Posted by Gavin Sundwall on May 22, 2008 - 03:59 PM
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Remember the old “Baseball Fever – Catch It!” commercial? Baseball Diplomacy Fever recently caught hold in Panama. Smiles adorned the faces of young and old alike thanks to the April 22 – 30 visit of Major League Baseball Special Envoy Elias Sosa and the Southern Command (SouthCom) All Star Baseball Team as part of our “Baseball Friendship Tour 2008.”
The fun started in Panama’s dry and dusty Azuero Peninsula (the “Texas” of Panama). Elias, a former major-league pitcher sponsored by the State Department’s Office of Sports Diplomacy, inspired coaches, parents, and happy youngsters by promoting baseball as a fun sport that gives children the positive grounding…
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Posted by DipNote Bloggers on May 22, 2008 - 11:19 AM
Rice Touts "Successful" U.S. Policy Towards Iran [AFP]
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Posted by Maria Gabriela Zambrano on May 21, 2008 - 09:30 PM
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President Bush proclaimed May 21, 2008, as a "Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People" to recognize those who are suffering in Cuba, especially Cuba's prisoners of conscience. For the State Department’s Office of Cuban Affairs, everyday is Cuba Solidarity Day. Everyday, we come to work to support the President’s policy and to support the Cuban people. We show our solidarity when we authorize applications for humanitarian assistance to the Cuban people, when we license travel to Cuba for various categories of Americans, including those who deliver humanitarian aid or engage in religious activities, and when we take action to prevent the Cuban state…
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Posted by DipNote Bloggers on May 21, 2008 - 10:34 AM
White House Denies Israeli Press Report on Plans for Attacking Iran [NYT]
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Posted by DipNote Bloggers on May 20, 2008 - 05:30 PM
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"One of the Administration’s major foreign policy objectives is to engage with an increasingly influential China to affect choices that Chinese leaders make in ways that serve global stability and U.S. interests.
China is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. It possesses one of the world’s largest and most dynamic economies. It is a nuclear power, and it is the seat of a great civilization. U.S.-China cooperation is in our mutual interest.
Before addressing three important dimensions of U.S.-China…
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