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President McCain Speaks Out

By | 06.16.09 | 8:57 am

Jake Tapper of ABC News uses Twitter to goad Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) into saying what he’d be doing about Iran if roughly nine million Americans had done something different with their ballots. Quick transcription:

jaketapper: WH says it needs to focus on Iran’s nuke program/support for terror, must

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Cantor Blasts the Administration’s ‘Silence’ on Iran

By | 06.15.09 | 5:28 pm

I had been trying all day to get a statement from Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on Iran, and he just released one, going further than any other Republican member of Congress in characterizing the administration’s position on the Iranian election as weak and silent.

We stand with the people of

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‘The Islamic Government’

By | 06.15.09 | 11:00 am

A former minister in the reformist government of Mohammed Khatami just posted on Mir Hossein Moussavi’s Website — which I suppose is unblocked for the moment — that the Islamic Republic is over. Like over, over. The National Iranian American Council’s blog translates:

A friend called who with

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On the Bus With Moussavi

By | 06.12.09 | 11:48 am

As something of an addendum to the previous Iran post: Al Jazeera is hanging out with Mir Hossein Moussavi (I’m still hunting for the right style on spelling his name, but for now let’s use the more Persian transliteration “Hossein”) and produces a florid profile. Particularly valuable is More…