The Obama Scorecard After First Major Overseas Trip

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Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Here is the clip from my chat with Keith Olbermann of MSNBC’s Countdown last night. I thought it was a very good exchange — though I was more long-winded than usual (. . .I know, that’s not such an unusual thing).

MEDIA ALERT: Keith Olbermann’s Countdown Tonight on Obama’s Foreign Policy Scorecard

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I will be discussing with Keith Olbermann tonight on MSNBC’s Countdown Barack Obama’s foreign policy scorecard after a pretty staggering week for him in Europe, Turkey, and as of today, Iraq.

Moving Cuba Out of America’s “Domestic Policy Box”

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Seven U.S. Congressmen are in Havana and met with Cuban President Raul Castro among other leading Cuban politicians. What I found most interesting in the Associated Press report on their trip was a comment made by Representative Mel Watt about something he had read of Fidel Castro’s.

The Sad Truth in a Story about an India without Women

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This is a guest post by Joshua Meah. Meah is a former research intern with the New America Foundation’s “American Strategy Program.” He is writing from Mumbai, India. Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women, an Indian film by Manish Jha, is one of the most intense, thought-provoking, heart-wrenching and brutally honest cinematic experiences of my lifetime….