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		<title>Tauscher named to help lead new international policy think-tank</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former East Bay Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher has been named to the Atlantic Council, an international affairs think-tank, as the vice president of its new Scowcroft Center on International Security. Tauscher recently announced her resignation as under secretary of arms control and international security under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, saying she wanted time to pursue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House passes Eshoo&#8217;s bill on religious minorities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=16667</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The House today overwhelmingly approved a bill by Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., and Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, to create a special State Department envoy for religious minorities in the Middle East and South Central Asia. The bill, HR 440, was introduced in January in the wake of increasing violence, targeted attacks and heightened discrimination [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Yoo defends Obama&#8217;s war powers in Libya</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/20/john-yoo-defends-obamas-war-powers-in-libya/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=16223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cal law professor John Yoo – who as a Justice Department attorney helped build a legal framework for the “enhanced interrogation” techniques many consider to be torture and for other perceived Bush Administration transgressions – has found a new way to make Bay Area liberals mad: supporting President Barack Obama’s stance on his power to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boxer, Lee differ on Obama&#8217;s Libya policy</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/03/29/boxer-lee-differ-on-obamas-libya-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even after President Barack Obama laid out his rationale for military intervention in Libya’s civil war yesterday, lawmakers from the Bay Area who are among the most liberal members of their respective chambers remain split on whether it was a wise move. U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boxer speaks on Libya &amp; nuclear safety</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer called her news conference today in San Francisco to blast Republicans’ budget cuts, but she touched on Libya and nuclear safety, too. Boxer, D-Calif., praised the Obama Administration for working through the United Nations Security Council – and at the behest of the Arab League – to act to halt Col. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A former San Franciscan&#8217;s trip to Cairo</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/03/10/a-former-san-franciscans-trip-to-cairo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Samuel Vengrinovich, a former San Francisco State University student, sent us this video of his experiences visiting Cairo, Egypt, one week after dictator Hosni Mubarak was forced to resign by a popular, peaceful uprising. From Vengrinovich, who currently lives in Israel: &#8220;I get asked all the time why did I want to go to Tahrir [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tom Lantos played key role in U.S.-Libya relations</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/02/24/tom-lantos-played-key-role-in-u-s-libya-relations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the world watches dictator Moammar Gadhafi fighting to retain control of Libya, it’s time to recall that a late Bay Area House member played a key role in recent U.S.-Libyan relations. Rep. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo, who died in Feburary 2008, was the ranking Democrat on the House International Relations Committee in January 2004 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bay Area human rights activists are in Cairo</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/02/02/bay-area-human-rights-activists-are-in-cairo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/02/02/bay-area-human-rights-activists-are-in-cairo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Human rights activists with CODEPINK – including cofounder Medea Benjamin of San Francisco and San Jose Peace &#038; Justice Center president Sharat Lin of Fremont – are amid the protestors on the streets of Cairo calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Click here to see their photos. From CODEPINK’s news release: The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dueling BART ads on Israeli-Palestinian conflict</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/01/18/dueling-bart-ads-on-israeli-palestinian-conflict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Israeli-Palestinian conflict – the rhetorical side of the conflict, at least – is visible in the Bay Area again as organizations for and against Israeli policy have bought dueling ads in several BART stations. Jewish Voice for Peace – an Oakland-based group that “seeks an end to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bay Area finalists in &#8216;Democracy is&#8230;&#8217; contest</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/06/09/bay-area-finalists-in-democracy-is-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Bay Area residents – a third-grade teacher, tech-trainer and aspiring photographer/videographer from Pleasanton, and a video technology developer from San Jose – are among finalists in a State Department-sponsored international competition to build a global discussion on democracy. The Democracy Video Challenge asks people around the world to complete the phrase “Democracy is…” through [...]]]></description>
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