Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
July 26, 2009
Who is in charge in the Obama administration?
Who is running foreign policy in the Obama administration? It seems Vice President Joseph R. Biden during his recent trip to Georgia and Ukraine pledged support for both countries efforts to break away from the Russia’s orbit and join the NATO alliance. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
March 8, 2009
Multy-party democracy and Clinton
Like most of the people I know, lately I have been so preoccupied with the global economy that matters of foreign policy have been put a little aside. I was nevertheless curious to see how Hillary Clinton was doing in her firsts forays abroad Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
January 24, 2009
Political odds and ends in the news
-Among the many matters the Obama administration is working on there is the massive economic stimulus proposal. On Friday the U.S. Senate Democrats unveiled their version of a stimulus that, like its counterpart in the House of Representatives, would provide emergency spending and tax cuts totaling $825 billion. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
December 18, 2008
American dynasties?
On December 1, 2008, Hillary Clinton was nominated to be Secretary of State in the Obama administration. If she gets confirmed her seat in the US Senate as a junior senator for New York will have to be filled by someone nominated by the New York governor, David Paterson. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
November 21, 2008
Hillary and Ségolène, two women making news
On two countries on both sides of the Atlantic -the United States and France- women are making news in politics. Ségolène Royal in France and Hillary Clinton in the US. As I wrote yesterday the French, well those belonging to the Socialist Party, were voting to choose the leader of their party. I kind of expected to be able to tell you today who won but it was not to be. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
November 20, 2008
Will HRC become SoS or not?
As the days advance towards the inauguration of Barack Obama, the 44 US president, he and his team seem to be concentrating in picking up the members of his cabinet. Already the firsts rumbles among the citizens are beginning to be heard. There is a certain amount of discontent, disbelief and or distrust about his pickings. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
August 28, 2008
The Clintons at the DNC 2008: second and third night
The expectations, rumors and worries about the speeches of the Clintons in the Democratic National Convention 2008 have been put to rest. Whatever their private feelings might have been, they both are officially totally behind Obama. Read the rest of this entry »
