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I posted this question and got many wide off the mark and some vulgar responses fron run off the mills. I want to be clear my respect and admiration to the great US government and the great 300+ million generous, kind and full of virtues American people is so great and cannot described in words. I can differentiate between one stupid Consular Officer and the finest system in the world, the ...

Who wants a job at the State Department? Well, it seems that to be president now, all you need to do is visit countries; [From CNN] Obama's trip, which includes visits to Jordan, Israel, Germany, France and the United Kingdom, is intended to bolster his foreign policy credentials amid concerns that he has not yet convinced voters of ...

08/17/2008 Feds indict 'whistleblower' By MICHAEL P. RELLAHAN, Staff Writer ,PHILADELPHIA — A former U.S. State Department diplomat and so-called "whistleblower" of a plot to assassinate President Bill Clinton has been charged with possession of classified documents that stem from his time in government. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia said the...

The State Department's Karen Hughes and I I will never forget seeing Karen Hughes on the news a few years ago. She was the newly appointed Undersecretary of the State Department. Hughes a long time buddy of President Bush was given a job she had no business taking. She was being interviewed about a new State Department outreach program which was aimed at Muslim countries. The idea of the ...

Slave trade heads to Israel By Mona Alami JERUSALEM - Israel continues to be a favorite destination for the trafficking of women for the sex industry - also known as the white slave trade - and for a form of modern slavery where migrant laborers from developing countries are exploited. The US State Department placed Israel in Tier 2 position in its 2007 Trafficking in Persons report. Also, an ...

  6 Mexican cops jailed in Oregon man's death Source: Oregon Live URL Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/d ead_yoncalla_mans_wife_says_h.html Published: Sep 3, 2008 Author: Melissa Navas and Noelle Crombie Post Date: 2008-09-03 16:50:47 by JoeSnuffy   6 Mexican cops jailed in Oregon man's death   by Melissa Navas and Noelle Crombie, The ...

More than just a hunting day Season opener: Start of dove season a tradition for Georgia families that changes little with the times. By Mark Davis The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Monday, September 01, 2008 Saturday, the grand tradition commences in fields where friends gather, waiting. It rolls out at noon, no sooner, and takes place on little farms and at sprawling ...

A Negotiator Without Preconditions By James P. Lucier Published 9/3/2008 12:08:20 AM Would you trust Sarah Palin to negotiate with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad without preconditions? Well, why not? Palin came into the governor's office and found a mess on her desk. The oil deal struck by defeated Republican governor Frank Murkowski wasn't working. Through creative accounting by big oil and ambiguous ...

The old saying is so true: "Politics make strange Bedfellows". For your amusment: Lawsuit questions Obama's eligibility for office Citizenship claim at issue Jennifer Haberkorn THE WASHINGTON TIMES Thursday, August 28, 2008 Pennsylvania's former deputy attorney general and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter Philip J. Berg has filed a lawsuit in ...

Gustav speeds up, earlier landfall possible Hurricane likely to return to Category 4; Much of New Orleans clears out NBC News and news services updated 8:59 a.m. PT, Sun., Aug. 31, 2008 NEW ORLEANS - Local roads saw heavy traffic in one direction Sunday

Foreign assistance to African nations hard-hit by AIDS could have been the administration's greatest success. Then ideology interfered." Joshua Kurlantzick September 02 , 2008" In February, with his domestic approval ratings at historic lows and America's global reputation in tatters, George W. Bush set off to one place he thought he could still feel the love. On a goodwill...

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13 809 A Negotiator Without Preconditions By James P. Lucier Published 9/3/2008 12:08:20 AM Would you trust Sarah Palin to negotiate with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad without preconditions? Well, why not? Palin came into the governor's office and found a mess on her desk. The oil deal struck by defeated Republican governor Frank ...