By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – When SDSU President Elliot Hirshman was held captive Wednesday in a car for approximately two hours by angry students, that potentially was a matter of false imprisonment and violation of his civil rights that demand investigation by state and federal prosecutors. At the same time, flyers naming individual […]
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Middle East, San Diego County, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s looking more and more like Hillary vs Donald. Neither of them has the nomination sewed up. Guesses are the Donald won’t have the required majority when he gets to the convention. The announcement by Cruz and Kasich that they would work together to frustrate Trump began to unravel after
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued the following statement abut the confirmation of Roberta S. Jacobson, who is Jewish, to be U.S. Ambassador to Mexico: I am pleased the U.S. Senate has finally confirmed Roberta S. Jacobson, our Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, to be the next
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International, USADespite his abysmal showing on the latest Super Tuesday — he won only in Rhode Island — Bernie Sanders insists that he will keep campaigning through the last contest. But political analysts already are discerning a change in Sanders’ rhetoric consistent with reality. One sign of that recalibration is Sanders’ focus on leveraging his support
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued the following statement on Thursday, April 28: On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I offer my warmest congratulations to the citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands on the 37th anniversary of your nation’s independence this May 1. Brought
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International, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –As I weigh the rhetoric of the U.S. presidential election, I find that Donald Trump and Ted Cruz on the right and Bernie Sanders on the left understand that Americans who grew up on the notion that “the United States is the greatest country in the world” have become
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Donald H. Harrison, USANEW YORK (Press Release) –Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Thursday, April 28, condemned the offensive, outrageous, anti-Semitic statement made on Wednesday by the Palestinian Permanent Representative at a press conference in the United Nations (UN). In his appalling statement, Dr. Riyad Mansour compared the recent Palestinian knife, gun and car-ramming
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International, Middle East, USABernie Sanders maybe planning a big push in California, but he will be doing it with a smaller campaign. The Vermont senator told The New York Times on Wednesday that he is about to lay off hundreds of employees. Sanders said the layoffs are taking place in states where elections have already happened, as the
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In 1996, two young, ambitious women worked at the Clinton White House. One was assigned to the West Wing—the presidential wing—and became known for her stained blue Gap dress, a sordid manifestation of Bill Clinton’s baser appetites. The other served in the East Wing, where the first lady’s offices are situated. This is the story
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Iowa’s senate passed a measure Wednesday aimed to deter corporate entities from participating in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. The bill passed by a vote of 38-9, after advancing through the Iowa House of Representatives by a vote of 70-24 in February, and now moves to the office
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Middle East, USAAnti-Semitism is on the rise again, said Secretary of State John Kerry, and the US is reaching out to Jewish communities across Europe suffering from harassment and hate crimes. Speaking on Tuesday at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University in Houston, Kerry addressed the issue of religious freedom worldwide,
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International, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Parental leave and student loans for servicemembers were benefits that U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (D-San Diego) added to National Defense Authorization Act during consideration of the bill in the House Armed Services Committee. “The House Armed Services Committee came together in a bipartisan manner to improve on personnel benefits to
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USASpeaking at the Center for the National Interest, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump laid out his vision for American foreign policy on Wednesday, attacking the Obama administration for a whole host of issues, including the president”s treatment of Israel and the controversial Iran nuclear deal. After dominating all five of Tuesday”s east coast primary votes, Trump
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Middle East, USALikud MK Yoav Kish, a fighter pilot in the Israel Air Force reserves, on Wednesday called on Israel to aspire to a situation in which it is independent enough to be able to refuse financial aid from the US. His comments come after a letter was sent by 83 out of 100 senators on Monday,
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