Archive for the ‘Foreign Relations’ Category
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Obama is Losing it
Posted on October 11, 2010
If you are an American and you travel anywhere in the world in an official capacity, one of your first meetings is likely to be with the local American Chamber...
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Bring Back Hammurabi
Posted on September 24, 2010
When you enter the Chamber of the House of Representatives, if you look up near the ceiling, ringing around the room, you see bas-relief sculptures of 23 great lawgivers in...
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Obama and Ahmadinejad
Posted on September 22, 2010
I wonder if Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has an early copy of Bob Woodward’s new book. The bearded one has been on a successful public relations tour before his United...
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Plan Colombia
Posted on September 9, 2010
The Colombian Ambassador Carolina Barco held a reception in honor of my old boss, former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert. Barco was effusive in her praise of Denny, who in...
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The Paddy Wagon
Posted on August 4, 2010
It is unclear whether the paddy wagon got its name from the Irish who were hauled off in police wagons in the late 19th century or from the Irish cops...
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