On Saturday afternoon I spoke with Julia Field, Pat Hunt and Fatma Hindi of Code Pink Chicago. Code Pink is an anti-war organization that is working to end the war in Iraq and stop future wars from taking place.
We talked about the U.S. presence in Iraq and the possibility of a change in U.S. [...]
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Interview with Code Pink Chicago
State Dept.: Iran leading state sponsor of terrorism
A U.S. State Department report calls Iran the most significant state sponsor of terrorism. This conclusion was published Thursday in a country by country report.
According to the State Department, Iran uses terrorism to counter Western influence and assert its regional position in the Middle East.
The report said that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds [...]
Obama makes surprise visit to Iraq
Following his visits to Europe and Turkey, President Obama made an unannounced stop in Iraq.
During the last few years of the Bush administration, officials said that the U.S. could not withdraw from Iraq until the Iraqi government was strong enough to run the country on its own.
Obama, continuing the same dialogue, said that now is [...]
Obama’s change in foreign policy begs many questions
The new administration’s actions in these early months will reset the tone for international relations. While the economic crisis is the first order of business for Obama, the world is waiting to see what kind of diplomatic relationships his administration will forge.
Many questions begged to be answered.
Obama wants to end the war in Iraq, but [...]
A new face for U.S. diplomacy
This site is about the changing in the guard of American diplomacy from the Bush years to the Obama years. While George W. Bush was in office, the U.S. embraced unilateralism and worked on its own, particularly in the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, with some scattered support from the rest of the world. Bush [...]