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James R. Lobe (born January 4, 1949 in Seattle, Washington) is an American journalist and the Washington Bureau Chief of the international news agency Inter Press Service. He has also written for Foreign Policy In Focus, Oneworld.net, Alternet, TomPaine.com, Asia Times, and other internet news publications. Lobe is best known for his stiff criticism of U.S. foreign policy, American militarism and particularly the neo-conservatives, their worldview, their relationship to other political tendencies, and their influence in the Bush administration.

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U.S.: Obama Returns to Greater Middle East Mess

U.S.: Analysis by Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (IPS) - As Barack Obama arrives home from his weeklong tour of East Asia, he confronts a growing list of ever more urgent problems in the Greater Middle East that he inherited from George W. ...

From JIM LOBE, Inter Press Service,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Congress,  General James L Jones,  Bill Clinton

CORRUPTION: Afghanistan, Iraq Near Bottom of Transparency Index

CORRUPTION: WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (IPS) - Despite billions of dollars spent by the U.S. and other countries to improve governance in Afghanistan and Iraq, the two countries remain among the world's most corrupt nations, according to the ...

From JIM LOBE, Inter Press Service,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  World Bank,  Huguette Labelle

U.S.: Nearly One in Six Citizens Went Hungry in 2008

U.S.: WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (IPS) - As the World Food Security Summit got under way in Rome Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) disclosed that nearly one in six U.S. households went hungry at some time during 2008, the highest ...

From JIM LOBE, Inter Press Service,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: United Stated Department of Agriculture,  Barack Obama,  Robert Reich,  Tom Vilsack

U.S.: Obama's Outreach to Muslim World Teetering

U.S.: Analysis by Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama's extraordinary efforts since his first days in office to reassure Muslims in the Greater Middle East about U.S. intentions in the region have suffered a ...

From JIM LOBE, Inter Press Service,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Taliban,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  NATO,  Hamid Karzai

RIGHTS-US: NGOs Praise End to HIV Travel Ban

RIGHTS-US: WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (IPS) - Global health and U.S. AIDS activists are hailing President Barack Obama's announcement Friday that the government will end a 22-year-old ban on the entry into the United States of HIV-positive ...

From JIM LOBE, Inter Press Service,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  George W. Bush,  White House,  Ronald Reagan

US-AFGHANISTAN: Kerry Argues for Counterinsurgency Lite

US-AFGHANISTAN: WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (IPS) - Amid growing speculation and partisan bickering over what President Barack Obama will do about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, an influential Democratic senator Monday warned against ...

From JIM LOBE, Inter Press Service,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: John Kerry,  Barack Obama,  Taliban,  Washington Post Company,  Council on Foreign Relations

U.S.: Public More Complacent About Climate Change

U.S.: WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (IPS) - Less than two months before a key international conference on curbing climate change, a major U.S. poll has found a sharp drop in public concern about global warming. According to the survey by the Pew ...

From JIM LOBE, Inter Press Service,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,  U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama,  U.S. House of Representatives,  U.S. Senate

U.S.: Clinton Calls for Strengthened IAEA Powers

U.S.: WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (IPS) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Wednesday called for strengthening the authority of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect suspected nuclear-related facilities and ruled out ...

From JIM LOBE, Inter Press Service,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: International Atomic Energy Agency,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Barack Obama,  U N Security Council,  U.S. Senate

US-SUDAN: Activist Groups Cautiously Praise New Policy

US-SUDAN: WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (IPS) - Activist groups that have long urged a tougher U.S. policy toward Khartoum praised the new "comprehensive approach" toward Sudan announced here Monday by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, even as they ...

From JIM LOBE, Inter Press Service,  19 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Susan E. Rice,  United Nations,  White House

US-IRAN: Congress Begins Pressing Sanctions Legislation

US-IRAN: WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (IPS) - As the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama prepares for a critical series of talks about the fate of Iran's nuclear programme, Congress has begun moving long-pending legislation to impose new ...

From JIM LOBE, Inter Press Service,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. House of Representatives,  Barack Obama,  International Atomic Energy Agency,  U.S. Congress,  U N Security Council

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