Written by Terry Atlas Iran’s state-run Fars News Agency reports that some Americans prefer Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to President Barack Obama. Here’s the headline on the FARS Web site: “Gallup Poll: Rural Whites Prefer Ahmadinejad to Obama.” Unfortunately, the...
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran, waves after speaking during the 65th annual United Nations General Assembly at the UN in New York.
Onion: Source of Iran News Agency’s `Poll’ Report on Obama, Ahmadinejad
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 26, 2012 in New York City.
Iran Air, Air Force One Share Andrews AFB
President Barack Obama didn’t stay in New York today to listen to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly, but it turns out the two leaders have something in common: A Boeing 747. And the host nation...
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A security officer stands guard as U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, second right, and Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak deliver statements during a visit to an Iron Dome rocket defense shield battery, seen back left, in the coastal city of Ashkelon, southern Israel, on Aug. 1, 2012.
Israel to Iran: `Window’ Shrinking
There is a “window” in which Israel might be able to effectively strike the nuclear program that Iran is developing, Israel’s ambassador to the United States said today, and that window is “small and getting smaller.” The development of bomb-grade...
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Mitt Romney and his wife Ann with former Polish President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa during a meeting at Artus Court, in Gdansk.
Romney ‘Fumbled Foreign Policy,’ Obama Campaign says of Rival’s Trip
Updated at 5:45 pm EDT Republican Mitt Romney pledged not to criticize President Barack Obama while traveling abroad — but the Obama White House made no such pledge back home. (Then again, Romney managed to work some criticism in along...
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Mitt Romney visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on July 29, 2012 during the annual Tisha B’Av (Ninth of Av) fasting and a memorial day, commemorating the destruction of ancient Jerusalem temples.
Romney Prays at Western Wall with Traveling Fundraisers
Reporting from Jerusalem In Israel, campaign contributions buy you access to Mitt Romney, a kosher breakfast and, apparently, a fast-tracked pass to one of the world’s holiest sites. The Republican presidential candidate interrupted a day of official meetings to make...
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A damaged bus following Wednesday's deadly suicide attack on a bus full of Israeli vacationers at the Burgas airport parking lot, Bulgaria.
Obama’s Appeal to Jewish Voters: `The Unbreakable Bond’
In the wake of a terrorist attack in Bulgaria that killed five Israelis — and as Mitt Romney prepares to travel to Jerusalem later this month — the stated commitments of President Barack Obama and his Republican rival to the...
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Supporters of Antonis Samaras, leader of Greece's New Democracy party, in Athens.
Washington Daybook: Come Together
President Barack Obama is in Los Cabos, Mexico, joining other heads of state and finance officials including U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the Group of 20 summit. The meeting, which...
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