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USAID's new leader: 10 months in
Months ago, when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made her rounds of the State Department to voice her commitment to new diplomacy, she also stopped at the U.S. Agency for International Development to voice her commitment to aid and development.
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Gore outlines his solutions for planet peril
Gore outlines his solutions for planet peril Former Vice President Al Gore has a plan to end climate change, and over 1,000 Marinites got a chance to hear about that plan in person, when he appeared at Dominican University, in San Rafael on Monday evening.
If politicians stopped meddling with things they don't understand, there would be a more drastic reduction in the size of government than anyone in either party advocates.
Fox News: 'We Wish Anita Dunn Well'
A Fox News spokesperson says the network wishes outgoing White House Communications Director Anita Dunn well as she transitions out of the Obama administration.
Global warming not melting glaciers
INDIA'S environment minister said there was no scientific proof to support the idea that the melting of Himalayan glaciers was being caused by global warming, reports said on Tuesday.
Scozzafava Tells Her Story: 'My Name's A Verb Now'
Over Halloween weekend, Dede Scozzafava morphed from a rosy-cheeked Republican mom to a political figure of speech.
Liebermana s threat of filibuster looms large
When a recent conversation among Senate centrists turned to insurance company antitrust concerns, Joe Lieberman boasted of his bona fides: As Connecticut attorney general in the 1980s, he sued the industry.
Third-party candidacies, last resort
Doug Hoffman's narrow defeat in New York's 23rd Congressional District special election was one of few blemishes in a nearly flawless Election Day for Republicans.
How the world fell apart since the fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall fell in 1989. At the time, it appeared the world was heading toward global peace and prosperity.
Recognizing the 'real' history
The mighty ones who think that they make history every weekday were wanting to go to lunch.
Is eating a hamburger the global warming equivalent of driving a Hummer? This week an article in The Times of London carried a headline that blared: "Give Up Meat to Save the Planet." Former Vice President Al Gore, who has made climate change his signature issue, has even been assailed for omnivorous eating by animal rights activists.
Election '09 can't match the thrill of voting for Obama, but it's still important to me
In 2000, I had my first taste of the democratic voting process. I was in the 6th grade at Public School 9 in Brooklyn, N.Y., and we were learning about how the voting process works by watching and reporting the presidential race between Al Gore and George W. Bush.
Merkel addressing climate change with US lawmakers
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was making the case Tuesday for a global deal on climate change to a skeptical audience: members of Congress.
'Civil disobedience has a role to play' | Al Gore
Al Gore was born to be the most powerful man on Earth, but fell just short of his political destiny.
Gore's book a toolbox for fixing climate crises
With global warming taking center stage in world affairs, Al Gore can't be far behind: The Nobel-Prize-winning former-vice president-turned-energy entrepreneur is releasing his plan to crack the climate conundrum.
Democrat Bill Owens won the 23rd Congressional District seat despite a strong push by Conservatives to take the post in the heavily Republican North Country area.
Orthodox patriarch meets Obama on U.S. visit
Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the "green patriarch" who leads 300 million Orthodox Christians, spoke with President Barack Obama on Tuesday about the fight against climate change.
Timeline of world's fight to tackle climate change
Here is a timeline of key dates in the climate change negotiations: June 1992: Rio World Summit - Following years of lobbying by environmentalists on the potential danger of global warming, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is set up.
World leaders needed at talks to cut climate deal
Negotiators from industrial nations, including the United States , said eleventh-hour promises are possible and a global warming pact can be reached.
Al Gore, John Kitzhaber and Not-So-Ancient History
Yesterday, I wrote how former Vice President Al Gore will do a fund-raiser in Oregon for Bill Bradbury , who's running in the Democratic gubernatorial primary next year along with ex-Gov. John Kitzhaber and former Hewlett-Packard exec Steve Shields .
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