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Rangel has been in the House of Representatives since 1971 and on the committee since 1974. When he rose to chairman in 2007, Rangel became the first African American ever to hold the position. "To be the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee is probably as close to...
"We will not tolerate disrespect, interference and insults," Ahmadinejad warned the international community in his speech. "We heard that some of the Western leaders had decided to recognize but not congratulate the new government ... Iranians will neither value your scowling and bullying nor will they pay attention to your smiles...
A month ago, Barack Obama made his first trip to Africa as President and, while in Ghana, delivered a message of support tinged with impatience with leaders who have not been held accountable for their misdeeds. His Kenyan ancestry and the continent's nearly universal adoration for a man it...
The Aug. 5 swearing-in will have surely reminded Ahmadinejad of the challenge he faces in the Majlis, Iran's elected parliament. The ceremony was addressed by Speaker Ali Larijani, a longstanding conservative rival of Ahmadinejad, who has tried to position himself between the opposition and the government - at times...
For now, however, both the President and his backers and foes are sailing in uncharted waters. The rupture in the regime - and in its constitutional contract with the Iranian people, which allows them to democratically choose their President, even if from a limited palate of options - that occurred after June...