Obama Makes First Move in Long Dance Ahead on US-Cuba Policy

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Big announcement made today via White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs and National Security Council Latin America Director Dan Restrepo on the new parameters of America’s “Cuba Policy.” So. . .let’s get the easy part of this comment out of the way. Applause, applause, applause. . .

Obama Supporting Turkey’s “Tough Love Message” to Israel?

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The New York Times and Bloggingheads ran this fascinating short clip of New America Foundation/Middle East Task Force Director Daniel Levy and Nuh Yilmaz, a Washington staff member of the Turkey-based SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research. (The longer exchange is embedded above).

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).