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MSNBC
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Hillary Rodham Clinton ridiculed Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama for his contention that living in a foreign country as a child helped give him a better understanding of the foreign policy challenges facing the United States.
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Associated Press
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President Bush said Wednesday he wants Congress to expand and make permanent a law that temporarily gives the government more power to eavesdrop without warrants on suspected foreign terrorists.
Without such action, Bush said, "our national security pr..
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Washington Post
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The Republican candidates for president used a nationally televised morning debate to mock Democrats on foreign policy, taxes and health care while sparring with each other over abortion and the administration's anti-terrorism efforts.
From a stage in..
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Washington Post
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The Senate bowed to White House pressure last night and passed a Republican plan for overhauling the federal government's terrorist surveillance laws, approving changes that would temporarily give U.S. spy agencies expanded power to eavesdrop on foreign s..
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CNN
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President Bush is threading the diplomatic needle on a foreign trip -- again.
He meets at a summit in Germany with Russian President Vladimir Putin, with whom frayed relations are straining toward the breaking point because of Bush's ambition to put a..
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FOX News
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Today's foreign terrorists could become tomorrow's U.S. refugees if the Bush administration gets its way.
The intent is to grant refugee status to rebels who have fought repressive governments or advanced U.S. foreign policy objectives, particularly in..
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New York Times
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Italy’s fragile government snapped suddenly on Wednesday under the weight of its own internal divisions as well as a broader skepticism about the European role in the worldwide fight against terrorism. Prime Minister Romano Prodi, in office just nine..
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Reuters
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The Bush administration's new energy plan to slash gasoline demand by 20 percent faces serious economic obstacles and will do little to cut long-term U.S. reliance on foreign oil, analysts said on Wednesday...
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MSNBC
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But while Mr. Davis took a leave from Davis Manafort in 2006, the company has developed a specialty in recent years in a type of lobbying for which firms do not have to register — namely, representing the interests abroad of foreign politicians and busi..
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MSNBC
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One of the chief concerns of the pragmatists is that Mr. McCain is susceptible to influence from the neoconservatives because he is not as fully formed on foreign policy as his campaign advisers say he is, and that while he speaks authoritatively, he oper..
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SF Gate
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President Bush might be down in the polls, but when the Republican presidential candidates were asked about his record on foreign policy in a recent debate in New Hampshire, no one except Rep. Ron Paul of Texas was running away from it.
"I agree with t..
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Los Angeles Times
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Hundreds of U.S. diplomats Wednesday vented anger and frustration over the State Department's decision to force Foreign Service officers to take jobs in Iraq, with some calling it a "potential death sentence."
In a contentious hourlong meeting, they pe..
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Alter Net
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Obama seems to be his own greatest enemy when it comes to his grasp of foreign policy.
The instant Barack Obama tossed his hat in the presidential ring the big knock against him was that he didn't know a darn thing about foreign policy. And that his gr..
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Los Angeles Times
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Say what you like about George W. Bush's poor stewardship of U.S. foreign policy -- and we have -- the president got it exactly right Monday. After a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Bush was asked whether he would wait for permission from Paki..
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Alter Net
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The acclaimed critic of U.S. foreign policy analyzes Bush's current political troubles, the war on Iraq, and what's really behind the global 'war on terror.'
For over 40 years, MIT professor Noam Chomsky has been one of the world's leading intellectual..
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FOX News
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It is against the law for a candidate for federal office to take political contributions from foreigners.
But a potential "loophole" could help at least one high-profile candidate in the 2008 presidential race: It is perfectly legal for a candidate for..
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Ars Technica
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US companies that lay off large numbers of workers shouldn't be allowed to hire workers with H1B visas if they're planning a large layoff that will reduce their total number of US workers, according to two senators. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Chuck Grassl..
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FOX News
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Randall Tobias, head of the Bush administration's foreign aid programs, abruptly resigned Friday after his name surfaced in an investigation into a high-priced call-girl ring, said two people in a position to know the circumstances of his departure.
It..
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Washington Post
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Randall L. Tobias, the deputy secretary of state responsible for U.S. foreign aid, abruptly resigned yesterday after he was asked about an upscale escort service allegedly involved in prostitution, U.S. government sources said.
Tobias resigned after AB..
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CNN
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China's government abruptly replaced its foreign minister Friday, appointing former ambassador to the United States Yang Jiechi to the post in an early reshuffling of senior positions ahead of key political meetings.
The resignation of Li Zhaoxing as f..
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