December 4, 2008
From a Chabad web site:-The Holtzberg family from Crown Heights arrived in Israel at the end of the week, immediately after receiving news of the attack. The flight to Israel was organized within several short hours. Two of the brothers, who held invalid passports received emergency passports thanks...
go to article »November 28, 2008
Barack Obama said today that his team would combine experience with fresh thinking and his own vision for change. "Understand where the vision for change comes from, first and foremost," he told reporters at his third press conference in as many days. "It comes from me. That's my job, is to provid...
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Well, Michael Schaffer of The New Republic has a few things to say about you:...the president-elect, according to his more fervent campaign-season detractors, has a raft of unforgivable faults: He's a socialist, a Muslim, an actual love-child of Malcolm X. His birth certificate was missing, his book...
go to article »November 26, 2008
Obama to Tap Clinton After ThanksgivingWasn't this administration supposed to be one of non-abuse?...
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One of the few things said by Jeffrey Goldberg with which I can agree:-The Palestinians suffer sometimes from the irrational hope that America's support for Israel is mutable, and that the key to success is to bring about direct American pressure on Israel.and one I cannot (his Hillary wish):-...The...
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Excerpts and, of course, my comments in bracketed italics:Middle East Priorities For Jan. 21...When Obama takes office in two months, he will find a number of difficult foreign policy issues competing for his attention, each with strong advocates among his advisers. We believe that the Arab-Israeli ...
go to article »November 25, 2008
Politico reports:President-elect Barack Obama has yet to attend church services since winning the White House earlier this month, a departure from the example of his two immediate predecessors. On the three Sundays since his election, Obama has instead used his free time to get in workouts at a Chi...
go to article »November 20, 2008
...Meanwhile, critics questioned whether Obama's top staff picks so far represent the "change" that he promised during the campaign. iReport.com: Who would you choose for Obama's cabinet?More than half of the people named so far to Obama's transition or staff posts have ties to former President Bill...
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Bill may have to give up for Hillary to get on...
go to article »November 19, 2008
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y), considered a prominent contender to become secretary of State in the Obama administration, was offered an alternative Tuesday -- to be a senior member of the Senate team aiming to overhaul the nation's healthcare system....
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