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Bipolar Interior Dept. Now Denies Drilling Freeze in Shallow Gulf Waters

By | 06.03.10 | 3:20 pm

Earlier today, environmental reporters were surprised to learn that, in a reversal, the Interior Department had extended its offshore drilling freeze to shallow waters in the Gulf of Mexico. According to The Washington Post, Michael J. Saucier of the Minerals Management Service, a branch of the Interior Department, More…

Clinton on Israeli Settlement Freeze

By | 11.25.09 | 2:12 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after spending much of 2009 pushing against the Obama administration’s call for a settlement freeze, has proposed a 10-month settlement freeze in the interest of what he called “meaningful negotiations to reach a historic peace agreement that would finally end the conflict between Israel More…