Syria’s Assad Wins Presidential Vote In Landslide
Assad captured 88.7 percent of the vote.
Former U.N. Ambassador says in interview that Israel ‘should have done this years ago.’
John Bolton is reiterating his calls for Israel to unleash a military strike against Iran, saying he doesn't "think Israel has much time" to make that "fateful decision" and that ultimately it should "have done this years ago." The former U.N. Ambassador and current senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute made the comments
Replacing Rice as ambassador to the UN will be Samantha Power, an anti-genocide activist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
On Wednesday, President Obama introduced former Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice as the replacement to Tom Donilon as National Security Advisor. In doing so, the president may have rubbed salt into congressional Republicans’ Benghazi wounds and also may have slammed shut any remote chance of a bipartisan truce.
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