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House Foreign Affairs Chairman: It Was a Coup in Honduras

By | 09.03.09 | 9:21 am

Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), writing in the Los Angeles Times, is tired of euphemistic language about the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya:

This one looks, walks and quacks like a duck. It’s time to stop hedging and call this bird what it is. And if, for whatever reason,

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A Coup Caucus?

By | 07.07.09 | 4:02 pm

Mark Goldberg identifies the Republicans who are supporting the coup in Honduras, the second break with President Obama’s foreign policy in less than a month.

Florida Republican Connie Mack is circulating a congressional resolution that effectively supports the coup. So far, the Congressional Coup Caucus includes Dan Burton (Republican

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