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By Al Jazeera Staff in Middle East on February 3rd, 2011

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By Teymoor Nabili in Americas on December 13th, 2010
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The Washington Post's new, neocon op-ed contributor, Jennifer Rubin, is very happy to position herself firmly in far-right territory.

What do I believe in?

By Al Jazeera Staff in Americas on November 2nd, 2010
Tea party supporters rally in Connecticut the day before the election. [AFP]

21:39 GMT: A witty (and vulgar) website - "What the f___ has Obama done so far?" - is going viral on Facebook, with more than 53,000 fans. It presents a long list of various achievements in Obama's two years in office, and seems aimed at refuting Republican arguments that Obama has failed to bring his promised "hope and change".

21:21 GMT: BBC World News interviewed Democratic political consultant Peter Fenn just now. Fenn said that he expects Obama will act pragmatically and extend an "olive branch" to Republicans after the election and noted that Obama's approval rating is higher now than Clinton's in 1994, when Republicans won a huge midterm victory. Clinton was re-elected in 1996. 

By Teymoor Nabili in Americas on November 1st, 2010
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The Iran debate has, for the most part, been characterised by shrill political voices pushing short-term political ideology.

But when a voice so mainstream as David Broder weighs in, you have to wonder whether the terms of the debate are changing.

Broder, of the Washington Post, is the eminence grise of American political commentary, a man so much a part of the fabric of the beltway that other analysts feel they must read him, whatever he says. 

But is his reputation enough to outweigh the bizarre "analysis" in his latest column?

By Teymoor Nabili in Americas on August 8th, 2010
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President Obama unexpectedly held a hush-hush briefing about Iran last week.

 According to the Washington Post:

 A small group of journalists was invited to a "background session" on Iran policy with "senior National Security Staff." The briefer turned out to be Obama. 

It's hard to tell whether his appearance was for appearance's sake, or whether there was some a good reason b

By Marwan Bishara in Imperium on April 8th, 2010
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The leak is now credible. The New York Times has confirmed what the Washington Post published a day earlier: the Obama administration is considering proposing its own framework for a negotiated settlement between Israel and the Palestinians.
 
Frustrated by its failure to freeze Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, and subsequent failure to get the negotiations back on track, the US government is putting the two parties on notice: Define the contours of a solution by autumn and negotiate its details, or we shall do it for you.
 

By John Terrett in Americas on November 11th, 2009
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Barack Obama did on Tuesday what all Presidents have to do at some point during their time in office - he became U.S. mourner-in-chief.

Mr Obama and his wife Michelle attended a memorial service at Fort Hood in Texas for the 13 victims who were shot dead last Thursday.

Speaking on a platform before 13 pairs of boots, rifles and helmets that represented the 13 victims, President Obama didn't refer to the alleged killer or his religion (he's a Muslim) by name, but he did use powerful words to help console the bereaved.

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