Epstein Secrets

d out that one of her positions clashed with that of then-national security advisor Gen. James Jones, Rice retorted, "I outrank General Jones." 6. John Kerry might have lost his bid for the presidency in 2004 and been passed over in 2008 for the top job at the State Department, but he is a powerful forc

e president's nuclear agreement with Russia through ratification in 2010 -- an arduous process that culminated in an eight-day debate during which Kerry spent some 70 hours on the chamber's floor. And, as "a kind of ex-officio member of Obama's national security team," in the words of FP columnist J

ook on U.S. foreign policy during the 1990s, he and Samantha Power recently edited a volume of writings by and about one of their mentors, the late Richard Holbrooke. Chollet would seem to be a good fit for a president who promised to "reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals" in his inaugura

bama, with some back and forth, delivered. But the price was high and opportunities lost. "The Dispensable Nation" constitutes important reading as John Kerry moves into his new job as secretary of state. It nails the drift away from the art of diplomacy — with its painful give-and- take — toward a U.S. fo

s by President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry to the Middle East, there are renewed hopes for

2723185 inexperienced White House advisers." Nasr, one of the most respected American authorities on the Middle East, served as senior adviser to Richard Holbrooke, Obama's special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan until his death in December 2010. From that vantage point, and later as a close observ

ndidates and organizations, including Sen. John Kerry's presidential bid, and the Senate campaigns of

after Clinton left the Oval Office and moved to New York. Epstein. has donated more than $100,000 to Democratic candidates' campaigns, including John Kerry's• presidential bid, the reelection campaign of New Mexico. Gov. BM Richardson and the Senate bids of Joe Lieberman, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Christop

hairman, Crownx, Vice Chairman, Crown Life Carla A. Hills, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company; former U.S. Trade Representative Richard Holbrooke, Vice Chairman, Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation; former U.S. Ambassador to Germany; former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European a

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.S. security are inextricably linked with Pakistan's stability and prosperity, Obama signed into law the Enhanced Partnership for Pakistan Act (the Kerry-Lugar-Berman bill) just a few months into his first term. The bill authorized up to $7.5 billion in EFTA00713705 aid to Pakistan's civilian gover

w era of partnership and bolster democracy. Nearly three years later, reality has set in. The partnership, although initially energized by the late Richard Holbrooke, Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, was hamstrung from the outset. The problems do not stem only from the U.S. drone campaign and t