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Tavis Smiley marks 10th year on PBS

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:47:46 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Tavis Smiley has stood out in 20 years in broadcasting, and he has no intention of changing his style or substance.

Weiner gets started stumping in NYC mayoral race

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:06:18 -0400

NEW YORK - Anthony Weiner set out to reintroduce himself to voters Thursday as he embarked on a mayoral bid after leaving Congress in a sexting scandal. He found a much more supportive reception in his first day of campaigning than he did from the state's top Democrat, who bluntly criticized his candidacy a day earlier.

Hillary Clinton accepts humanitarian award in NYC

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:22:04 -0400

NEW YORK - Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton touted the efforts of a group combatting malnutrition and blindness during an awards speech in New York City.

May: Of Benghazi, black swans and icebergs

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:58:46 -0400

"Humans are great at self-delusion," the polymath philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb has observed. I'm confident he'd agree that the humans who populate the foreign policy community are no exception. - Two years ago this month, Osama bin Laden was killed on President Barack Obama's orders -- a very good thing. Before long, however, sophisticated analysts were declaring that this was not just a battle won -- it was a war ended.

Obama agenda marches on despite controversies

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:49:43 -0400

WASHINGTON - Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.

UN: 14 Iranian exiles moved from Iraq to Albania

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:56:29 -0400

BAGHDAD - The first exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a camp near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations said Thursday, a step toward defusing an explosive dispute left over from the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s and the U.S.-led ousting of the regime of Saddam Hussein.

Heads of Benghazi review board say they'll testify

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:06:20 -0400

WASHINGTON - The leaders of the panel that independently reviewed last year's deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, said Tuesday they were prepared to testify publicly before Congress to counter what they consider unfounded criticism of their work.

Trio of troubles threatening Obama's second term

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:04:45 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama seemed to lose control of his second-term agenda even before he was sworn in, when a school massacre led him to lift gun control to the fore. Now, as he tries to pivot from a stinging defeat on that issue and push forward on others, the president finds himself rocked by multiple controversies that are demoralizing his allies, emboldening his political foes and posing huge distractions for all.

Canadian lobster protests revive memories of 2012

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:13:32 -0400

PORTLAND, Maine - Protests and blockades in Canada in recent days over low lobster prices are rekindling memories of last summer when Canadian fishermen angrily blocked truckloads of Maine-caught lobsters from being delivered to processing plants, but industry members in Maine aren't expecting a repeat.

Senate panel approves US ambassador to Libya

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:48:10 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nominee for U.S. ambassador to Libya, a post that has been vacant since insurgents attacked the diplomatic mission in Benghazi last September, killing Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

Myanmar says president to make official US visit

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:10:16 -0400

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's reformist President Thein Sein will visit the White House next week, the first such trip by a Myanmar head of state in almost 47 years and a sign of warming ties.

10 Things to Know for Today

Mon, 13 May 2013 06:11:08 -0400

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Emanuel says he'll seek 2nd term as Chicago mayor

Sun, 12 May 2013 15:14:14 -0400

CHICAGO - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to seek re-election in 2015 and says he's not interested in higher office, telling a newspaper he intends to fulfill his obligations should voters give him a second four-year term.

Jets' Aboushi a rare Palestinian-American in NFL

Sat, 11 May 2013 14:36:05 -0400

FLORHAM PARK, New Jersey - The congratulatory messages flooded Oday Aboushi's Twitter page for a few days after he was drafted by the New York Jets two weeks ago.

GOP ready to push Benghazi case into 2014, beyond

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:19:59 -0400

WASHINGTON - Steady drips of information about a horrific night in Libya are fueling Republican arguments and ads designed to fire up the conservative base and undercut the Democrats' early favorite for president in 2016.

Editorial: Putting out fires with a document dump

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:21:08 -0400

Anedditorial / By DALE McFEATTERS - Hillary Clinton should take these two words to heart: "document dump." This is a tested Washington tactic that could save her a lot of political aggravation, and, in fact, has in the past.

Editorial: Putting out fires with a document dump

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:20:51 -0400

Editorial: Putting out fires with a document dump

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:20:38 -0400

Hillary Clinton to speak at upstate NY college

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:53:09 -0400

CLINTON, New York - Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will speak at an upstate New York college this fall.

Thomasson: Hearings highlight lack of security for U.S....

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:51:14 -0400

By DAN K. THOMASSON - Gregory Hicks' account of what amounts to State Department security failures in the tragedy in Benghazi, Libya, that cost the life of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three others proved to be riveting testimony before a congressional committee recently.

RedBlue: Does scandal lurk in U.S. consulate ruins?

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:22:42 -0400

By BEN BOYCHUK and JOEL MATHIS - A GOP-led probe into last fall's deadly attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, this week produced testimony from diplomats who said that a request for Special Forces assistance in repelling the attack had been denied twice.

Clinton: Too much focus on Hillary's future

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:03:57 -0400

WASHINGTON - Former President Bill Clinton says endless speculation about his wife's political future is a waste of time right now and the nation should be more focused on the "grimy details" of fixing its problems.

AP appoints new Miami-based politics writer

Tue, 07 May 2013 10:53:13 -0400

MIAMI - Michael J. Mishak, who has covered politics in California and Nevada, has been named the AP's new Miami-based politics writer.

Diplomat: US team stopped from going to Benghazi

Mon, 06 May 2013 22:06:47 -0400

WASHINGTON - Four members of Army special forces ready to head to Benghazi, Libya, after the deadly assault on the American diplomatic mission had ended were told not to go, according to a former top diplomat.

Clinton announces Latin America initiative

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:49:47 -0400

NEW YORK - The Clinton Global Initiative is taking its formula of a powerhouse gathering of global leaders to a new part of the world.