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Steven Craig Clemons (born 1962 in Salina, Kansas) is an American blogger. He is the publisher of the popular political blog, The Washington Note , and a former staff member of Senator Jeff Bingaman. Clemons is also Director of the American Strategy Program at theNew America Foundation, and the former director of the Japan Policy Research Institute . He characterizes himself as a "progressive realist" .

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How Copenhagen Died on Obama's Trip

He did it! During his trip to China, President Barack Obama mentioned human rights and the importance of free thinking, and China didn’t dump its massive pile of U.S. dollars. America must still have some sway left in the world. Perhaps Obama is now ...

From STEVE CLEMONS, POLITICO, Real Clear Politics,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Katie Couric,  Sarah Palin,  James Fallows

Copenhagen died on Obama's Asia trip

He did it! During his trip to China, President Barack Obama mentioned human rights and the importance of free thinking, and China didn’t dump its massive pile of U.S. dollars. America must still have some sway left in the world. Perhaps Obama is now ...

From STEVE CLEMONS, The Politico,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  New America Foundation

Steve Clemons: Howard Berman/Richard Lugar BIPARTISAN Team Call For End to Cuba Travel Ban

U.S. law lets American citizens travel to any country on earth, friend or foe -- with one exception: Cuba. It's time for us to scrap this anachronistic ban, imposed during one of the chilliest periods of the Cold War. Senate Foreign Relations ...

From STEVE CLEMONS, Huffington Post,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Senate Foreign Relations Committee,  Barack Obama,  Richard Lugar,  Howard Berman

Steve Clemons: Not Supposed to Happen in Obama Land: Intrigue Behind Gregory Craig's Resignation

Gregory Craig, White House counsel to President Obama and national security advisor to Obama during the presidential campaign, resigned his post this past Friday. But when rumors broke Thursday of his imminent departure, Craig had not written his ...

From STEVE CLEMONS, Huffington Post,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Barack Obama,  Greg Craig,  David Plouffe,  U.S. Congress

The Assassination of Greg Craig

Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been sent. Ron Edmonds / AP Photo The White House counsel was done in by a scurrilous leaks campaign. So much for the Obama team's pledge to be transparent, forthright and ...

From STEVE CLEMONS, The Daily Beast,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  George W. Bush,  Greg Craig,  Jim Jones

Steve Clemons: Cuba's Soft Power: Exporting Doctors Rather Than Revolution

Rodriguez said "President Obama has a historical opportunity to lead a change of policy toward Cuba and the lifting of the blockade", but also said "the blockade is an uncultured act of arrogance," "an act of genocide", and that the embargo was ...

From STEVE CLEMONS, Huffington Post,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Susan E. Rice,  James B. Steinberg,  Samantha Power,  Richard Holbrooke

Steve Clemons: Give Joe Biden MVP Award This Week on Obama Foreign Policy Team

I congratulate Iraqi political leaders on today's passage of amendments to the Iraq elections law. Today's vote by the members of the Council of Representatives will allow for parliamentary elections in January 2010, as mandated under the Iraqi ...

From STEVE CLEMONS, Huffington Post,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Joe Biden,  United Nations,  White House,  Christopher Hill

Steve Clemons: Finally. . .Arturo Valenzuela Confirmed as Asst Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere

After a long, messy battle between Senator Jim DeMint and the Obama administration, Senator DeMint removed his holds on two key administration appointees whose nominations have been languishing pending the outcome over a battle involving the Honduras ...

From STEVE CLEMONS, Huffington Post,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Jim DeMint,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  U.S. Senate,  Manuel Zelaya

Steve Clemons: Senator LeMieux On Wrong Track with anti-Cuba Political Action Committee and State Department Hold

Kind of sad when you see a Freshman US Senator get appointed and immediately hijacked by lobbying groups who have deeply parochial interests that run against the nation's and even Senator George LeMieux's own state of Florida. Last night, the US Senate ...

From STEVE CLEMONS, Huffington Post,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: US State Department,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  Senate Foreign Relations Committee,  Jim DeMint

Steve Clemons: Matthew Hoh: US Has Lost Track of Why It is In Afghanistan

Matthew Hoh, the first US government official to formally resign his post because of objections to America's course in Afghanistan, makes a compelling case that America has lost its strategic sensibilities in this war which President Obama has adopted ...

From STEVE CLEMONS, Huffington Post,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Al-Qaeda,  Taliban

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