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...Washington Obama to Gays: I Haven't Forgotten You Amid complaints of campaign promises left unfulfilled, President Obama invited hundreds of gay and lesbian leaders to the White House on June 29 to assure them that their concerns remain a priority. Activists have voiced frustration that Obama has not overturned the military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy or done more to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. One participant said the event bought Obama more time, "but he'll have to deliver...
...What They're Quitting in Saudi Arabia: In the first antismoking drive of its kind, a Riyadh-based charity is giving prospective grooms who complete a seven-day smoking-cessation course the chance to win an all-expenses-paid wedding in an Aug. 6 drawing. The campaign's slogan? "Kicking the habit is on you, and marriage...
...What is known now, however, is the outline of Obama's operating philosophy of world affairs, a set of principles and assumptions that were only hinted at during the protracted presidential campaign. So what is the new Obama Doctrine? Here are five of its central pillars...
...Biography Matters During the campaign, Obama told American voters that his election as the first black President of goatherd ancestry and foreign upbringing could itself change geopolitical dynamics. Since his election, he has been working hard to make good on that promise, aggressively marketing his background. In Africa, he spoke about the colonialist mistreatment his Kenyan grandfather faced, and in Cairo he talked about his childhood in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation. He presents himself internationally as he does domestically, as an embodiment of meritocratic achievement that can happen in free and open societies. "I have...
...once the Sandinistas had Arguello in their clutches, the game changed for him. First Lady Rosario Murillo, who appointed herself head of his mayoral campaign, assigned minders to keep the fighter on a tight leash to minimize his wonderfully outrageous and innocent gaffes. (Arguello, in discussing his 14 years spent living in the U.S., remembered Thanksgiving as a commemoration of the day when the British declared a one-day truce during their invasion of New Orleans to sit down for a turkey dinner...