http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/lieberman/ en-us Fri, 3 Jul 2009 05:29:55 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284660/posts Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday belittled the global focus on the growth of Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, and said there would be no more unilateral concessions to the Palestinian Authority. "It is not a coincidence that since [the] Oslo [Accords] we have not reached the end of the conflict," Lieberman said, addressing a gathering of Druze supporters in the Arab city of Shfaram. The meeting was held at the home of Hamad Amar, a Knesset Member representing Lieberman's Israel Beiteinu party. In the last Knesset elections, the mixed Druze, Christian and Muslim Shfaram gave Israel Beiteinu 14.4%... Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284660/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 05:29:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282227/posts French President Nicolas Sarkozy has urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to "get rid" of hard-line Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Channel Two reported on Monday. The Foreign Ministry responded to the report by lambasting the French leader for his "intolerable intervention in internal Israeli affairs." Sarkozy spent a good portion of his meeting with Netanyahu last Wednesday discussing the composition of the Israeli official, according to the report. The presence of three other Israeli officials at the meeting did not deter the French leader from expressing his true opinion of the foreign minister, said Channel Two. The French president reportedly told... Ha'aretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282227/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:21:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280840/posts Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S Car.) and Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) say they are proud of the way President Obama has handled the situation in Iran so far. Talk Radio News Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280840/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:39:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279229/posts The hawkish trio of Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) praised President Barack Obama on Thursday for condemning the corruption and violence surrounding the recent election in Iran. “I’m very proud of my president for what he said Tuesday,” Graham declared during a press conference. “It was the right thing to say.” “I appreciate it,” McCain added. Roll Call http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279229/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:08:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274230/posts The relationship of “good friends agree to disagree” took a tough test Wednesday afternoon as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman standing at her side, told reporters, "We want to see a stop to the settlements.” The Foreign Minister, who lives in the community of Nokdim in the eastern part of Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem, did not flinch and retorted, “We think that as in any place, babies are born, people get married, some pass away and we cannot accept this vision about an absolutely complete freezing of settlements." Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274230/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:46:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273439/posts Foreign Affairs Minister Avigdor Lieberman will conduct a series of political talks in Washington with senior government officials, including discussions with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday. The talks come three days after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced that he would support a demilitarized Palestinian Authority state. Netanyahu’s speech was well-received by the American administration. Lieberman, who landed in the U.S. capital on Monday, will continue his political campaign that he started in Europe. In Luxemburg, he met with European Union ministers, who labeled Netanyahu's speech on Sunday as “insufficient.” The EU has said it is freezing plans... Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273439/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:23:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271662/posts Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said this weekend that he opposes a public option plan for consumers in a healthcare reform plan to emerge from the Senate. "I don't favor a public option," Lieberman told Bloomberg News in an interview broadcast this weekend. And I don't favor a public option because I think there's plenty of competition in the private insurance market." Lieberman's decision joins several other centrist Democrats' decision to have publicly refused to back the plan, derided as a "government-run" plan by Republicans. Centrist Democrats like Sens. Mary Landrieu (La.) and Ben Nelson (Neb.) have also been skittish to... The Hill - Briefing Room Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271662/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:04:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271600/posts “Over the last six months, we have witnessed free and fair elections in Iraq and Lebanon, in which millions of people peacefully went to the polls, and in both cases, the Iranian-backed forces of extremism were decisively rejected at the ballot box. “Unfortunately, on Friday, the Iranian people were denied this right, enjoyed by Iraqis and Lebanese and so many other peoples throughout the world, to determine the future of their country for themselves. Instead, through intimidation, violence, manipulation, and outright fraud, the Iranian regime has once again made a mockery of democracy, and confirmed its repressive and dictatorial character.... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271600/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:09:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268169/posts Sen. Joe Lieberman (I/D-Conn.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) threatened to hold up any and all legislation in the Senate until Congress passes its legislation to prohibit the release of photos showing detainee abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan. “We’re not going to do any more business in the Senate,” Graham said. “Nothing’s going forward until we get this right.” Both Senators said they were alarmed that a House-Senate conference committee on the supplemental war spending bill appears poised to eliminate language — inserted by the two Senators — that would block public disclosure of detainee abuse photos. The $90-billion-plus bill... Roll Call http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268169/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 18:30:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264214/posts MOSCOW (Reuters) - Israel issued contradictory signals on Wednesday on whether it might bomb Iran, with its foreign minister saying there were no such plans and the defense minister saying all options were on the table. Israel, widely believed to be the Middle East's only nuclear power, has repeatedly described Iran's uranium enrichment as a threat to its existence. "I have been asked by Saudi journalists about when Israel plans to bomb Iran. We are not planning to bomb Iran," far-right Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said during a visit to Russia. "We do not have a need" to carry... Reuters News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264214/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 00:04:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261349/posts Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that it is imperative that the world prevent the Islamic Republic of Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. She pledged that the Obama administration's engagement with Iran to achieve that end would be carried out "with eyes wide open and under no illusions." Mrs. Clinton is right. Iran's illicit nuclear activities represent a uniquely dangerous and transformational threat to the United States and the rest of the world -- a threat that demands a response of open-eyed realism. A realistic response requires that we first recognize that the danger... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261349/posts#comment Sat, 30 May 2009 20:39:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260962/posts In another controversial bill, the Senate Democrats voted early Friday morning to remove Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell's power to appoint a U.S. Senator in case of a vacancy. Instead, there would be a special election if one of the two U.S. Senators - currently Christopher J. Dodd and Joseph I. Lieberman - stepped down from office before the six-year term ended. The Senate voted, 21 to 12, on strict party lines with three members absent at about 2:10 a.m. Friday on the underlying amendment regarding the vacancy. The bill would apply to whomever is in the gubernatorial chair. But... Capitol Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260962/posts#comment Sat, 30 May 2009 01:09:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250999/posts Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said today that he "totally disagrees" with Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) assertion that the CIA regularly misleads Congress. "No, on that specific point I totally disagree," Lieberman told MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell. "Over the 20 years I've been here, I've been briefed constantly by the CIA, and I'd say they've told me the truth as they see it." The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250999/posts#comment Thu, 14 May 2009 19:18:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2240201/posts As can be expected, John ‘F’in Kerry (who I’ve heard served in Viet Nam) is still trying to appear presidential and act as if the world revolves around his treasonous butt. It took but a few short hours for the Senator to issue a welcome statement to former RINO, Arlen Specter as he returned home to the Democrat Party, where he has belonged for some time now. Kerry’s statement said, “This is a big moment. When Jim Jeffords left the Republican Party, he was the canary in the coal mine warning of Bush era ideological excess, and Senator Specter’s decision... Right In A Left World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2240201/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:14:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2238363/posts Didn't take long for Joe to drink the Kook-Aid, huh? "The most important thing he has done overal is he has restored the confidence of the American people in the American Presidency." ConservativeXpress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2238363/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:09:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238175/posts Arizona Sen. John McCain suggested today that the push to investigate and possibly prosecute Bush administration officials who crafted the legal basis for the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques," such as waterboarding, may have grown from a desire to "settle old political scores." Appearing on CBS' Face The Nation Sunday, the former Republican presidential nominee, who was himself tortured as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese, said, "Are you going to prosecute people for giving bad legal advice?" He suggested that Washington should ignore calls to investigate who was behind government lawyers writing memos which gave legal cover to the... CBS News - Political Hotsheet / UPI / CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238175/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:25:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2237494/posts Note: The following text is a quote: THE BRIEFING ROOM THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Vice President ______________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 2009 VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN ISSUES STATEMENT ON ACTING COMPTROLLER GENERAL GENE DODARO’S TESTIMONY AT HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS HEARING Vice President Biden issued this statement following the testimony of GAO Acting Comptroller General Gene Dodaro at this morning’s Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing: "From the beginning, we committed to not only work at record speed to provide immediate economic relief under the Recovery Act, but to do so with unprecedented accountability... WHITEHOUSE.GOV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2237494/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:31:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236546/posts (CNN) — John McCain’s general election campaign began as “the strategic equivalent of throwing a football through a tire at 50 yards” – and was doomed weeks before Election Day, his former chief strategist said Thursday. “We were running a campaign under extra difficult circumstances — the state of the Republican Party, the president’s unpopularity, the economy — a lot of issues that were not John McCain’s fault, but were John McCain’s problem in this race,” Schmidt told an audience at the University of Delaware, according to Politico. “When Lehman Brothers collapsed in the fall I knew pretty much right... CNN - Political Ticker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236546/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:43:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2236030/posts Talks to Brian Kilmeade. Fox & Friends http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2236030/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:49:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235479/posts Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) sent President Obama a letter today in which they expressed strong concern about his decision to leave the door open to the possible prosecution of officials who crafted controversial Bush administration policy on detainee interrogations. "Pursuing such prosecutions would, we believe, have serious negative effects on the candor with which officials in any administration provide their best advice, and would take our country in a backward-looking direction at a time when our detainee-related challenges demand that we look forward," the letter said. It went on to say that such... CBS News - Political Hotsheet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235479/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:38:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234986/posts Islamic extremism, not India is Pakistan's enemy No.1 and this needs to be understood very clearly by the establishment in Islamabad, a powerful US Senator has said. "Pakistanis have to understand that their major enemy in the region is no longer India, but it's Islamist extremism. In fact, they have a common enemy in that with the Indians," said Senator Joseph Lieberman in his interaction at the Council on Foreign Relations, an American think-tank. Lieberman, Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, said it is difficult to convince the Pakistani establishment. "That's a tough sell," he said. Responding... The Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234986/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:45:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233996/posts It may be, a colleague notes, a fitting coda to the McCain campaign: He apparently rejected his first choice as a running mate, Joe Lieberman, in part based on a faulty legal opinion. McCain lawyer and vetter A. B. Culvahouse said last week that West Virginia law could have barred McCain from nominating a Democrat as his running mate in the key state, knocking Lieberman out of the running. Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233996/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:46:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233639/posts Mexican drug cartels have displaced the mafia as the "number one organized crime threat" in the United States, Sen. Joe Lieberman said Monday as his Senate committee heard testimony in Phoenix on border violence. Lieberman, an independent Democrat from Connecticut, and Sen. John McCain, a Republican on Lieberman's panel, told FOX News that the United States needs to step up the fight against the drug cartels. The two senators were in Arizona, McCain's home state, to hear from local officials on their advice for dealing with the drug-fueled violence many fear is spilling across the border. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233639/posts#comment Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:38:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2227518/posts Link only, per FR copyright and posting policy The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2227518/posts#comment Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:17:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2223782/posts Sen. Joe Lieberman (Conn.) has tried to mend his relationship with President Obama in recent months but their reconciliation hit a snag Monday over ballistic missile defense. Lieberman, the self-described independent Democrat who questioned Obama’s credentials to serve as commander in chief during the 2008 campaign, has panned the Obama administration’s proposal to cut the nation’s missile defense shield. Lieberman had begun to sing Obama’s praises in recent weeks but his song sounded a decidedly harsh note this week. As during the campaign, the latest tension stems from disagreement over national security and foreign policy. Lieberman, who campaigned for Sen.... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2223782/posts#comment Tue, 7 Apr 2009 01:44:43 GMT