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		<title>Romney, Obama spar over U.S.-Israel relations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney’s stumbles over the nation’s “special relationship” with Great Britain aside, it’s the American relationship with Israel that’s fueling a lot of the fire this week between the presidential campaigns. Romney will be in Israel on Sunday to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres, Kadima Party Leader Shaul Mofaz, and Labor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara Lee becomes Sudan Caucus co-chair</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=19579</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Barbara Lee is the newest of four co-chairs of the Congressional Sudan Caucus, which is still trying to draw more attention to the ongoing humanitarian disaster in that African nation. Lee, D-Oakland, succeeds the late Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J., as a co-chair; the other three co-chairs are Michael Capuano, D-Mass., Frank Wolf, R-Va., and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nancy Pelosi and George Miller are in Egypt</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/03/15/nancy-pelosi-and-george-miller-are-in-egypt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[George Miller]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, and Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez, are part of a Congressional delegation to Egypt that arrived in Cairo yesterday. The delegation met today with Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi – commander in chief of Egypt’s armed forces, and the nation’s de factor head of state since February 2011 – and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Several Bay Area guests at tonight&#8217;s State Dinner</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=19165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Several Bay Area residents will be on the White House’s South Lawn for tonight’s State Dinner with British Prime Minister David Cameron: SPO Parnters &#38; Co. private investment firm managing director John Scully, chairman of Advent Software, and his wife Regina, of San Francisco; former Symantec CEO John Thompson and his wife, Sandi, of Woodside, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Bay prof takes State Dept. war-crimes job</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/03/12/south-bay-prof-takes-state-dept-war-crimes-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Santa Clara University law professor is going to work for the U.S. State Department, helping to shape the nation’s responses to war crimes committed around the world. Beth Van Schaack, an expert in international law, will serve as deputy to Stephen Rapp, the U.S. Ambassador-At-Large for War Crimes Issues, in the state department’s Office [...]]]></description>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[International politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=18851</guid>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/07/29/house-passes-eshoos-bill-on-religious-minorities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<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>
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		<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>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/03/23/boxer-speaks-on-libya-nuclear-safety/</link>
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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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