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Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Long Island Association fall luncheon at the Crest Hollow Country Club on October 18, 2012 in Woodbury, New York. Cheney discussed foreign and domestic issues, including the upcoming presidential election, at the business organization's luncheon. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Cheney: US drone strikes 'good policy'

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - In an interview that aired Tuesday on CBS, Cheney dismissed the need for 'checks and balances' against the drone program...
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In this handout provided by the White House, President Barack Obama holds a child after delivering remarks on the American Jobs Act beneath the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge September 22, 2011 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Obama appealed to U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to pass his jobs bill. (Photo by Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images)

Black pride shouldn’t silence dissent on drones

David A. Wilson
OPINION - Our community's near solidarity in support of the president is probably only exceeded by our collective disdain for injustice; which is why the news of the Obama Administration’s drone policy made me stop and think...
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Liz, who only wanted to be identified by her first name, holds a sign reading, 'Obama's Drones Kill Americans, Too,' as she joins others in a protest in front of a Raytheon company building which they say is building military drones on August 23, 2012 in Largo, Florida. The protest is one of many planned by activists who want to state their views on the economy or other issues before and during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida during the week of August 27th. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Is President Obama wrong about drones?

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - Would law professor or senator Barack Obama have supported effectively giving a U.S. president unilateral power to kill American citizens abroad if they are suspected of being involved in terrorism?...
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President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. The president will ask Congress to come up with tens of billions of dollars in short-term spending cuts and tax revenue to put off the automatic across the board cuts that are scheduled to kick in March 1. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama to visit Israel for 1st time as president

Josh Lederman, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will visit Israel in the spring, the White House said Tuesday, marking his first visit to the staunch U.S. ally since becoming president. While in the region, Obama will also visit the West Bank and Jordan...
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Susan Rice

theGrio's 100: Susan Rice, shaping Obama's foreign policy

theGrio
theGRIO'S 100 - Susan Rice's role is particularly important as Obama has made building strong alliances with other nation's as one of the chief pillars of his foreign policy vision...
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Obama faces new challenges on foreign policy

Tom Raum, Associated Press
Debate over the looming "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax increases and spending cuts is consuming most of the political oxygen in Washington lately. But President Barack Obama also faces huge second-term foreign policy challenges.
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Florida debate

Obama, Romney to debate foreign policy in Boca Raton in final debate

Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - For months the one reliable constant for Barack Obama was the public's approval of his handling of foreign policy and terrorism. Al-Qaida was on the run, he would say. The war in Iraq was over. Bin Laden was dead. Crowds cheered and national polls showed a majority in the country stood with him...
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President Barack Obama shakes hands with supporters at a campaign event in Golden, Colorado on Thursday, September 13, 2012. President Obama has made several campaign stops in Colorado, which is a hotly contested state in this year's election.  (Photo by Chris Schneider/Getty Images)

Obama responds to Romney's tough talk on Mideast

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama joins other world leaders at the United Nations on Monday after defending his foreign policy record amid anger at the U.S. in the Muslim world...
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The flag-draped transfer case with the remains of Army Sergeant 1st Class Coater B. Debose of State Line, Mississippi, waits to be unloaded during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base August 22, 2012 in Dover, Delaware. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

National security takes backseat in 2012 election

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - In the first few years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, national security and terrorism dominated the national agenda, becoming one on the chief dividing lines in American politics...
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks during the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 29, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Rice says US standing in the world is at risk

Donna Cassata, Associated Press
TAMPA, Florida (AP) - Republicans delivered a scathing indictment of President Barack Obama's national security policy, although the Democrat's aggressive approach has often been compared to that of his Republican predecessor, George W. Bush...
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