 Telegraph.co.uk | A political tip sheet for the rest of us Sacramento Bee By MICHELE SALCEDO AP WASHINGTON -- A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway, for Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012: FLORIDA DEBATE, PART 2: The campaign got hot in Florida, with Newt Gingrich accusing top rival Mitt Romney and ... Money versus momentum in US politics Has politics finally moved beyond the personal? US 2012: Newt Gingrich battles his own party establishment as race for ... |
 Commentary | Obama Buttresses Case for US Resilience With Book From Unlikely Source New York Times The truth about the United States' place in the world, of course, is more complex than either Mr. Obama or Mr. Romney would portray it in the heat of a political campaign. The United States is not the unchallenged global power that it was after the ... Obama embraces Romney advisor's theory on “The Myth of American Decline” |
APNewsBreak: US warned on political financing The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A top European anti-corruption body wants the US to increase transparency of political funding through outside groups that donate millions to support candidates, warning that they could be used to skirt long-established disclosure rules. |
 Nanaimo Daily News | US campaign finance secrecy slammed by Council of Europe Vancouver Sun STRASBOURG - The Council of Europe on Friday lamented a lack of transparency in electioneering in the United States as the backers of presidential hopefuls lavish millions on their campaigns. The body's anti-corruption arm said organizations backing ... EU criticizes US groups on transparency |
US Rep. Dan Boren: Current political system is failing NewsOK.com The United States is competing on the global stage in many arenas: the economy, energy, manufacturing and education. We have been competitive up to this point because of our superior political system, built on democratic ideals. |
Midwest Voices | Obama's vision portends U.S. decline Kansas City Star In Europe and in the United States, unions essentially pay protection money, and deliver block votes, to supportive politicians. The politicians then rig the game so the unions can perpetuate higher labor costs and inefficient, financially burdensome ... |
 Boston.com | In Yemen, a US-Backed Transition Plan Draws Fire from Democracy Activists TIME The departure of the dictator President Ali Abdullah Saleh to the US a week ago is the culmination of a grand bargain between contending factions of the country's political class, brokered by US diplomats, which avoids both genuine elections and ... Yemen's "parallel revolution" inspires street-level protests |
 International Business Times | Egypt plans to send delegation to US as NGO furor mounts Reuters The six US citizens work with the National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute. Both receive US public funding and are loosely affiliated with the two major political parties in Washington. "The assertions of the Egyptian ... Americans Held in Egypt, Second Biggest U.S. Aid Recipient |
 Haaretz | As primary fever grips the United States, political factions in Israel woo expats Haaretz By Mordechai I. Twersky With the US presidential primary season well under way, Democratic and Republican organizations in Israel are bracing for the forthcoming 10-month-long battle for the hearts, minds, and votes of the country's estimated 150000 US ... |
 DAWN.com | U.S. lawmakers' meeting sets back Obama's Afghan agenda Kansas City Star 21 speech to Parliament in which he denounced "foreigners" for using Afghanistan "to do their political experiments." The episode dealt a setback to the US bid to launch peace talks, which began with the opening of a Taliban political office in Qatar ... US says Pakistan not sidelined in Afghan talks Taliban willing to compromise, Afghan negotiators say Taliban diplomats arrive in Qatar |
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