US secretary of state Hillary Clinton visited Burma and gave a historic speech on gay rights in Geneva as part of a foreign tour that drew praise from around the world
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December 9, 2011
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December 4, 2011
Herman Cain suspends campaign for Republican presidential nomination
Beleaguered Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, whose effort to win the White House was rocked by claims of infidelity and sexual harrassment, suspended his campaign on Saturday. Cain, a black former pizza magnate turned hero of the Tea Party right, told a crowd of supporters in his home base of Atlanta, Georgia, that he had [...]
September 29, 2011
Chris Christie Starting to Look Like Sarah Palin
There’s a ton of upside to Gov. Chris Christie. My personal checklist runs as follows: First, he’s from my homeland, the great state of New Jersey—a wonderful, dense, complicated, messy place, with none of the tedious pretensions or quack rebelliousness of, say, Texas. [Vote: Should Chris Christie Run for President?] Christie is an inveterate realist—practicing [...]