Four towns in Connecticut will need to hold runoff elections on Nov. 24 for one Town Council and three Board of Education seats.
According to the Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz, recounts following the Nov. 3 municipal elections resulted in ties in four communities.
In Avon, [...] 
By John V. Whitbeck
In the wake of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s public praise for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s 'unprecedented' attitude toward continued Israeli settlement expansion, Saeb Erakat, chief negotiator for the Palestinian Authority, calmly rolled out a verbal bombshell at a November 4 press [...]
The US is still playing fast and loose with its commitments on Israeli-Palestinian peace, reports Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah
Speaking during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in West Jerusalem Saturday, 31 October, visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remarked that Israel was making [...]
The AIPAC drafted resolution HR-838 was supported by 80% of the U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 3. The resolution shamefully calls on the President and the Secretary of State “to oppose unequivocally any endorsement or further consideration” of the Goldstone report. In essence, the resolution tells the entire world [...]
By James Gundun - Washington DC
Like a room filled with methane, the combustible element of failure waited silently for a spark. Neither special envoy George Mitchell nor President Obama could budge the Palestinians from their demand for an Israeli settlement freeze.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, with an established [...]
By Khalid Amayreh
November 3, 2009
The latest visit by Secretary of State Hilary Clinton to Occupied Palestine seems to have effectively terminated whatever hopes the Palestinians and other Arabs may have pinned on the Obama administration to adopt an evenhanded approach toward the Arab-Israeli conflict.
In his public policy [...]
With Susan Bysiewicz exploring running for governor in 2010, former New Haven alderman Gerry Garcia has decided to declare his candidacy for secretary of the state.
Here's his press release
Financial advisor, small business owner and former member of New Haven's Board of Aldermen, Gerry Garcia today became the [...]
BETHELEM – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday that Israel has not done enough to curb the expansion of illegal West Bank settlements, backtracking from earlier comments praising Israeli restraint.
"The Israelis have responded to the call of the US, the Palestinians and" [...]
Mon Nov 2, 2009 7:27am EST
By Andrew Quinn and Christian Lowe
MARRAKESH, Morocco (Reuters) - Arab foreign ministers on Monday are likely to tell Secretary of State Hillary Clinton they are disappointed she did not exert more pressure on Israel to freeze settlements, the head of the Arab League said.
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GAZA, (PIC)-- Senior Hamas official Ismail Radwan stated Sunday that US secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s remarks on the need to resume Palestinian negotiations with Israel without asking it in advance to halt settlement expansion dealt a heavy blow to Mahmoud Abbas and his negotiators.
Radwan added that this [...]
Hillary Clinton [MaanImages]
Bethlehem - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday evening departed from her administration's insistence that Israel halt settlement growth, instead applauding its "restraint on the policy of settlements."
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Hillary Clinton [MaanImages]
Bethlehem - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday evening departed from her administration's insistence that Israel halt settlement growth, instead applauding its "restraint on the policy of settlements."
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Pakistanis Appear Not to Be Getting Through to Clinton, Either
by Jason Ditz
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrapped up three days of campaigning for war in Pakistan by exasperatingly declaring that “we’re not getting through” to the Pakistanis. It seems her talks not only convinced few people, but [...]
