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Henry Kissinger, who was secretary of state in the Nixon and Ford administrations, has said Clinton would be an "outstanding" selection. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger told ABC it would be a "great move." And Republican senator Jon Kyl of Arizona told Fox News, "She's got the experience; she's got the temperament for it.". (India Times, India)
Jay Fiondella, 82; restaurateur traveled the globe Nov 17, 2008
Stories of the famous who frequented Chez Jay were often repeated: Daniel Ellsberg, who worked at the nearby RAND Corporation, supposedly passed the Pentagon Papers to a reporter there; Marlon Brando allegedly waltzed off with a waitress; and Henry Kissinger spent so much time in the back that a rear table was dubbed the "Kissinger Room.". In the early 1950s, Mr. Fiondella roomed with actor Leonard Nimoy, who told the Times in an e-mail after the restaurateur's death: "He was a gregarious, great... (Boston Globe)
Obama adds 3 to White House staff Nov 17, 2008
Clinton would be good pick for Cabinet, Kissinger says Henry Kissinger said Senator Hillary Clinton would be an outstanding appointment to the post of secretary of state. Some Democrats have speculated that Clinton is President-elect Barack Obama's leading choice for the post. (Boston Globe)
Obama visits rivals before picking Cabinet Nov 17, 2008
Henry Kissinger, who was secretary of State for Republicans Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, said at an economic forum in India that Clinton "would be an outstanding appointment.". Sen. (USA Today)
Hillary Clinton Would Be `Outstanding' Secretary of State, Kissinger Says Nov 17, 2008
Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Henry Kissinger said , a leading contender to be the Barack Obama's Secretary of State, would be an ``outstanding'' appointment. She is a lady of great intelligence, demonstrated enormous determination and would be an outstanding appointment,'' Kissinger, who served in the post from 1973 to 1977 under presidents and , told the World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit in New Delhi today. (Bloomberg -- US)
Kissinger: Hillary an 'Outstanding' Pick for State Job Nov 17, 2008
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said Sunday that Sen. Hillary Clinton would be an excellent choice as America's top diplomat in Barack Obama's administration. (Newsmax)
Analysis: Some Israelis Want Tough Love From Obama Nov 17, 2008
The Americans who achieved the most in the region, Miller said, were Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter and James Baker, and they were all willing "to be tough with both Arabs and Israelis.". 2008 Associated Press. (Newsmax)
Hansen-Young writing stories, plays Nov 16, 2008
"I was fortunate enough while in political office to meet President Nixon, Ford, Henry Kissinger and George Bush when he was director of the CIA and head of the Republican National Committee," Hansen-Young said last week in an e-mail interview ... "I was fortunate enough while in political office to meet President Nixon, Ford, Henry Kissinger and George Bush when he was director of the CIA and head of the Republican National Committee," Hansen-Young said last week in an e-mail interview. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Afghanistan abyss awaits Obama Nov 15, 2008
The smiling, silver-haired and earnest-looking veteran who has been through it all - the Soviet Union, Cuba, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan - proved his awesome capacity to make himself durable in the Byzantine world of Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinzki and William Casey. Gates is the very antithesis of the clean break that Obama promised. (Asia Times Online)
Obama narrows list for Treasury secretary Nov 12, 2008
He also worked for former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger s high-powered consulting firm. Summers served as Treasury secretary under Clinton and is a past president of Harvard University. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
From the rubble of modernization: Choosing our own paths to progress Nov 11, 2008
According to testimony of high-placed officials such as Paul O'Neill, Alan Greenspan and Henry Kissinger, the Iraq War was planned for the control of the vast oil resources of Iraq. However, the White House vehemently denies this view, and alleges high motives, e.g., the desire to bring democracy to Iraq. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
New Thinking, Not Tinkering, Expected of Obama Nov 11, 2008
And which immediately restored a geopolitical balance of forces - and enabled Henry Kissinger to work his diplomatic magic. Could Mr. Obama and Mr. Kissinger's latest successor work the same magic and produce the "viable and contiguous Palestinian state" pledged by Bush 43. (Newsmax)
LETTERS: NCT, Nov. 7, 2008 Nov 8, 2008
Good news is, George Bush (along with Henry Kissinger) will no longer be able to travel outside the U.S. of A. without being arrested, tried and convicted of redundant war crimes. Chris wrote on Nov 7, 2008 10:52 AM:Oh, this is even better. (North County Times)
Fotog 'Fesses Up Nov 7, 2008
FOTOG 'FESSES UP- New York Post. Friday, November 07, 2008 Last Update: 07:25 AM EST. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Life after losing for McCain and Palin Nov 7, 2008
Henry Kissinger is still called Secretary of State even though he held that position in the, good or bad, old Nixon days. And so the Republican presidential nominee who lost the 2008 race and will presumably be too old to make another bid for the White House will always be remembered as Senator McCain, even after he stops representing Arizona in the US Congress. (India Times)
Chevy Chase: I wanted Carter to win Nov 4, 2008
Al Franken -- now the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota -- and his then writing partner, Tom Davis, wrote a wicked takeoff of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's book, "The Final Days," which included Dan Aykroyd as a bitter Richard Nixon and John Belushi as a toadying Henry Kissinger. In the mid-'80s, a sketch starring Phil Hartman as Ronald Reagan showed the president, often lampooned as forgetful, with a razor-sharp command of the Iran-Contra situation, cutting deals in... (CNN -- US)
Vice-presidential candidate Palin coming to Jefferson City Nov 3, 2008
boxergal wrote on Nov 2, 2008 7:57 AM:" Not sure if you are talking smokin as in smart or hot. Years ago Henry Kissinger showed up. Walter Cronkite (my fav), Jessie Jackson, the whole Congressional body for Carnahans funeral, including the Clinton's and Ted Kennedy. As far as star quality (which I think this gal probably has) we used to get people like Loretta Lynn, lets see, Victoria Principal, the gal that was in romancing the stone (can't think of her name). Not sure about you but I find T.... (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
John McCain and Barack Obama Join Al Smith Foundation in Support of Underprivileged Children Nov 3, 2008
Other political, business and media luminaries in attendance included Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, Michael Bloomberg, David Paterson, Henry Kissinger, Rupert Murdoch, Katie Couric and Brian Williams. The event was hosted by Cardinal Edward Egan, Archbishop of New York. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
* Ma doesnt need to cozy up to ARATS Nov 2, 2008
It worked with former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, who wrote in his memoirs how, when meeting former Chinese president Mao Zedong (AF), he was deeply impressed by the leader despite his constant bluffing. When receiving Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung (dB) and Chiang earlier this year, Chinaese President Hu Jintao (JA) followed precisely this formula. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Universally rejected Nov 1, 2008 Older and, mostly, wiser Oct 31, 2008 Songs of war Oct 31, 2008 The 'diva' walks in her Choos Oct 31, 2008 Australia's Big Brother Oct 31, 2008 Trudy Rubin: McCain talks of diplomacy, but seems to prefer a more militant U.S. Oct 31, 2008 Nixons Nixon is biting, funny political satire Oct 31, 2008 Kissinger and Vietnam; Congo unravels Oct 31, 2008 CORRECTING and REPLACING Montel Williams Hosts Bideawee's First Annual StarPet 2008 Oct 31, 2008 More Republicans desert McCain Oct 30, 2008 McCain's GOP Support Showing More Cracks Oct 30, 2008 Review: 'The Devil We Know' Oct 30, 2008 Making America safe for the world Oct 29, 2008 Republican unity yields to dissenters Oct 29, 2008 The rise (and fall?) of petro-states Oct 28, 2008 Relationships and politics. Oct 28, 2008 International Editions: Highlights and Exclusives, November 3, 2008 Issue Oct 27, 2008 * Ma should take a good look at the CCPs past Oct 26, 2008 PALIN'S NEXT MOVE Oct 26, 2008 US worldviews worlds apart Oct 25, 2008 UN chief prescribes steps toward nuclear-free world Oct 25, 2008 Franken: Career evolves, but passion is constant Oct 25, 2008 Read Greta's interview Oct 24, 2008 For McCain, father's error holds lesson Oct 22, 2008 'Martha Mitchell Calling' is a show of force Oct 21, 2008 Analysts: Powell endorsement more a rejection of GOP, McCain Oct 21, 2008 Obama gets Powell's vote - and windfall from donors Oct 21, 2008 Palin factor puts off Powell; votes for Obama Oct 21, 2008 'Dear Friend': McCain seeks cash from Russia Oct 21, 2008 Colin Powell endorses Obama Oct 21, 2008 Powell's backing, new funds lift Obama Oct 20, 2008 Politics: It's not too late for an October surprise in '08 Oct 20, 2008 FLASHBACK: Powell Told students an African-American president would be 'electrifying'... Oct 20, 2008 * Composer accuses the US of paranoia, says being followed Oct 20, 2008 Obama: Powell will have a role in adminstration Oct 20, 2008 Africa: At Last, Powell Endorses Obama Oct 20, 2008 Powell backs Obama Oct 20, 2008 Powell deals a blow to McCain Oct 20, 2008 No joking, they're some of the wisest heads around Oct 17, 2008 McCain, Obama Poke Fun at Each Other, Themselves at Charity Dinner... Oct 17, 2008 Report: Nixon, Ford helped destabilize Iran Oct 17, 2008 US oil fears helped spark Iran uprising, says report Oct 17, 2008 McCain's 'crusader' logic concerns Syria Oct 15, 2008 Candidates Prompt, Prep Oct 15, 2008 Online exclusive letters Oct 15, 2008 A McCain Victory Survival Kit Oct 15, 2008 ICE PRESIDENT Oct 13, 2008 A real peacemaker Oct 11, 2008 US standing in Caspian drips away Oct 11, 2008 Will Palin play Fey playing Palin on SNL? Oct 10, 2008 Center for Strategic and International Studies to build new HQ Oct 10, 2008 Doc Hudson vs. Che Guevara Oct 7, 2008 The Fives: A stumbling Chevy set the standard, but Fey doesn't Palin comparison Oct 7, 2008 Bless Her Heart: Poor Sarah Palin Oct 7, 2008 Going green helps solve unemployment Oct 7, 2008 Palin, in a bubble, meets her first world leaders (4) Oct 6, 2008 On Your Mind: A readers' comment section Oct 6, 2008 Changing the Conventional Wisdom About Iran Oct 6, 2008 Slavish reporters join Microsoft in cloud cuckoo land Oct 5, 2008 Europe to Canada: Get your act together Oct 5, 2008 Art Town, U.S.A. Oct 5, 2008 An indie breakthrough, half-buried Oct 4, 2008 Sartre said no to Nobels; Gandhi missed out Oct 4, 2008 * Bloomberg looking to run again Oct 4, 2008 Home projects wait for fix-it-all Rudd Oct 3, 2008
First was the empowerment of pragmatists in the mode of former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, who believed that foreign policy should be reduced to the pragmatic interest of control over major resources, such as oil. They believed there should be no. (Asia Times Online)
How to define victory; Back to the basics; Two good candidates Nov 1, 2008
How to define victory. " Kissinger addresses "victory. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Perhaps the most disturbing Zuckerman portrait is of Henry Kissinger, 85, where wisdom seems to elude the once dominant diplomat. Kissinger's face is reduced to a mask, devoid of emotion - seeing nothing and apparently unresponsive to Zuckerman. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Fearing that this might happen, Maj Gen Lansdale assembled the tapes and sent them to his country's leaders - Henry Kissinger, the Chiefs of Staff and President Lyndon Johnson - to try and give them a better idea of what this other war was like, and the need to resource it properly. Military means. (BBC News)
Maybe we should have spent that money on getting Henry Kissinger to tutor her. NICOLLE: Look, Tracey, maybe Sarah doesn't know who Berlusconi is, but she does know who Valentino is. (Albany Times Union)
Now if you wondering what that video is about, then you better ask the elites of American society like George W. Bush and Henry Kissinger since this is their club. The same people are the true terrorist in this world. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
I listened last week to one of his "realist" advisers, Henry Kissinger, who spoke at the University of Pennsylvania. I was struck by how little of Kissinger's advice McCain is heeding. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
The Henry Kissinger character also says it in Russell Lees s Nixon s Nixon, a smart and funny political satire about a past president with strong resonance in the present. Lees s 1996 OBIE Award-winning play, a 90-minute two-hander presented without intermission, centers on an imaginary meeting between Richard M. Nixon and Kissinger on the eve of Nixon s resignation. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Henry Kissinger ("What Vietnam teaches us," Views, Oct. 29) ignores the elephant in the room: his own role in the Vietnam, war. The basic problem with McGeorge Bundy, President Kennedy's national security adviser, and all who came after him, was a deadly combination of arrogance and ignorance. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Mr. Dibra has trained the pets of countless celebrities, including Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, Ron Howard, Kim Basinger, Alec Baldwin, Ronald Perelman, Ralph Lauren, Henry Kissinger, and a host of others. As on of the most famous animal trainers in the country hell show how anyone can turn their beloved pet into a disciplined, well-behaved superstar. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Page last updated at 17:39 GMT, Wednesday, 29 October 2008. Colin Powell is the most high-profile Republican to endorse Senator Obama. (BBC News)
By GLEN JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer. Wednesday, October 29, 2008. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Earlier this month Henry Kissinger, who as secretary of state helped arm and prop up Iran's monarchy in the 1970s, said there was "no reason for the United States to resist a strong Iran" today. The goal should be to restore the old regional balance of power based on the pillars of two countries friendly to the United States, Israel and Iran, he added. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
The author is Henry Kissinger, whose book, Does America Need a Foreign Policy. was published 95 days before 9/11. (Asia Times Online)
The Hindu News Update Service. The HinduPrint Edition. (Hindu)
As crude prices skyrocketed and compelled an overflow of dollars from oil consumers to these "rentier states", former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger wrote in The Washington Post in September that the world was witnessing "the largest transfer of wealth in human history". Thomas Friedman, a New York Times columnist, went further and coined the term "petro-dictatorships", which were being funded by oil-guzzling Western societies "via the greatest transfer of wealth in the history of the... (Asia Times Online)
This is why Henry Kissinger has been talking for years about reducing the human population by 80-90. We have idiots spending up precious resources with no return on investments. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger reviews Gordon M. Goldstein's "Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam." Kissinger writes that the book illuminates the five years (1961-1966) during which the defense of South Vietnam was Americanized as well as the mistakes we are still making today. WORLD VIEW: Why McCain Won. (PR Newswire)
In 1973, then-US secretary of state Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese Communist Party (NVCP) Political Bureau member Le Duc Tho signed the Paris Peace Accords. Soon after that, both of them were awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, but Le refused to take it. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
He forced important people like Henry Kissinger and George Schultz to visit him at the Governor s mansion. It will take time to create Alaska as a power center, but making important players and conservative thinkers come to Palin creates publicity and buzz about her. (New York Post -- Opinions)
But he reportedly also consults closely with their nemeses, the foreign policy "realists", most notably former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger, Lawrence Eagleburger, James Baker and Richard Armitage, who served as deputy secretary of state under Colin Powell. While not shy about using military power or acting unilaterally as a last resort, they place greater emphasis on diplomacy and working with other countries to further US national interests. (Asia Times Online)
Others who spoke at the event included former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak, and representatives from China, India and other countries. Editor: Yan. (Xinhuanet, China)
" By the end of that season, Franken and Davis followed Michaels and the rest of the original cast out the door. They returned when Michaels resumed control of the show in 1985. Franken started performing more, crafting original characters like Smalley and spoofing political figures like Sen. Paul Simon and televangelist Pat Robertson. Franken and Davis wrote much of the show's political humor in their time, perhaps most memorably the biting "Final Days" sketch with Dan Aykroyd as Richard Nixon... (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
But frankly, Katie Couric misquoted Henry Kissinger ... GINGRICH: Should Katie Couric have apologized for misquoting Henry Kissinger. (Fox News)
Henry Kissinger, then Nixon's national security adviser, had told Admiral McCain that Nixon was livid about the admiral's assertion. "I just gave hell to McCain," Kissinger told Nixon on May 19, 1972. (Boston Globe)
Nixon himself makes an appearance on the video screen, with his notable (if sinfully belated) acknowledgment to David Frost: "If it hadn't been for Martha, there'd have been no Watergate." Henry Kissinger shows up, too, in Miller's devastating imitation, and John Mitchell, given initial charm that's later twisted by vindictive power-mania in Timothy Sawyer's portrayal, periodically steps out from his gilt-framed "portrait" to talk with Martha and with us. Mostly, though, and most memorably, the... (Boston Globe)
Former secretary of state says he was troubled by GOP's "narrow" direction. Republican strategist calls Powell endorsement "a warm glass of milk" for voters. (CNN)
Mr. McCain countered yesterday by pointing out that he has been endorsed by four other former secretaries of state, all veterans of Republican administrations: Henry Kissinger, James Baker, Lawrence Eagleburger and Alexander Haig. Well, I've always admired and respected General Powell. (Globe and Mail)
"I've always admired and respected General Powell," said McCain, who cited the endorsements he had received from former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger, Alexander Haig, James Baker and Lawrence Eagleburger. "We have a respectful disagreement.". (Sify.com, India)
Last month in New York, Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, cast McCain's foreign policy adviser, Henry Kissinger, as essentially clueless about the history behind the Georgian conflict. The McCain campaign's fundraising letter, dated September 29, did not use Churkin's formal title. (The Age, Australia -- World)
NEW: Obama praises Powell at rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Ex-Secretary of State Colin Powell voting for Barack Obama. (CNN -- Law)
McCain pointed to the endorsements he's received from several retired generals and four former secretaries of state, including Henry Kissinger and James Baker. "I respect and continue to respect Secretary Powell," said McCain, who had actively sought Powell's backing. (Boston Globe)
But it didn't hurt his cause to have Secretary of State Henry Kissinger declare a week before the election that peace is at hand. Such events didn't have a name until 1980, when Republican vice-presidential candidate George H.W. Bush warned that President Carter will do anything to get re-elected, and let's be prepared for some October surprise. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Appearing today at George Washington University with four other former US Secretaries of State -- Madeleine Albright, James Baker, Warren Christopher, and Henry Kissinger -- Powell and the panel were asked by a student whether they thought America electing Obama president would send a more powerful image overseas than John McCain ... " Sounds like a ringing endorsement of the Obama/Biden ticket to me!!! (Sent Monday, September 15, 2008 7:29 PM) This is a defining moment for America. The world is... (The Drudge Report)
Although it is now regarded as a landmark in modern music, the opera made headlines when it opened because it was heavily critical of former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger. Then the content of The Death of Klinghoffer, Adams 1991 opera about the Palestinian Liberation Fronts 1985 hijacking a cruise ship provoked a storm of protest for its treatment of the murder of a disabled Jewish passenger. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The Republican from Arizona pointed out on Sunday that he had support from four other former secretaries of state, all veterans of Republican administrations: Henry Kissinger, James A. Baker III, Lawrence Eagleburger and Alexander Haig. At a boisterous rally Sunday, Obama said McCain was "out of ideas and almost out of time.". (Rapid City Journal, SD)
McCain said he was not surprised at his "long-time friend's" decision, pointing out that other former secretaries of state had backed his own candidacy, naming them as Henry Kissinger, James Baker and Lawrence Eagleburger - all Republicans. According to the BBC, Powell's endorsement carries weight. (allAfrica.com)
"We're long-time friends. This doesn't come as a surprise," the Arizona senator said, while touting his endorsement by other former secretaries of state including Henry Kissinger, James Baker and Lawrence Eagleburger. Powell again defended his role in the buildup to the Iraq invasion, insisting that he acted in good faith on the basis of intelligence evidence that, he felt, showed Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Bright spark Barack Obama with a young supporter at a rally on Sunday in Fayetteville, North Carolina. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Zuckerman travelled the world, filming, photographing and interviewing luminaries such as Nelson Mandela, Clint Eastwood, Malcolm Fraser and Henry Kissinger. "I was looking for people who had made a contribution to culture," Zuckerman says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
" In attendance Thursday night were such dignitaries as Sen. Hillary Clinton, Gov. David Paterson, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former Mayor Ed Koch. McCain managed to get one of the best laughs of the night at the expense Clinton. "It's been that kind of contest and I come here tonight to the Al Smith Dinner knowing I'm the underdog in these final weeks, but if you know where to look there are signs of hope, even in the... (The Drudge Report)
The report, following two years of research by scholar Andrew Scott Cooper, zeros in on the role of White House policymakers, including Donald Rumsfeld, then a top aide to President Ford, hoping to roll back oil prices and curb the shah's ambitions, despite warnings by then Secretary of State Henry Kissinger that such a move might precipitate the rise of a "radical regime" in Iran. "The shah is a tough, mean guy. But he is our real friend," Kissinger warned Ford, who was considering options to... (AZCentral -- News)
This is despite warnings by the then secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, that such a move might precipitate the rise of a "radical regime" in Iran. "The shah is a tough, mean guy. But he is our real friend," he told Mr Ford, who was considering options to press the monarch into lowering oil prices, in an August 1974 conversation cited by the report. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
When Jimmy Carter visited Syria, he wrote, "Little was known about his [Assad's] personal or family life, but former secretary of state Henry Kissinger and others who knew Assad had described him to me as very intelligent, eloquent and frank in discussing the most sensitive issues. I invited the Syrian leader to come and visit me in Washington, but he replied that he had no desire ever to visit the United States. Despite this firm but polite rebuff, I learned what I could about him and his... (Asia Times Online)
Hillary Clinton, Rupert Murdoch, Mayor Bloomberg, Christy Turlington, Katie Couric and Henry Kissinger. "It's never been done before," said one source. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Former statesmen Sam Nunn, William Perry, George Shultz and Henry Kissinger are part of an emerging bipartisan consensus urging concrete steps toward the global elimination of nuclear weapons. Continuing to rely on nuclear weapons means continuing nuclear weapons production, placing workers at risk of severe health problems and environmental contamination. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Emergency sources to contact: Peter Bergen, , Daniel Benjamin, Henry Kissinger, , and David Gergenif he's not too busy. . (Slate)
com, an Anchorage-based jewelry web-site that sells the same 250 Alaska earrings Palin wore to meet former secretary of state Henry Kissinger in New York last month. "I've sold quite a few since Sarah became famous.". (New York Post -- Opinions)
The 1978 winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin, fit this mold, as do the 1973 winners, Henry Kissinger and North Vietnam's chief negotiator, Le Duc Tho. Ahtisaari belongs to a less visible, more self-effacing category. (Boston Globe)
Writing in The Washington Post on Wednesday, former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and George Shultz rebuked the Bush administration for its "drift towards confrontation with Russia" and pointed out that "isolating Russia is not a sustainable long-range policy". They said much of Europe is "uneasy". (Asia Times Online)
The most game, and politically astute, of the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players, Ottawa-born Aykroyd was a broad and jowly Nixon in the earliest days of Saturday Night Live, often appearing in sketches with the late John Belushi, who was very believable as Henry Kissinger. Aykroyd later toned it down to play peanut farmer-turned-president Jimmy Carter. (Globe and Mail)
Former secretary of state and current White House confidante Henry Kissinger was the first CSIS counselor. John Hamre, a former U.S. deputy secretary of defense, has led CSIS as its president and chief executive officer since 2000. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Paul airport called "Henry Kissinger: Man on the Go." And I for one would love to see it. Andrew O'Hehir. (Salon)
Chevy's stumbling and bumbling, all the while trying to maintain the conversation with Henry Kissinger is classic physical comedy. That, combined with his role as the Weekend Anchor, put Chase as the leading comedian on a cast of comedic greats. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
interpreted for the rest of us a snapshot of Sarah Palin talking with Henry Kissinger. Using her skills at non-verbal communication, Judith claims that the photo reveals a woman who is obviously out of her league, who is scared out of her wits and hanging on for dear life. (Townhall.com)
Biden and Obama have also publicly stated that they strongly support going beyond the CTBT toward negotiating a verifiable treaty for the global abolition of nuclear weapons, as recently called for on a bipartisan basis by former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and George Schultz, former Defense Secretary William Perry and former Senate Armed Services Chair Sam Nunn. It is only in pursuing initiatives toward banning nuclear weapons testing, and ultimately globally banning nuclear weapons... (NJ.com -- Times)
Palin, in a bubble, meets her first world leaders. It was a tightly controlled crash course on foreign policy for the Republican vice presidential candidate, the mayor-turned-governor who has been outside North America just once. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Last night during the presidential debate, Barack Obama said Henry Kissinger backed his position for direct negotiations between a U.S. president and the president of Iran without any pre-conditions ... Today, on Fox News, Henry Kissinger confirmed he had never called for direct negotiations at the presidential level without pre-conditions. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Even former Republican Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger, James Baker and Colin Powell have urged expanding direct contacts between the two nations, and the Bush Administration last July sent U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs William Burns sat down with diplomats from Iran and Europe to discuss the nuclear stand-off. Regardless of campaign-trail rhetoric, the need to talk directly to Tehran is fast becoming bipartisan conventional wisdom in the U.S. foreign policy... (Time.com)
One saw it, for example, in the way leggy females used to throw themselves at Henry Kissinger, a stumpy troglodyte who just happened to be US Secretary of State. And we see it in the way even hardened hacks go weak when offered an audience with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett or even, God help us, Steve Ballmer, chief of Microsoft. (guardian.co.uk)
The problem with Europe, Henry Kissinger once famously said in the seventies, is that it doesn't have a phone number. That's not true any more. (Globe and Mail)
The Rep, an intimate theater in downtown Sebastopol, is featuring "Nixon's Nixon," a dialogue between Henry Kissinger and the disgraced president on the eve of Nixon's resignation; through Oct. 26, 104 N. Main St., (707) 823-0177. FOR MORE INFORMATION. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
" But those comparisons aren't likely to benefit this work of lightweight inside-the-Beltway misanthropy, which possesses neither the morbid, cinematic gravity of their better crime films nor the absurd delirium of their best comedies. One could sit here and intone, film-critic style, that the Coens don't know anything about the world of Washington espionage professionals (most of the movie was actually shot in New York, with Brooklyn brownstones doubling for Georgetown) and that the movie's... (Salon)
Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho rejected the 1973 peace prize shared with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, saying there was no peace in his country. Angry Hitler: Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler was so enraged by the 1936 prize going to German pacifist and dissident Carl von Ossietzky that he barred Germans from accepting future Nobels. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Thirty elite New Yorkers, including David Rockefeller, former secretary of state Henry Kissinger and JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon, published an open letter on Thursday urging the City Council to extend the term limits. Twenty-seven of the 51 New York City Council members have said they would support a change and 35 would otherwise be forced to step down next year because of term limits. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
He attended closed round-table sessions on poverty and climate change (where he spoke on clean coal), chewed the fat with Henry Kissinger and had another meeting with the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. One consequence of this reversion to type for the former diplomat/bureaucrat was that Rudd's language did the same. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
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