Pic of the Day: Newport in Summer

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photo credit: Andrew Oros I love the water — and I love Summer. This is from Newport, Rhode Island from the banks of the magnificent grounds of the US Naval War College. This pic, taken by a TWN regular, just moved me. Pics of the day are back. Send yours in. More soon.

John McCain’s Institute Launching Today

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Despite some of my foreign policy differences — like the whole bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran thing — with Senator John McCain who once told me he was “the original neoconservative”, I have always greatly, truly admired his patriotism and dedication to trying to get the American political system to operate honestly and in…

Fooooood Stuff, Martha Stewart, Mario Batali & More

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One of the benefits of working for high quality operations like the New America Foundation and The Atlantic is that one gets on a permanent learning track — exposed to ideas, controversies, and personalities of consequence just about every other day.

Romney Playing Cheney Card in Foreign Policy

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Had a great discussion a few days ago with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews and The Washington Post‘s Eugene Robinson about Mitt Romney’s increasingly Cheney-like foreign policy positions. Chris Matthews discusses Romney foreign policy frame with The Atlantic’s Steve Clemons & The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson.

Back in Action at TWN

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The Washington Note has been flirting with on and off commentary of late, more off than on — in part because I have had a new base over at The Atlantic and also because I got so frustrated with the tenor of debate and policy work on Middle East issues, which was a big part…

Obama Punctuates End of Afghan Conflict

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On the one year anniversary of President Obama ordering a Navy SEAL team to “go in and get Bin Laden and if he not there, to get out”, the President has given a speech tonight framing what America’s post-Afghanistan game will look like.

Anti-Gay Advocates Win: Grenell Resigns from Romney Campaign

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Richard Grenell, recently hired by the Mitt Romney for President campaign to serve as the GOP presidential contender’s national security spokesman, has resigned. His statement: I have decided to resign from the Romney campaign as the Foreign Policy and National Security Spokesman.

Will Romney Squash Republican Anti-Gay Bigotry?

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Right wing, and anti-gay provocateur Bryan Fischer, Director of Issue Analysis for Government and Public Policy at the American Family Association, wrote in early 2011 that Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee were just carrying too much baggage to win the GOP nomination and run for the presidency in 2012.