Sarah Palin may think an Iran sanctions package is off the Obama administration’s agenda, but — quelle surprise — it appears that the opposite is occurring. Both before and after yesterday’s Obama-Sarkozy meeting at the White House, sources close to the diplomatic effort indicated that President Obama wants to see More…
Just up on her Facebook page, this critique of the Obama administration’s approach to dealing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
The Obama administration has their priorities exactly backwards; we should be working with our friend and democratic ally to stop Iran’s nuclear program, not throwing in the towel
An award-winning Iranian nuclear scientist, who disappeared last year under mysterious circumstances, has defected to the CIA and been resettled in the United States, according to people briefed on the operation by intelligence officials.
The officials were said to have termed the defection of the scientist,
“I didn’t come here to speak with you as the head of the opposition in Israel,” said Tzipi Livni, leader of Kadima, to the AIPAC annual conference. “It’s not the time and the place” to draw distinctions between herself and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, she added to applause. And More…
While Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton mentioned the “longstanding American policy that does not accept continued settlements” and the obligation to tell Israel “hard truths,” her speech to the largest pro-Israel lobby group is clearly a speech about unbreakable ties between the U.S. and Israel.
After nearly two weeks worth of diplomatic tension, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told a room packed with thousands of American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) delegates that the U.S.-Israel bond is “rock solid” and that “it is our responsibility to give credit when it is due and More…
Amb. Susan Rice, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations, just released this transcript of her submission for U.N. Security Council consideration of a package of economic sanctions for Iran:
The United States remains firmly committed to a peaceful resolution to international concerns about Iran’s nuclear program. Over
Last week, as violent protests marred the Iranian regime’s anniversary celebration, the Iranian government launched an effort at jamming the attempts of western broadcasters to report the disturbance. Deutsche Welle, the BBC and the Voice of America issued a statement condemning the censorship attempt. But Josh Rogin reports More…
It hurts not to be taken seriously, and that’s why the Iranian dictator went around boasting that he was going to deliver a knockout blow to the West in his speech today. The speech just kind of swung and missed. How badly? Mark Hosenball explains:
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