nicholas burns

Contrary to the calls for President Obama to explictly support the Iranian opposition that Weigel reported on today, here are two Republican voices calling for a more muted American response to the upheaval. First is Nicholas Burns, the Bush administration’s undersecretary of state for political affairs, who last week chastised conservatives for downplaying the potential [...]

The Washington Times reports that the Obama administration is sending a high-level delegation to Moscow to save access to a key air base for the Afghanistan war. Two weeks ago, the Russians basically bribed the Kyrgyzstan government to deny the United States use of its giant air base at Manas, a crucial hub for supplying [...]