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Was it an Intentional Trans-Atlantic Cold Shoulder?

Posted on March 5, 2009 by myiq2xu

  Within days of taking office Barack Obama caused a minor diplomatic flap when he brusquely rejected the continued loan of a bust of Winston Churchill that had stood in the Oval Office since shortly after the 9/11 attacks.  The valuable bronze art work was on loan from the British government’s art collection. Then there was the [...]

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Lecturing “PUMAs”

Posted on March 5, 2009 by bostonboomer

“PUMA” is an acronym dreamed up by Conflucian “SM” at The Confluence on June 1, 2008 at 3:39PM. SM is a woman with experience in advertising and public relations, and she’s really good at thinking up clever acronyms and slogans. This time she created one that went viral within days after she posted this comment [...]

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Thursday: Where in the world is Hillary Clinton?

Posted on March 5, 2009 by riverdaughter

Our intrepid Secretary of State is hitting her stride this week with visits to the middle east and Europe.  You can follow her itinerary using this Google interactive map.  Yesterday, she met with Mahmoud Abbas and declared our commitment to a two state solution as well as recognizing the Palestinian Authority as the only legitimate [...]

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