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nt tested. U.S. diplomats in Baghdad are trying to help Iraq's Kurdish president and foreign minister defuse the incipient conflict; Vice President Biden was on the phone Tuesday to Mr. Maliki and the Sunni speaker of parliament. Washington's leverage includes the promised sale to Mr. Maliki's gover

foreign minister defuse the incipient conflict; Vice President Biden was on the phone Tuesday to Mr. Maliki and the S

here tips right into the swamps. And now we have Joe Klein, in Time magazine, in a section accurately

e of his control of Syria's security forces, is "first in command, not second." Bashar's comment that he doesn't own the country is reminiscent of Qaddafi's denial that he had any position of authority in Libya at the beginning of the unrest there. Likewise reminiscent of Qaddafi, who repeatedly claim

at the claim is demonstrably false -- his calm demeanor during the interview underscored this distinction between him and the emotionally unstable Qaddafi. Perhaps a better comparison for Bashar is to Qaddafi's own designated successor, his son Saif al-Islam, who was also seen as a potential force of

ccording to credible press reports. Obama actually inherited two separate drone programs when he took office — and at the urging of Vice President Joe Biden, who has pressed hard for a greater emphasis on counterterrorism tactics, he has dramatically expanded them both. The first program, under the purv

office — and at the urging of Vice President Joe Biden, who has pressed hard for a greater emphasis on

ook office — and at the urging of Vice President Joe Biden, who has pressed hard for a greater emphas

rones, the way you went after terrorists was you sent your troops," says Goure. "You sent your Navy, you sent your Marines, like Reagan going after Qaddafi in the Eighties. You bombed their camp. Now you have drones that can be operated by the military or the CIA from thousands of miles away." The low

went on YouTube to get inspired and came across Joe Pass, who although a musician whom I respect is n

gality and democracy." EFTA00694866 ;`' The Former President was Libya's ambassador to India in the 198os under the regime of now slain dictator Qaddafi before he defected in 1981 to become a leader of the exiled opposition for three decades. I leave with my head held high and my conscious clear," AF

ported. The President received a standing ovation from congress members after he ended his speech, which touched on his own exile and opposition to Qaddafi and which paid tribute to the former rebel fighters who ousted the dictator. ;`' Inline image 1 A Britain-educated economist, he was born in 1940

02029356 EFTA02689731 24 The positions of senior officials in this process reflect a mixture of serious thought and gamesmanship. Vice President Biden along with NSC Adviser Tom Donilon mark the center—there is no left. They're pressing for a July announcement of 30,000 in cuts over 12 months. Te

t a mixture of serious thought and gamesmanship. Vice President Biden along with NSC Adviser Tom Donilon mark the cent

Erdogan was one of the first world leaders to call on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down, yet one of the last to ask the same of Libya's Qaddafi. In Syria, meanwhile, the Turkish government remains unable to let go of Bashar al-Assad: It has condemned the violence but not the perpetrator. T

o "spread the wealth around," as he famously told Joe the Plumber in 2008 before he took the words bac

of Arab rulers," Muammar al-Qaddafi. For four tormenting decades, Libyans had been at the mercy of this prison warden, part tyrant, part buffoon. Qaddafi had eviscerated his country, the richest in Africa yet with an abysmally impoverished EFTA_R1_00234071 EFTA01845125 population. In the interwar