I really like Steve Clemons and his site The Washington Note” and I ran across this commentary from him about Secretary Clinton’s “smart power” and ... administration or for U.S. diplomacy in general. Of course, my bias is that I am NOT a hawk, so when I see the clear hierarchy that Clemons refers to (that all things relating to war and “hard power” are within the ...

... any influence over the White House social secretary, I would have invited Steve Coll, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the book that ... I could keep going. It's as much fun thinking about who is not there as who is. Except for David Geffen and Jeremy Lingvall who will be the life of the party, I'm sure. -- Steve Clemons publishes the popular political blog, The Washington Note ...

Steve Clemons: Thankful That Obama Has Helped Make Dissent And Debate Patriotic And Safe Again Of all things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving — I’m thankful that challenging the government’s course and trying to put better ideas on the table are unabashedly patriotic again. Will Americans Who Ignore Car Insurance Laws Obey Health Coverage Mandate? DENVER ...

It’s Steve Van Zandt’s 59th birthday today. So which Steve Van Zandt do you like best? The guitar player? As “Miami Steve”, Van Zandt has served for a couple of decades, with a break from 1984 through the mid-nineties, as Bruce Springsteen’s onstage foil – sort of the quiet anti-Clarence-Clemons of the band.  And while a lot of

... Obama" of those heady days of the campaign. For example, Steve Clemons, unhappy about the demise of ultra-liberal ... deal with some of problems that once worked in favor of your campaign. Clemons sounds shocked and appalled that, in this administration, Craig ... ;competing job" in this harmonious village. Did Clemons really expect that there would be no untoward leaks or back-stabbing in ...

... don’t notice President Obama being too worried about those things either. If Steve Clemons is right, that Rahm Emanuel is playing palace intrigue through leaks ... uses leaks to manipulate us, I will be very surprised. It’s just not his style. But I agree with Steve Clemons and Marcy Wheeler, if this is Rahm Emanuel’s style, he needs a trip to the woodshed. It reflects poorly on the ...

... , the turd Gregory Craig has been dismissed as White House counsel, from a clearly heart broken  Steve Clemons, Blogs & Stories: Gregory Craig, White House counsel to President Obama and ... .   It would be poetic justice if Craig could arrange to have the dim one deported to country of birth, where ever that may be. BitsBlog Tags: amp, heart, steve clemons, Obama, national security advisor

... set of objectives that was very Biden-esque," concurred Steve Clemons, a fellow at the New America Foundation. "He lost ... not nation building and it's not open-ended." Clemons also argues that Biden played a key political role ... military voices. He was "the skunk at the picnic," Clemons said. And while such a role would traditionally place someone at the outer edges of ...

Please join New America for a conversation with Nick Thompson and Steve Clemons as they answer the question, "Where Have America’s Grand Strategists Gone" ... : Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War moderator Steve Clemons Director, American Strategy Program New America Foundation Publisher, TheWashingtonNote.com Event Time and Date:  ...

... Nov. 8-15, 2009, in Israel; at the time of release, no information was available about the margin of error or the poll's methodology. Steve Clemons, the head of foreign-policy programs at New America, ... 39;t seem to exist in the minds of a majority of Israelis," said Clemons, "and this may give those in Washington, Jerusalem, and Ramallah something to work with ...

... , says Iran "has failed the test." While Obama dithers on Afghanistan, Lang Sias asks what happened to the "fierce urgency of now." Steve Clemons says "the dark side has taken hold at the White House." Fact: It took 11 AP reporters to fact-check Palin's book. Jamie Kirchick ...

... 39;s an unusual amount of handwringing going on about Greg Craig, or at least about the manner in which he was thrown, through a series of well-orchestrated leaks. One of the most overwrought bits comes Steve Clemons who, in a Daily Beast piece titled "The Assassination of Greg Craig," writes: What just happened to Gregory Craig should not ...

... out of equilibrium, then the world will resist America’s most benign entreaties to collectively solve problems that face all of us — particularly climate change. Steve Clemons directs the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation and publishes the political blog The Washington Note. Be a part of the daily ...

... version of the president's Afghan announcement. Here's my President Obama -- in, I hope, something like his voice -- doing what no American president has yet done and what, unfortunately, he's not going to do. So sit down, turn on your TV, and see what you think. -- Tom Engelhardt-- Steve Clemons"

Steve Clemons has a must-read piece on the speech that President Obama should give on Afghanistan on December 1st, but won’t: The White House Office of the Press Secretary A New Way Forward: The President’s Address to the American People on Afghan Strategy Oval Office For Immediate Release — December 2nd 8:01 P.M. EDT My fellow Americans, On March 28th, I outlined ...