The Washington Post
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 00:00
At breakfast this morning a leading Democratic policy thinker referred to President Obama's recent jaunts to Europe and the Caribbean as his "global apology tour."
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 00:00
Forget tiny Cuba. The Summit of the Americas was about much bigger issues.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
The army has turned Juarez into an occupied city in which all citizens are presumed to be drug traffickers," said Gustavo de la Rosa, the state human rights commissioner.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
The underlying question is whether Obama's new style will make the United States stronger or weaker as the administration confronts a series of intractable problems around the world.
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 00:00
"It's a reminder for us in the United States that if our only interaction with many of these countries is drug interdiction, if our only interaction is military, then we may not be developing the connections that can, over time, increase our influenc
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 00:00
In other words: Our president can deal with all manner of big problems, but the American gun lobby is just too strong to let him push a rational and limited gun regulation through Congress.
Friday, April 17, 2009 - 00:00
We will never win a "war on drugs" and should be moving to decriminalize and legalize drugs under medical and government supervision
Friday, April 17, 2009 - 00:00
No doubt Mr. Obama will listen to whatever Latin leaders have to tell him this weekend. But he ought to make clear that for the United States, at least, foreign policy will continue to be linked to democracy
Friday, April 17, 2009 - 00:00
Obama Arrives in Mexico City Ahead of Summit of the Americas
Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 00:00
On the eve of his summit with Mexican President Felipe Calderon today, Obama added the cartels to the list of banned foreign "drug kingpins