So tomorrow Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, will visit the White House, under the shadow of last week’s Israeli raid of a flotilla intended to break Israel’s siege of Gaza. What’s on the agenda? See if you can tell from this AFP story:
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The Quartet of major international players attempting to broker an Israeli-Palestinian negotiated settlement — the European Union, the U.S., Russia, and the United Nations — have issued a new statement lauding George Mitchell’s brokered “proximity talks” between the two parties, and calling for those talks to yield direct negotiations More…
Following up on my photos earlier, here’s some video from today’s tea party in our nation’s capital. It was a patriotic ceremony all around, and it kicked off with the Pledge of Allegiance (a bunch of videos after the jump):
The Washington, D.C. tea party is underway! Several hundred intrepid protesters turned out in the rain to voice their opposition to taxes, bailouts, the Obama administration, the Federal Reserve and a slew of other political issues. TWI’s Dave Weigel will have full coverage of the event later this afternoon, More…
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