Jan 24th, 2010 · Vice President Joe Biden visited Baghdad over the weekend. The White House said the trip had been planned for weeks, but Biden arrived right in the middle of a political crisis. An Iraqi parliamentary committee has disqualified 511 candidates from running in the upcoming general election on the grounds that they're connected to Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath party. American officials fear that the move will alienate Sunni Arabs in Iraq, discredit the election, or even reignite sectarian violence. NPR's Liane Hansen speaks with NPR's Quil Lawrence from Baghdad.
Keywords: Violence · White House · Iraq · committee · politics · Americans · Parliamentary · Baghdad · crisis · Liane Hansen · candidate · Saddam Hussein
Jan 24th, 2010 · Vice President Joe Biden visited Baghdad over the weekend. The White House said the trip had been planned for weeks, but Biden arrived right in the middle of a political crisis. An Iraqi parliamentary committee has disqualified 511 candidates from running in the upcoming general election on the grounds that they're connected to Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath party. American officials fear that the move will alienate Sunni Arabs in Iraq, discredit the election, or even reignite sectarian violence. NPR's Liane Hansen speaks with NPR's Quil Lawrence from Baghdad.
Keywords: Violence · White House · Iraq · committee · politics · Americans · Parliamentary · Baghdad · crisis · Liane Hansen · candidate · Saddam Hussein
Nov 17th, 2008 · The name of former anti-war activist William Ayers was brought up twice in an attempt to discredit Barack Obam during the recent presidential campaign a — first by Hillary Clinton, and then by the McCain campaign.
Keywords: Activist · presidential · campaign · McCain · Obama · Bill · Hillary Clinton · Ayers · discredits · William Ayers · Barack Obam
Sep 25th, 2008 · Kgalema Motlanthe is South Africa's new president. The country's parliament elected Motlanthe's after South African President Thabo Mbeki was forced to step down after he was found to be a part of a conspiracy to discredit his former deputy, Jacob Zuma. Ferial Haffajee, of the Mail & Guardian newspaper, offers analysis of the ongoing political situation in South Africa.
Keywords: newspapers · Africa · politics · country · Parliament · president · conspiracy · deputy · South Africa · Mbeki · Jacob Zuma · discredits
Dec 2nd, 2007 · Russians vote in parliamentary elections on Sunday. They are expected to give the pro-Kremlin United Russia Party an overwhelming majority. So some are questioning why the authorities have risked discrediting the vote by cracking down on opposition groups.
Keywords: victory · Parliamentary · Russia · Opposition · overwhelming · Putin · discredits · Kremlin United Russia Party
Jul 3rd, 2007 · Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne says it's all about the Bush administration making a case for war and its willingness to discredit opponents in the process; New York Times columnist David Brooks calls the whole case a farce.
Keywords: Libby · administration · York Times · Washington Post · E.J · Dionne · David Brooks · farce · discredits
Sep 7th, 2006 · Jim Meigs, editor-in-chief of Popular Mechanics, talks about a recent article that discredits Sept. 11 conspiracy theories.
Keywords: conspiracy · theories · Mechanics · Jim Meigs · Popular Mechanics · discredits
Jul 14th, 2006 · Congress on Mideast, Plame Sues Cheney, Rove
July 14, 2006 ·
Capitol Hill reacts to the growing violence in the Middle East, and Valerie Plame files a lawsuit top against White House officials, alleging they put Plame and her family at risk by revealing her identity as a CIA agent to reporters in order to discredit her husband, a critic of the Bush administration's war in Iraq.
Free Transcript
Keywords: Violence · husband · Congress · White House · Cheney · Iraq · Middle East · administration · mideast · 2006 · plame · identity
Related Interesting Stories:
