Despite his past disdain for Russian quasi-dictator Vladimir Putin, President Obama now says he trusts the Russian president when it comes to negotiating a deal with Syria. “Mr. Putin and I have strong disagreements on a whole range of issues,”
On Sunday’s edition of This Week, ABC News aired an interview conducted with President Barack Obama on Friday. Among other familiar Obama tropes–such as the threat not to negotiate with congressional leaders over the debt ceiling, which is odd considering
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Syria discussion on Framingham Mass. TV on Sunday Ban Ki-moon accidentally tells the truth about Syria Russia elated by its diplomatic victory on Syria Reports: Assad’s troops dispersing them throughout Syria The Way the
A great story from KPCC’s “Off-Ramp.” In the early 90s shortly after the fall of the USSR, Dana Rohrabacher met a small group of communist officials who had come to Washington and wanted to meet him because he had worked
On Friday, Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin, who recently ripped into the notion of American exceptionalism in The New York Times. DeMint wrote, “America is an exceptional nation – that is, one like no other,
In response to Dems Block Cruz Resolution to Create Joint Select Committee to Investigate Benghazi: Ah, Democrats – the Party of Obfuscation. They can’t govern to save their lives. They’re all over the map on a crisis like Syria, falling
House Speaker John Boehner said when asked at his weekly press briefing that he was insulted by Vladimir Putin’s op-ed on Syria.
CNN: The night before a high stakes diplomatic meeting in Geneva, where Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart will talk over a plan for stripping Syria of chemical weapons, The New York Times published an op-ed by
In response to Putin Pens New York Times Op-Ed, Calls For Caution on Syria: Russian President Vladimir Putin is now the heavy in the international community. By clowning Obama into doing what he wanted in Syria, Obama lost any respectability
(AP) Bach elected IOC president, gets call from PutinBy STEPHEN WILSONAP Sports WriterBUENOS AIRES, ArgentinaWithin minutes of being elected to the top job in the Olympics, Thomas Bach got a phone call from a powerful leader he’ll work with closely
McClatchy chief correspondent Mark Seibel reports on Tuesday evening that President Obama’s speech on Syria will last just 15 minutes. That is a massive downgrade from most addresses to the nation. The theme of the address has also reportedly shifted
On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin explained that the Russian proposal agreed to by Syria to turn over Syria’s chemical weapons to international control could not succeed unless the US rejected the use of force. The proposal “can work only
On Monday, the Obama administration, overcome by its own frantic confusion over a situation of its own making in Syria, fainted into the arms of Russian President Vladimir Putin – and, in the process, appeased the Syrian regime after Bashar
(AP) Russia to push Syria to surrender chemical weaponsBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated PressMOSCOWIn a surprise move, Russia promised Monday to push its ally Syria to place its chemical weapons under international control and then dismantle them quickly to avert U.S. strikes.The
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin received thanks from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for standing against Western military action based on a chemical attack in Damascus several weeks ago. Syrian foreign minister Walid al-Muallem said he spoke with Russian foreign
Syria’s foreign minister on Monday passed on the personal thanks of President Bashar al-Assad to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for his support, as he held talks in Moscow amid growing expectations of military action against the regime. Foreign Minister Walid
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Fears that Russia’s controversial anti-gay law could affect next year’s Sochi Winter Games has reached sponsors despite efforts by the Russians to play down the issue, the International Olympic Committee said on Sunday. The Russian law,
With other world leaders looking on, Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin sat in chairs in the corner of the room and talked about Syria at the G20 Summit. According to ABC News, Syria was not on the agenda
A day after Obama’s slobbering sycophants at NBC News ran a hilarious article about the Community-Organizer-In-Chief “dominating” the black-belt KGB man with his imposing body language, the world knows Putin kicked Obama’s butt sideways at their summit meeting. “Putin overwhelms
(AP) US hits back at Putin ‘liar’ comment about KerryBy MATTHEW LEEAP Diplomatic WriterWASHINGTONThe State Department is hitting back at what it calls false accusations that Russian President Vladimir Putin made about Secretary of State John Kerry. The Russian president
A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted that American intervention in Syria without United Nations approval would be an act of aggression, the Russian Foreign Ministry warned of a potential nuclear disaster in Syria if the United States engaged
(AP) Amid tensions, Obama, Putin put on a happy faceBy JULIE PACEAP White House CorrespondentST. PETERSBURG, RussiaPresident Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin shook hands, smiled and made small talk about the scenery on Thursday — a public
Russia and China on Thursday said that they had made progress towards agreeing a mega deal for the delivery of Russian gas to its energy-hungry eastern neighbour. Russian gas giant Gazprom and China’s state energy firm signed an agreement after
By NICOLE WINFIELDAssociated PressVATICAN CITYPope Francis urged the Group of 20 leaders on Thursday to abandon the “futile pursuit” of a military solution in Syria as the Vatican laid out its case for a negotiated settlement that guarantees rights for
Just before Russian President Vladimir Putin opened the G20 summit in St. Petersburg, he blasted the Obama administration on Wednesday for what he termed its propaganda on military action against Syria. “We talk with these people,” he said about Secretary
