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Tony Judt obituary | Books | The Guardian

Tony Judt obituary | Books | The Guardian.

Israel/Palestine and Iran: Linkage Should be Hard Wired by Obama Team - The Washington Note

Israel/Palestine and Iran: Linkage Should be Hard Wired by Obama Team - The Washington Note.

Swoop

Swoop.

Cuba's Soft Power: Exporting Doctors Rather Than Revolution - The Washington Note

Cuba's Soft Power: Exporting Doctors Rather Than Revolution - The Washington Note.

Give Joe Biden MVP Award This Week on Obama Foreign Policy Team - The Washington Note

Give Joe Biden MVP Award This Week on Obama Foreign Policy Team - The Washington Note.

Palestine's Mustafa Barghouti on Daily Show - The Washington Note

Palestine's Mustafa Barghouti on Daily Show - The Washington Note.

Islamabad dispatch: Clinton outsourcing to envoys no more - Laura Rozen - POLITICO.com

Islamabad dispatch: Clinton outsourcing to envoys no more - Laura Rozen - POLITICO.com.

Held by the Taliban - A Times Reporter's Account. A Five-Part Series by David Rohde. - Series - NYTimes.com

Held by the Taliban - A Times Reporter%u2019s Account. A Five-Part Series by David Rohde. - Series - NYTimes.com.

Read this five-part series in the New York Times by reporter David Rohde about his kidnapping and imprisonment by the Taliban, and his escape.

Countdown Chat: Liz Cheney and Obama's Nobel - The Washington Note

Countdown Chat: Liz Cheney and Obama's Nobel - The Washington Note.

I'm glad Steve was able to present a sane, moral point of view into this rather crazy context. Why anyone pays any attention to Liz Cheney is beyond me.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Obama 'may unveil Afghan surge'

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Obama 'may unveil Afghan surge'.

If true, this surprises me.