Foggy Bottom will mark new understanding of — and support for — the work they do around the world....
Tags: John Kerry, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Christopher Stevens, The Washington Post, U.S. Senate
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