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Dec
Dec
Who will be more Powerful?
Have your say. Who will be more powerful in the Obama Administration when it comes to influence with foriegn affairs?
Archive for the 'Foreign Policy' Category
23
Dec
Dec
Muscle at the State Department?
The New York Times is reporting that Secretary of State nominee Hillary Clinton is making plans to build a bigger, badder, and richer Department of State.
The Times cited an unnamed Hillary Clinton adviser as saying her push for a more vigorous economic team stems from her belief that the State Department needs to play a [...]
18
Dec
Dec
An Iraq Timetable?
As President-elect Barack Obama prepares to assume the duties of Commander in Chief on January 20th, one issue awaiting him immediately is the War in Iraq. The economic turmoil has become the top, paramount issue, as it should be, but the War in Iraq, is going to be one issue Democratic voters, progressives, and moderates [...]
08
Dec
Dec
What does Obama mean for Sudan?
Interesting article from the Washington Post today on Sudan and the Obama Presidency.
As the article points out, the Obama election in November was greeted with much joy and excitement throughout Africa, much like around the rest of the globe. Expectations are high that the Obama Presidency will mark a significant departure of unilateralism and arrogance [...]
05
Dec
Dec
Castro Open to Talks with Obama
As we wrote yesterday, US business has signaled to President-elect Barack Obama that the time may be approaching to loosen the trade embargo against Cuba. Of course, we here at 3BD absolutely concur, considering it is a 50 year failed policy that has achieved absolutely nothing.
Whether the world wants to believe Fidel Castro is [...]
04
Dec
Dec
Business wants a new Cuba policy
For years, business lobbies and farmers have been calling for an end to the U.S. embargo of Cuba and the right to sell U.S. goods and services in the island nation. Beset by a right-wing Congress [and not exactly flush with political courage], President Clinton caved in to the right-wing Cuba lobby and stiffened the [...]
30
Nov
Nov
Obama Roll Out #2
Coming tomorrow at 10:40AM, President Elect Barack Obama will roll out his national defense/foreign policy team. Just as he did with his economic team, facing a mounting economic crisis, Obama’s announcement tomorrow comes after the tragic and stunning terrorist attacks in Mumbia, India.
But the announcement has more than just crisis situations in common, the roll [...]
24
Nov
Nov
Susan Rice to be UN Ambassador?
Dr. Susan Rice is in line to be the UN Ambassador under President-elect Barack Obama, according to ABC News. Dr. Rice was a former member of President Bill Clinton’s National Security Council and a former Assistant Secretary of State. The speculation has been wide spread that Rice would play some kind of national security/foreign policy [...]
16
Nov
Nov
Obama to Endorse Saudi Peace Plan
According to the Jerusalem Post, President-elect Barack Obama plans to endorse the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative.
The Arab
Peace Initiative, based on the Saudi
peace plan of February 2002, calls for a full Israeli withdrawal from all territories taken in the Six Day War, including east Jerusalem, in exchange for normalizing ties with the Arab world.
Obviously, [...]
10
Nov
Nov
Gitmo Detainees to get real Trials
President-Elect Barack Obama is crafting plans to provide terrorism detainees at Guantanamo Bay criminal trials here int eh US. Gitmo has been one of the most heavily criticized, Bush Era creations that has single handily stained US reputation worldwide. The US has held detainees on suspicion of terrorism without ever providing any justice or legal [...]