Wikileaks: A weak presidency, made weaker UPDATED
The Wikileaks story is front and center in today’s news, and the deleterious consequences will linger for a very long time. At first glance, the point of Wikileaks is to weaken America’s stance as the...
View ArticleWikileaks: Hillary wanted the skinny on Cristina’s anxiety
You wouldn’t know it from the photo-op, but Hillary wanted to know if Cristina was on meds, Clinton probed Argentine leader’s ‘nerves,’ ‘anxiety,’ ’stress’ “How is Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner...
View ArticleWill Wikileaks’ Assange end up in Ecuador?
The Swedes are investigating him, and the Australians are “studying whether he’d broken any laws there”, so here comes Rafael Correa to the rescue, Ecuador offers a home for founder of WikiLeaks...
View ArticleU.S. Approved Business With Blacklisted Nations
While you were busy getting ready for Christmas, U.S. Approved Business With Blacklisted Nations Despite sanctions and trade embargoes, over the past decade the United States government has granted...
View Article“Global term” my foot. I’m a mother, dammit.
Yes, you are a parental unit, at least according to the State Department,‘Mother,’ ‘Father’ Changing to ‘Parent One,’ ‘Parent Two’ on Passport Applications The words “mother” and “father” will be...
View ArticleAgain, the US wants Argentina and Great Britain to enter into negotiations...
Update, Friday June 10, Please also read Argentina and the Falklands: A background post This is beyond insane, Another slap in the face for Britain: the Obama administration sides with Argentina and...
View ArticleSusan Rice drops out of Scy of State candidacy
Susan Rice Withdraws Name From Secretary Of State Consideration because she’s saddened by partisan politics. . . so she went to NBC to talk about it. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news,...
View ArticleBenghazi: State Department fail
Panel Assails Role of State Department in Benghazi Attack An independent inquiry into the attack on the United States diplomatic mission in Libya that killed four Americans on Sept. 11 sharply...
View ArticleJohn Kerry for Secretary of State
Obama taps Kerry as secretary of state US president Barack Obama on Friday has announced the nomination of US Senator John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, calling him the...
View ArticleBenghazi: 4 Still on the payroll, resignations were fake
Benghazi penalties are bogus The four officials supposedly out of jobs because of their blunders in the run-up to the deadly Benghazi terror attack remain on the State Department payroll — and will...
View ArticleSnowden’s asylum and Maduro’s message to Iran
Mary O’Grady explains Why Venezuela Offers Asylum to Snowden President Nicólas Maduro sends a message of his loyalty to Iran. Venezuela has reason to fear increasing irrelevance as North America...
View ArticleVenezuela: Next stop on the Obama administration’s “normalizing” with dictators?
Thomas Shannon (left in the above photo), a senior counselor to Secretary of State John F. Kerry, met with Venezuela’s National Assembly president Diodado Cabello (right) in Haiti earlier this month....
View ArticleU.S. ships Hellfire missile to Cuba
In a display of mind-boggling incompetence (at best), the United States government shipped a Hellfire missile via commercial carrier, and the missile ended up in Cuba, maybe, because they’re not sure...
View ArticleMexico’s Foreign Secretary meets directly with WH, State Dept employees throw...
The Obama appointees threw a snit. How dare any high-ranking foreign official skip the holy shine of State! State employees are ‘left with literally nothing to do’! Read my post, Mexico’s Foreign...
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