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February 27, 2009 11:23 PM

Diplomatic Envoys Off And Running

(AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)

They’re off and running.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s high-profile diplomatic shock troops have now been named and are in place, flying hither and yon, chairing meetings and doing whatever else is necessary to start solving the biggest foreign policy headaches the Obama administration faces.

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hillary clinton ,
secretary of state ,
state department ,
diplomacy ,
diplomats ,
middle east ,
Stephen Bosworth ,
dennis ross ,
Richard Holbrooke ,
George Mitchell
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January 16, 2009 11:20 AM

Agreement Aims To Cut Off Hamas Arms

A Senior State Department official says the Memorandum of Understanding which Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni will sign today is "basically designed to cut off the re-arming of Hamas in Gaza."

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hamas ,
gaza ,
israel ,
livni ,
rice ,
memorandum of understanding ,
ceasefire ,
cease-fire ,
state department ,
wolfson
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January 14, 2009 5:55 PM

Is Fidel Castro Gravely Ill?

(CBS)
Rumors that Cuban leader Fidel Castro is dead or close to death seem to surface every few months.

But a longtime Castro watcher in the intelligence community says the latest bout of rumors "smells a little different," reports CBS News' David Martin. The source says that they are coming in from so many different places that he gives more credence to them than usual.

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castro ,
cuba ,
death ,
raul castro ,
fidel castro ,
communist ,
communism ,
state department ,
miami herald ,
portia siegelbaum
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