”All options are on the table.” President George W. Bush said so in 2006. President Barack Obama, who has said it repeatedly, said it again today. They were, and are, talking about Iran’s suspected ambitions of building a nuclear weapon....
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President Barack Obama waves as he leaves the stage after speaking at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, on March 21, 2013.
Obama: Peace ‘Necessary, Just, Possible’ — yet ‘All Options on Table’
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President Barack Obama is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an official welcoming ceremony on his arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport on March, 20, 2013 near Tel Aviv, Israel.
Netanyahu’s ‘Red Line,’ Obama’s Joke
This hasn’t been a laughing matter for Israel and the U.S. But today, President Barack Obama managed to find some humor in it. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been urging world leaders, particularly Obama, to set “red lines” for...
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An Israeli Arab school girl walks by an ice statue of President Barack Obama at the 'Ice Festival' showroom on March 19, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel.
Obama’s 38th Nation to Bush’s 43 — Plus Iran in Mind
Following the last of the Washington receptions for the Irish prime minister at the White House this evening, the post-St. Patrick’s Day tour of the Taoiseach, President Barack Obama will leave for his own tour of the Middle East. Mark...
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Ben Affleck in "Argo."
‘Argo’ Win Sparks Poor Reviews in Iran
Divisive national and international issues have been known to shadow — and at times dominate — Hollywood’s annual celebration of itself. That wasn’t the case during last night’s 85th Academy Awards presentation. Host Seth MacFarlane may have raised hackles with...
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President Barack Obama with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they walk along the Colonnade of the White House in this March 5, 2012 file photo.
Obama’s Netanyahu Welcome Note: Israeli Flag of ‘Unbreakable Alliance’
It takes an election to raise a peace flag. So much was made of the allegedly deteriorated relationship between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during last year’s U.S. elections — remember Republican Mitt Romney’s tour of...
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A press conference in Tehran after the return of the capsule carrying this monkey was sent above the Earth's atmosphere on Jan. 28, 2013.
McCain’s Ahmadinejad ‘Monkey’ Line: ‘Lighten Up, Folks’
Sen. John McCain, no fan of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, probably wouldn’t mind the Iranian leader blasting off into the wherever. Nothing there is new. How he said it today, though, has rankled some, including a Republican congressman who called the jibe...
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Mitt Romney looks in the sand for a coin after performing a coin toss before the start of a touch football game with members of his campaign staff versus some members of the traveling press corps on October 21, 2012 in Delray Beach, Florida.
Romney Tosses Coin for Football Game in Break from Debate Prep
Mitt Romney took a break from his weekend Florida debate preparations to go out to Delray Beach to officiate a coin toss before a flag football game between his staff and members of the media traveling with his campaign. “Where’s...
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Cadets listen as Mitt Romney delivers a foreign policy speech at the Virginia Military Institute on Oct. 8, 2012.
Poll Shows Romney Gains Against Obama on Foreign Policy Front
If President Barack Obama proved in his second debate with Republican Mitt Romney that he can give as good as he takes, following his wimpy performance in their first faceoff, he faces a new challenge in their third encounter: reestablishing the advantage...
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At a time when politics is more about dividing people than uniting them, the upcoming elections in the U.S. and Israel may be having the opposite effect, at least upon the two nations’ leaders. It’s no secret that Barack Obama...
Read more »Biden-Ryan: Iranian Nuclear Bomb
“Are you going to go to war, is that what you’re going to do?” — Vice President Joe Biden. “We’re going to prevent war.” — Rep. Paul Ryan. With the Republican nominee for vice president calling for tougher sanctions against...
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