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Obama, the United States, and the Muslim World

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Madeleine K. Albright

Madeleine Albright is the first woman to become a United States Secretary of State. She was appointed by U.S. President Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996, and was unanimously confirmed by a U.S. Senate vote of 99-0. She was sworn in on January 23, 1997.

Albright now serves as a Professor of International Relations at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service. In addition to her PhD from Columbia University, she also holds Honorary Doctors of Laws from the University of Washington in 2002, Smith College in 2003, University of Winnipeg in 2005, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2007 and Knox College in 2008. Secretary Albright also serves as a Director on the Board of the Council on Foreign Relations

Barbara Slavin

Barbara Slavin is Assistant Managing Editor for World and National Security of The Washington Times and the author of a 2007 book on Iran entitled "Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation." Prior to joining The Times in July 2008, she was senior diplomatic reporter for USA TODAY, responsible for analyzing foreign news and U.S. foreign policy.

Vin Weber

Vin Weber is co-chairman and partner of Mercury/Clark & Weinstock and Mercury in Washington, DC. He provides strategic advice to institutions with matters before the legislative and executive branches of the federal government. Weber has successfully advised numerous clients on matters pertaining to mergers and acquisitions, crisis management, and strategic communications. Weber served in the US House of Representatives from 1981 to 1993, representing Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District. He was a member of the Appropriations Committee and an elected member of the House Republican leadership. Weber is one of the most prominent and successful strategists in the Republican Party and enjoys strong bipartisan relationships across the legislative and executive branches of government. He serves as a trusted advisor to senior officials in the administration and on Capitol Hill and has counseled numerous presidential campaigns. In 2004, Vin was the Bush-Cheney ’04 plains states regional chairman.

Madeleine Albright: The Ethics of Civilian Casualties

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Madeleine Albright explores the difficult issue of striking encampments or villages suspected of harboring terrorists.

She urges the US to make "distinctions between civilian populations, Muslims, and murderers."
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theknopfknows

Posted: 07.06.10, 06:49 PM

Not enough time ! Muslims free your women free yourself and free the world, this was not talked about! Change happens from with in, Free Muslim women. Every religion has their own idea of Equality, example, Hindu-Buddhist, silence is equality, we are all equal in meditation. Jew, "We are all born not knowing, ignorance is equality, therefore your automatic purpose in life is to know. knowledge is King. Christianity the equality is suffering, the Rabbi of Nazareth hammered on the Roman Cross, all suffer, equality in suffering. Islam "we love death as much as you love life" so says Hamas equality in death. All religions who believe in a life hereafter Christian or Muslim negate the present have no room for the Now, there is the problem but not addressed in these talks. Philosophy is the problem, balance is the answer Balance of Philosophy-religion and science!

nboyce

Posted: 10.13.09, 08:45 PM

I remember that but i'm trying to find where it was she said it. Do you know where the quote is from?

brushes9

Posted: 02.20.09, 04:51 PM

Albright said that 500,000 children dying under the Iraq sanctions under Clinton were, "acceptable losses." I believe that Bin Laden is hiding out beneath the bags under her eyes. She needs to kill less children and get more sleep.

solaris

Posted: 02.17.09, 06:19 PM

Wait a minute! I cannot just home without saying: She *is* absolutely wonderful! All the best from Spain. Cheers! APS