Off to Dearborn

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Today, I will be flying up to Dearborn, Michigan and back to meet representatives of the Arab American community and to tape a show on James Zogby’s Viewpoint on public attitudes toward Arab Americans. Barack Obama recently launched a new part of his website dedicated to the interests of Arab Americans — which I applaud….

A Tragedy Five Years Ago Today: Remembering Sergio and the UN in Iraq

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This is a guest post by Johanna Mendelson Forman. Forman is Senior Associate in the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Speaking for myself, I will never forget the day that Sergio Vieira de Mello was murdered along with other colleagues at the UN offices in Baghdad, Iraq.

Why “Radio Silence” Can be a Good Thing in VEEP Selection

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Obama’s campaign is really smart. They have the blogging and media communities jumping at every flick of the Obama campaign’s collective pinky — wondering what this gesture or that might reveal about who will be selected as Obama’s running mate.

STREAMING LIVE TODAY: Pakistan Ambassador to US Husain Haqqani and <em>Ghost Wars</em> author Steve Coll

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Free TV Show from Ustream I will be chairing an event that will stream live here today at The Washington Note with Pakistan Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani — a good friend well known in Washington, Boston and New York circles — and Ghost Wars Pulitzer Prize winning author Steve Coll who is also…

Juggler Moms Appreciate Joe Biden

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And you thought he was just good at foreign policy. . . Working Mother Magazine — the journal of record for what Obama senior policy adviser Karen Kornbluh called “the juggler family” and a place to learn about “the mommy tax” — has honored Joe Biden with its “Best of Congress Award.

McCain Puts Out Call for Interns

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Senator McCain’s presidential campaign team has put out a call for DC interns: John McCain needs YOU! The John McCain 2008 Presidential Campaign is looking for interns and volunteers for full-time positions available immediately in our Arlington (Crystal City), headquarters.

Musharraf’s Move

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Pervez Musharraf’s move today — his resignation — is the right one for Pakistan. An impeachment process, now avoided, might have further shaken up and aggravated serious, nation-splitting tensions between factions in the military, legal community, and among the competing political parties. However, Musharraf’s enemies now have a problem.