Topic: Foreign Policy

July 5, 2010

Hillary Clinton to a gathering of democratic nations in Poland on July 3 that Venezuela silences free speech, then praised the country for its belief in free speech two days later.

June 24, 2010

President Obama suggested he and Russian President Medvedev should communicate using "Twitters," but he's already told us that he's "never used Twitter."

Now Obama says he uses his Twitter account … though his thumbs are probably still clumsy

Can we believe anything the president says about how he uses technology?

April 13, 2010

At the end of his nuclear summit, President Obama said of the U.S., "Whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower."

Like it or not?

Being the strongest is a good thing, Mr. President.

December 1, 2009

Bringing Iraq war to ‘an irresponsible end’

During his address at West Point about the troop surge in Afghanistan, the president committed a flub when referencing the war in Iraq.

President Obama claimed that President Bush repeatedly rejected requests for more troops in Afghanistan when there is no proof that was the case. White House photo, Pete Souza

Claiming Bush ‘repeatedly’ ignored requests for more troops

President Obama claimed that President Bush repeatedly rejected requests for more troops in Afghanistan when there is no proof that was the case.

November 24, 2009

The menu for President Obama's first state dinner was full of typos. Spell check anyone?

State dinner riddled with typos

The menu for President Obama’s first state dinner was full of typos. Spell check anyone?

November 14, 2009

President Obama stoops before a foreign leader once again, to Emperor Akihito of Japan.

Another bow, this time in Japan

President Obama stoops before a foreign leader once again, to Emperor Akihito of Japan.

November 9, 2009

President Obama had no probelm visting Berlin during the 2008 campaign, but is "too busy" to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Berlin good for campaign, not for Wall anniversary

Barack Obama had no problem taking time off the campaign trail in July 2008 to visit Berlin and give a speech to a throng of 200,000. But as president, he’s “too busy” to travel to Germany and commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

August 12, 2009

Continuing her tour of Africa, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton compared the 2000 Florida recounts to the rigged elections in Nigeria.

Hillary: 2000 U.S. election like Nigeria’s rigged elections

Continuing her tour of Africa, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton compared the 2000 Florida recounts to the rigged elections in Nigeria.

August 10, 2009

Hillary snaps in Africa

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton snapped at a university student in the Congo when he asked her husband’s thoughts.

August 4, 2009

White House walks back statement that Ahmadinejad is the ‘elected leader’ of Iran

Aboard Air Force One today, Robert Gibbs retracted his statement that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the “elected leader” of Iran.

July 23, 2009

Biden claims sounds of artillery disrupted 2008 trip to Georgia

Veep Joe Biden told the Georgian Parliament he remembered hearing artillery fire and fighter jets during his 2008 visit to the country, but Biden wasn’t any where near the fighting, which has subsided by the time he arrived.

July 21, 2009

Biden: Ukrainian women are hot!

While on an overseas trip to the Ukraine, Veep Joe Biden told the country’s president that Ukrainian women are “the most beautiful women in the world.”

July 14, 2009

Pulling the rug out from under New York City

As a senator from New York, Hillary Clinton supported collecting property taxes from foreign embassies in New York City. As Obama’s secretary of state, she’s telling them not to pay.

July 9, 2009

Caving to Iran while it still holds foreign hostages

The United States caved to a demand from Iran that it release five suspect members of the Quds Force who were captured in 2007 in the Iraqi and accused of arming and training Iraqi militants.

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