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From Baghdad, Leila Fadel joins Gareth Porter in DC to discuss Obama's message for Middle East. Part 2
Leila Fadel is the chief of the Baghdad bureau of McClatchy Newspapers. She has covered the war in Iraq for Knight Ridder and now McClatchy on and off since June 2005, as well as the 34-day war in Lebanon between Hezbollah and Israel in the summer of 2006. She has lived in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia and speaks conversational Arabic. Her Iraq reporting won her Print Journalist of the Year honors from the Houston Press Club.
Gareth Porter is an historian and investigative journalist on US foreign and military policy analyst. He writes regularly for Inter Press Service on US policy towards Iraq and Iran. Author of four books, the latest of which is Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam.
See Part 1 at:
http://current.com/items/89763218/deciphering_obama_s_message_to_the_middle_east.htm
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From Baghdad, Leila Fadel joins Gareth Porter to discuss Obama's inaugural message for Middle East ears. Part 1
Leila Fadel is the chief of the Baghdad bureau of McClatchy Newspapers. She has covered the war in Iraq for Knight Ridder and now McClatchy on and off since June 2005, as well as the 34-day war in Lebanon between Hezbollah and Israel in the summer of 2006. She has lived in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia and speaks conversational Arabic. Her Iraq reporting won her Print Journalist of the Year honors from the Houston Press Club.
Gareth Porter is an historian and investigative journalist on US foreign and military policy analyst. He writes regularly for Inter Press Service on US policy towards Iraq and Iran. Author of four books, the latest of which is Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam.
See Part 2 at:
http://current.com/items/89763237/what_will_obama_do_in_iraq.htm
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January 23, 2009
Students attending the University Presidential Inauguration Conference respond to Obama's address.
Students from around the world came to see Barack Obama sworn in as President of the United States. Some waited 12 hours in the winter cold to get a good spot for the presidential address, while others watched it from the comfort of a warm cafe. Either way they were keen to tell The Real News their views on Obama's speech and his presidency.
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Bill Fletcher on the 'heresy' of critiquing Obama and what he wants Obama to do.
Bill Fletcher, Jr. is a columnist, activist, author and labor organizer. He is the Executive Editor of The Black Commentator and his newest book, co-written with Fernando Gapasin, is entitled "Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path Toward Social Justice". He is the a cofounder of the Center for Labor Renewal, has served as President of TransAfrica Forum and was formerly the Education Director and later Assistant to the President of the AFL-CIO.
See Part 2 at:
http://current.com/items/89763199/obama_hope_and_expectations_part_2.htm
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Pepe Escobar: What was Obama exactly saying in his acceptance speech?
President Barack Obama's highly anticipated inauguration speech has been widely praised as serious and/or somber. Pepe Escobar argues that for all its soaring rhetoric, it was very short on specifics. It did not even mention China and Russia. It made a cursory acknowledgement of the Muslim world. It ignored the Americas - and native Americans. It did not renounce the war on terror framework. It certainly encouraged honesty, hard work and determination. But while claiming to set a new era of responsibility, Obama seemed to place most of this new responsibility over God's shoulders. Dr. Martin Luther King in his own time had been much more incisive.
Pepe Escobar, born in Brazil is the roving correspondent for Asia Times and an analyst for The Real News Network. He's been a foreign correspondent since 1985, based in London, Milan, Los Angeles, Paris, Singapore, and Bangkok. Since the late 1990s, he has specialized in covering the arc from the Middle East to Central Asia, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has made frequent visits to Iran and is the author of Globalistan and also Red Zone Blues: A Snapshot of Baghdad During the Surge both published by Nimble Books in 2007.
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The Real News foreign policy panel discusses Obama's relationship to the military-industrial complex.
Live from Washington DC, Real News Senior Editor Paul Jay sat down with columnist Glen Ford of the Black Agenda Report, investigative journalist Gareth Porter, and Nina Hachigian of the Center for American Progress. In part two of that discussion, the panel discusses Obama.
See Part 1 at:
http://current.com/items/89740299/the_world_according_to_obama_part_1_of_2.htm
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The Real News panel responds to Obama's speech and its significance to those outside the US.
Live from Washington DC, Real News Senior Editor Paul Jay sat down with Glen Ford, Nina Hachigian, and Gareth Porter to discuss the foreign policy components of Obama's speech. Obama has been criticized a great deal for the vague-nature of his statements; did that change in his first speech as President of the United States?
See Part 2 at:
http://current.com/items/89740321/the_world_according_to_obama_part_2_of_2.htm
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BEIJING — The official Chinese translation of President Barack Obama's inauguration speech omitted his references to communism and dissent, and a live broadcast on state television Wednesday quickly cut away to the anchor when sensitive topics were mentioned.
The comments by the newly installed U.S. president veered into politically sensitive territory for China's ruling Communist Party, which maintains a tight grip over the Internet and the entirely state-run media...
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http://current.com/items/89677575/freedom_plaza.htmBEIJING — The official Chinese translation of President Barack Obama's... more
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President Barack Obama addressed the massive crowds at Inauguration ceremonies in Washington after taking his oath of office. In full.President Barack Obama addressed the massive crowds at Inauguration ceremonies in... more
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