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NRA Refuses White House Meeting on Gun Rules

Democrats are out to kill Second Amendment, says group

(Newser) - The Obama administration is trying to bring together both sides in the debate over gun control for a series of meetings, but the NRA sees it as a waste of time. “Why should I or the NRA go sit down with a group of people that have spent a...

Egypt Disbands Feared State Security Agency

Move comes as Hillary Clinton arrives for official visit

(Newser) - Egypt's military leaders today dissolved the nation's reviled state security agency, which had long been accused of torturing dissenters during Hosni Mubarak's long rule, reports AP . The move had been a major demand of protesters, who stormed agency headquarters earlier this month. It comes as Hillary Clinton arrives in the...

Clinton: We're Ready to Help Libya

Offers 'any type of assistance,' wants Gadhafi to leave

(Newser) - The Obama administration stands ready to offer "any type of assistance" to Libyans seeking to oust Moammar Gadhafi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today, adding a warning to other African nations not to let mercenaries aid the longtime dictator. Clinton made no mention of any US military assistance....

Egyptian Youth to Clinton: Where Was the US?

They complain of sluggish response in online chat

(Newser) - Egyptian protesters got a chance to speak directly to Hillary Clinton for the first time, and they weren't exactly overcome with gratitude. Sample questions she fielded online via an Egyptian site:
  • "Does America really support democracy? If yes indeed, why the US was late in its support for the
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Clinton Donors Caught Up in Criminal Cases

Four cases, six defendants, $1.1M in contributions

(Newser) - A number of Hillary Clinton’s top fundraisers are now caught up in criminal cases, including Galen Capital Group Chairman William P. Danielczyk Jr., who was indicted last week. There are now four major federal cases involving six defendants who raised a total of more than $1.1 million for...

US Looked for Dirt on Bahrain Princes
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Feb 18, 2011 9:13 AM CST

US Looked for Dirt on Bahrain Princes

WikiLeaks reveals that Clinton asked about drug, alcohol use

(Newser) - The State Department secretly asked its diplomats in Bahrain to look for tabloid-level dirt on Bahrain’s princes, a new cable released by WikiLeaks reveals. Hillary Clinton's office asked diplomats to report any “derogatory” info on Nasir bin Hamad al-Khalifa, 23, or his brother, Khalid, 21, such as whether...

Obama Ordered Secret Study on Arab Unrest—in August

Report discussed Egypt in detail

(Newser) - It turns out the uprisings shaking the Arab world didn’t take Barack Obama by surprise. Last August, Obama ordered a secret study into the possibility of such unrest, the New York Times reports. His advisers concluded that countries from Bahrain to Yemen to, yes, Egypt, were ripe for popular...

US Was Warned About Egypt—Last Year

But administration was reluctant to take tough stance

(Newser) - Egypt-watchers started warning the White House early last year that the country was unstable, but the administration continued to offer a muted response, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Egypt Working Group, which includes human rights activists, Mideast experts, and neoconservative policymakers, sent letters to Hillary Clinton urging a more...

Clinton Hails Protesters as Iran Erupts

Time for a change in 'hypocritical regime,' says Hillary

(Newser) - Fanning the embers of discontent, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton enthusiastically praised protesters who clashed violently yesterday with Iranian security forces. The raucous protests are "a testament to the courage of the Iranian people, and an indictment of the hypocrisy of the Iranian regime—a regime which has constantly...

Muslim Brotherhood Takes Seat at Egypt Table

But won't back down on demand for Mubarak's departure

(Newser) - It's officially outlawed, but the Muslim Brotherhood is taking a seat at the table to resolve Egypt's crisis. The controversial group met today with Vice President Omar Suleiman, along with supporters of Mohamed ElBaradei and leftist supporters, reports the New York Times. “The brothers decided to enter a round...

New START Treaty Goes Into Effect

Clinton, Lavrov exchange ratification papers in Munich

(Newser) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton exchanged ratification papers for the New START treaty with her Russian counterpart at a Munich conference today, sealing the deal on the nuclear arms treaty that limits the number of atomic warheads the former Cold War foes can possess and allows them to inspect each...

Clinton Calls for Historic Meeting of US Envoys

Nearly all 260 ambassadors will come together today

(Newser) - What with the crisis in Egypt and the fallout from the leaked diplomatic cables , the last few months haven’t exactly been calm for Hillary Clinton—and now the secretary of state is calling for an unprecedented meeting of US ambassadors. The top envoys from almost all of America’s...

Clinton: Mubarak's Fate in Hands of 'Egyptian People'

She avoids explicitly stating whether the US is with him or against him

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton continued to tread a careful line about the US position to Hosni Mubarak on the morning talk shows. Asked directly whether the US was distancing itself from the Egyptian leader, she answered: "We don't want to send any message about backing forward or backing away." She...

What Hillary Wants More Than the Presidency

She's looking at you, Chelsea

(Newser) - No pressure, Chelsea, but Hillary Clinton wants to be a grandma more than she ever wanted to be leader of the free world. Or so says Bill Clinton in a lighter moment of an interview at Davos, reports Reuters. When asked what he'd like to achieve in the next 10...

Arizona Busts Gun-Running Ring

20 indicted for buying 700 guns, planning to smuggle them to Mexican gangs

(Newser) - Twenty Phoenix-area men were indicted yesterday on charges of buying more than 700 guns—including AK-47 assault rifles—and conspiring to smuggle them to Mexican drug gangs. The accused acted as "straw purchasers," claiming that the weapons they bought were for their own use, when in fact they...

Clinton to Middle East: Get Your Act Together

Clinton delivers harsh critique of Arab leaders

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton delivered a blunt, scorching speech at a conference of Arab leaders in Qatar today, warning countries that if they didn’t reform their economic and political systems, they left themselves open to terrorism. “The region’s foundations are sinking into the sand,” Clinton declared. Her complaints—...

Underscoring Its New Cachet, Clinton Drops In on Yemen

Seeking to develop non-military relations

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is in Yemen today on the first visit by a US secretary of state since the late '80s—underscoring the Arabian nation's new importance in the fight against al-Qaeda, reports the Wall Street Journal. "It's not enough to have military-to-military relations" between the two nations, Clinton said....

Clinton: 'We Have Extremists in My Country'

Hillary makes reference to Jared Lee Loughner on UAE talk show

(Newser) - No euphemisms for Hillary Clinton. While speaking on a United Arab Emirates talk show today, the secretary of state compared the Tucson shooter to a ideologically driven terrorist, the Los Angeles Times reports. “Look, we have extremists in my country,” she said. “A wonderful, incredibly brave young...

Clinton: Sanctions Have 'Slowed Down' Iran

First such public comment from Obama admin that they're working

(Newser) - Sanctions against Iran’s nuclear program are "working," Hillary Clinton said today, marking the first such assertion by an Obama administration official, the Wall Street Journal notes. The sanctions “have made it much more difficult for Iran to pursue its nuclear ambitions,” the secretary of state...

Obama, Bush Most Admired Men in America: Gallup

Hillary Clinton still tops woman, followed by Sarah Palin

(Newser) - His approval ratings may have cratered over the past two years, but Barack Obama is still the most admired man in America, according to Gallup’s annual poll . Obama took 22% of the vote, cruising past the competition. Who came in second? The Decider himself, George W. Bush, who narrowly...

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