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Jun 2014

Reuters: That July deadline for an Iran nuke deal? Probably not gonna’ happen.

Erika Johnsen Jun 04, 2014 4:01 PM

No kidding.

May 2014

Confidential U.N. report: Iran is still pursuing the development of ballistic missiles

Erika Johnsen May 15, 2014 9:21 PM

Mind = blown.

Apr 2014

Fatah, Hamas announce reconciliation pact, new elections

Ed Morrissey Apr 23, 2014 2:41 PM

Slap in the face for Kerry, US?

David Brooks: Let’s face it, Obama has a manhood problem in the Middle East

Allahpundit Apr 21, 2014 3:21 PM

“A lot of the rap is unfair, but certainly in the Middle East, there’s an assumption he’s not tough.”

Feb 2014

Huh: This Iranian sanctions relief sure looks a lot more like $20 billion than $7 billion, no?

Erika Johnsen Feb 14, 2014 6:11 PM

Terrific.

Dec 2013

Menendez: The “Iranians are showing their true intentions” with this little centrifuge surprise

Erika Johnsen Dec 28, 2013 7:01 PM

On Thursday, the head of Tehran’s nuke agency announced that Iran is working on developing a “new generation” of centrifuge …

Talks resume after Iranians’ walkout while senators plan more sanctions

Erika Johnsen Dec 19, 2013 2:31 PM

Last week, the White House — in seeking to reassure the bipartisan group of senators still gunning for, at the …

White House to lobby Congress to stay new Iranian sanctions, again

Erika Johnsen Dec 10, 2013 11:21 AM

Getting nowhere.

Iran already courting major European oil companies for increased investment, production in 2014

Erika Johnsen Dec 09, 2013 1:01 PM

Eyes on the prize.

Obama’s foreign policy is alienating the “moderate” Arab world

Jeff Dunetz Dec 09, 2013 12:11 PM

Before Anwar Sadat took over, Egypt and the majority of the “moderate” Arab world were satellites of the Soviet Union. …

Nov 2013

Shorter White House: We’re so close to a deal with Iran, we can taste it

Erika Johnsen Nov 16, 2013 10:01 AM

Slow clap.

Iran’s Rouhani: Uranium enrichment is our red line, and “for us, red lines are not crossable”

Erika Johnsen Nov 11, 2013 9:31 AM

Oh, snap.

No deal, yet (thanks to France): “First step” discussions with Iran to continue in the coming weeks

Erika Johnsen Nov 10, 2013 9:31 AM

Sad John Kerry is sad.

Obama admin: Yeah, we’re feeling pretty confident that Iran wants a serious deal, and soon

Erika Johnsen Nov 07, 2013 3:21 PM

A “first step”?

Oct 2013

White House lobbying Senate against further sanctions on Iran in super-secret meeting

Erika Johnsen Oct 31, 2013 1:21 PM

Time to hit the “pause” button? Er…

Israeli-Saudi agreement: US foreign policy can’t be trusted

Ed Morrissey Oct 24, 2013 2:41 PM

“We are learning from our enemies now how to treat the United States.”

Sep 2013

Iranian president: Who, us? Develop nuclear weapons? Never.

Erika Johnsen Sep 18, 2013 9:21 PM

Overtures.

King: It would really be great if Obama could act more commander in chief, less community organizer

Erika Johnsen Sep 08, 2013 6:31 PM

Burn.

McKeon: I urged Obama to make the case for Syria directly to the American people. He didn’t much like that.

Erika Johnsen Sep 05, 2013 3:21 PM

That “didn’t sit too well with him.”

Rand Paul: John Kerry “sounds like he must be a clairvoyant”

Erika Johnsen Sep 04, 2013 10:01 PM

You’re killin’ me, Smalls.

Aug 2013

Quotes of the day

Erika Johnsen Aug 30, 2013 8:41 PM

Echoes.

US Middle East policy – incoherent

Bruce McQuain Aug 30, 2013 5:21 PM

Worst foreign policy president ever

Aaron David Miller: Obama’s doing pretty well in the Middle East

Bruce McQuain Aug 26, 2013 8:11 PM

Defining “good” down … way down

Who leaked the Snowden documents about Britain’s secret Middle Eastern base to a British paper?

Allahpundit Aug 23, 2013 6:51 PM

Mysteries.

Quotes of the day

Allahpundit Aug 09, 2013 9:41 PM

Core.

Iranian president-elect: Israel is a “wound inflicted” on the Muslim world that “must be cleansed”

Erika Johnsen Aug 02, 2013 11:41 AM

True colors.

Jul 2013

Saudi prince: The American shale boom is kinda’ bad news for OPEC countries

Erika Johnsen Jul 30, 2013 5:01 PM

Ready, set, panic.

Netanyahu: Iran’s president-elect a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” who will “smile and build a bomb”

Erika Johnsen Jul 15, 2013 1:21 PM

“They’re getting closer and closer to the bomb, and they have to be told in no uncertain terms that will not be allowed to happen.”

Rep. McKeon, senators: The “zero option” in Afghanistan, isn’t an option. …Is it?

Erika Johnsen Jul 10, 2013 4:41 PM

Yeah, no. That shouldn’t be a thing.

IMF awards $5 billion bailout loan to Pakistan, again

Erika Johnsen Jul 06, 2013 6:01 PM

Oof.

Jun 2013

U.S. and allies manning their battle stations against Iranian, NorK hackers

Erika Johnsen Jun 08, 2013 5:31 PM

Defensive maneuvers.

May 2013

MSNBC consensus: Obama’s speech was historic, amazing, “one of the best of his presidency”

Erika Johnsen May 24, 2013 12:41 PM

Wut.

Four Pinocchios for Obama on Benghazi terror claim

Ed Morrissey May 14, 2013 9:21 AM

McClatchy asks: But why did the White House blame a YouTube video at all?

Obama on Benghazi: “There is no there there”

Erika Johnsen May 13, 2013 3:21 PM

Circuses.

Mar 2013

Obama in Israel: “Our alliance is eternal”

Erika Johnsen Mar 20, 2013 9:01 PM

Pals.

Obama to Chuck Todd in Israel: What’s with all the questions?

Allahpundit Mar 20, 2013 5:21 PM

“You’re incorrigible.”

Jan 2013

The shifting geopolitics of the shale gas boom

Erika Johnsen Jan 26, 2013 2:31 PM

Who’s afraid of global alternatives?

Obama: “A decade of war is now ending”

Erika Johnsen Jan 21, 2013 5:11 PM

Er, do the terrorists know that?

Oct 2012

Former Obama security adviser: “We’re probably right back where we were three, four years ago” in Mideast

Erika Johnsen Oct 24, 2012 7:21 PM

Oof.

An American foreign policy requires American liberty

J.E. Dyer Oct 12, 2012 8:01 PM

It all starts with liberty.

Sep 2012

Too bad to check: Anti-US oil production film financed by … Middle Eastern oil producers?

Ed Morrissey Sep 28, 2012 10:41 AM

Fracked.

Romney on Libya: Why doesn’t Obama want the American people to know what happened?

Allahpundit Sep 25, 2012 9:23 PM

“I think they want to do their very best to keep the people of America from understanding exactly what happened.”

Video: Imagine there’s no YouTube

Erika Johnsen Sep 25, 2012 5:21 PM

Would Honey Badger care?

Obama: “The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam”

Erika Johnsen Sep 25, 2012 2:01 PM

Say what?