Letter Obama team hope will heal Iran rift

The US state department has been working on drafts of the letter since Obama was elected on 4 November last year. It is in reply to a lengthy letter of congratulations sent by the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on 6 November.

Ahmadinejad, who confirmed that he would stand for election again in June, said it was unclear whether the Obama administration was intent on just a shift in tactics or was seeking fundamental change. He called on Washington to apologise for its actions against Iran over the past 60 years, including US support for a 1953 coup that ousted the democratically elected government, and the US shooting down of an Iranian passenger plane in 1988. Read More

Tell me Obama does not sound like a Jimmy Carter the worst president ever!

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(1) Obama celebrates spending binge with cocktails and wagyu steak by Michelle Malkin
“New era of responsibility?”

Twenty-five people at the heart of the economic meltdown

The worst economic turmoil since the Great Depression is not a natural phenomenon but a man-made disaster in which we all played a part. Read More

I’m not sure if I totally agree with this or not, but it does raise some interesting names! I see that Bill Clinton, G.W. Bush, Senator Phil Gramm and Christopher Dodd is named here.