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Barack Obama, U.S Foreign Relations, United States April 5, 2013

President Obama’s handlers: Ben Rhodes

(developing story) To those who complain that President Barack Obama doesn’t make foreign policy but instead makes speeches, the following article on one of Obama’s key foreign…

Afghanistan, Argentina, Baltasar Garzón, Barack Obama, CIA, Crimes Against Humanity, Germany, Hamid Karzai, History, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, Justice Department, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, State Department, Taliban, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, United States July 1, 2011

Update: Torture, The STL in Lebanon, and Obama’s “Way Forward” in Afghanistan

Today we introduce a new feature in The Trenchant Observer, an occasional column commenting on some of the more important events of the previous weeks…

U.S Foreign Relations July 29, 2010

REPRISE (from March 26, 2010): Afghanistan U.N. SRSG de Mistura Describes U.N. Electoral Role; What Are Allied Forces Fighting For?

Originally Published March 26, 2010 In his first press conference, Staffan de Mistura, the new Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG), described what he…

Afghanistan, elections, Hamid Karzai March 26, 2010

Afghanistan: U.N. SRSG de Mistura Describes U.N. Electoral Role; What Are Allied Forces Fighting For?

In his first press conference, Staffan de Mistura, the new Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG), described what he and the United Nations are…