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In Geneva, where the U.S. delegation has arrived in advance of tomorrow’s multilateral negotiation with Iran’s nuclear program, senior U.S. diplomats set expectations for the talks in a background briefing for reporters. The key points: the disclosure of the hidden nuclear facility at Qom has “strengthened the sense of purpose and unity amongst the 5+1 [...]

Portugal has agreed to take two Syrians held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Al Jazeera reported yesterday. The deal was apparently reached last week, but didn’t get a whole lot of attention.

Portugal is the third European Union country to accept Guantanamo prisoners from the United States, following on the heels of Ireland [...]

During President Obama’s Cairo trip earlier this month, the press corps finally uncovered the truth about President Obama: by saying “shukran” — the Arabic word for “thanks” — to an Arabic-speaking audience, he secretly converted to Islam. Today the story gets even curiouser.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the White House today. And by the White [...]

President Obama is pushing a compromise cash-for-clunkers program that will bridge the gap between two competing bills and provide a sliding incentives scale, whereby drivers will receive a cash voucher for trading in their old cars for more fuel-efficient ones — the greater the increase in efficiency, the more valuable the voucher.
Yet the plan has [...]

In his speech on the auto industry yesterday, President Obama promoted the idea of a so-called “cash-for-clunkers” program that would offer financial incentives for people to trade in their old gas-guzzlers for more fuel-efficient vehicles. “Such fleet modernization programs, which provide a generous credit to consumers who turn in old, less fuel-efficient cars and purchase [...]