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THURSDAY,  MAY 13,  2010

MR. PRESIDENT, PHONE HOME – AT 8:10 P.M. ET:  Actually, don't phone home.  Phone your attorney general.  You guys should speak occasionally to get your act together. 

While Holder was refusing to utter the words "Islamic extremism" in Washington, and was still evasive about whether terror trials will be held in New York – even angering Democratic congressmen from New York City – where was the boss?  Why, he was in New York City, telling the guys on the front line of terror just how much he loves them.  It's real love, not puppy love: 

President Obama visited Police Headquarters today to personally congratulate the NYPD for its efforts in fighting terrorism and reassure New York’s Finest of his commitment to providing them with resources to protect the Big Apple.

"I just wanted to stop by to say Thank you," Obama began during a 10-minute visit to the NYPD’s Real Time Crime Center. "The country is proud of you. . . the president is proud of you.

I'm sure everyone was deeply moved.

"I don’t think I need to tell you that given the potential for attack everywhere in the country, we’ve got a lot to learn from what is taking place here," Obama said as he lauded the NYPD’s role in tracking down suspected car bomber terrorist Faisal Shahzad after he tried to detonate explosives in crowded Times Square.

Learn?  Learn?  Your attorney general has learned nothing.  He just thinks the guys who planted the latest bomb may or may not be Muslim extremists.  Y'know, you don't want to jump to conclusions.  Maybe they felt they paid too much for their theater tickets.

Look, it's an election year.  The White House is running the 2008 "Hey, I'm a moderate" script.  Wait 'til the election is over for the real Obama.

May 13, 2010     Permalink

ARRESTS IN TIMES SQUARE CASE – AT 7:26 P.M. ET:  Even as Attorney General Holder made a fool of himself before a congressional committee today (see post directly below), the real guys were out doing their jobs.  From AP:

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts — Federal agents conducted Thursday morning raids in Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey in connection with the failed Times Square car bomb and arrested two Pakistani men who provided money to suspect Faisal Shahzad, law enforcement officials said.

The searches were the product of evidence gathered in the investigation into the Times Square bomb attempt two weeks ago, but there was "no known immediate threat to the public or any active plot against the United States," FBI spokeswoman Gail Marcinkiewicz said.

The two Boston-area men had a "direct connection" to Pakistani-American suspect Faisal Shahzad, said a top Massachusetts law enforcement official. They are believed to have provided money to him, but investigators weren't sure whether they were witting accomplices or simply moving funds, as is common among people from the Middle East and Central Asia who live in the US, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.

"These people might be completely innocent and not know what they were providing money for, but it's clear there's a connection," the official said.

COMMENT:  A well-informed observer noted in an off-the-record speech a few days ago that the terror groups used to transfer money electronically, before The New York Times irresponsibly revealed that we had developed a method of detecting those payments.  Now the terrorists use human couriers, who are far harder to detect.  Nice work, Mr. Sulzberger.

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HOLD THAT HOLDER – AT 7:09 P.M. ET:  They just can't help themselves.  It must be an emotional thing.  Attorney General Eric Holder appeared before the House Judiciary Committee today, and did his Alice in Wonderland act regarding terrorism.  From The Hill:

Under direct questioning from(Congressman Lamar) Smith, Holder also refused to say whether “radical Islam” motivated Shahzad or terrorists in general.

“There are a variety of reasons why people have taken these actions,” Holder said. “I think we have to look at each individual case…radical Islam could have been one of the reasons…there are a variety of reasons why people do these things.”

Oh please, oh please.  Enough of this.  It is disgraceful.  Of course radical Islam is the key factor motivating Muslim terrorists.  It's the one thing they all have in common.  The refusal to acknowledge this is based, of course, on Obama's desire to "reach out" to the Muslim world and show it "respect." 

Well, there are right ways and wrong ways of showing respect.  And this administration is doing it the wrong way.  There are plenty of people in the Muslim world who would cheer an honest description of what we're up against, so they can separate themselves from these extremists.  We're seeing here the culminating of four decades of political correctness in our universities and even our press.

And this:

“Our national security policy should consist of more than relying on dumb bombers and smart citizens,” said Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), the ranking Republican on the panel. “Sooner or later, a terrorist is going to build a bomb that works.”

COMMENT:  It will be sooner, rather than later.  And it might contain radioactive materials.

May 13, 2010    Permalink

ANOTHER FAMOUS VICTORY FOR "OUTREACH":  Oh, how our foreign-policy victories pile up – AT 9:58 A.M. ET:  Obama has poured a great deal of glittering outreach dust into Russia, and here is the result:

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned the United States and other Western nations on Thursday against imposing unilateral sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, Interfax news agency reported.

The European Union has said it may impose unilateral sanctions if a U.N. Security Council resolution fails.

U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has been lobbying Western companies not to do business with Iran, but has not imposed sanctions against them.

Countries facing Security Council sanctions "cannot under any circumstances be the subject of one-sided sanctions imposed by one or other government bypassing the Security Council," Lavrov was quoted as saying by Interfax.

"The position of the United States today does not display understanding of this absolutely clear truth."

COMMENT:  My, my, how friendly.  I guess that outreach really worked.

The fact is that, at best, the UN will only vote the mildest of sanctions – taking away the mullahs' Milky Way bars, or something similar.  Only unilateral sanctions can have any teeth.  The Russian attitude, combined with reports in recent days that Moscow may establish a nuclear relationship with Syria, shows once again the folly of "outreach," when it is not backed by firm policy. 

Iran has been out of the news in recent days, but it is one of our greatest challenges, and no progress is being made.

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SARAH TO THE RESCUE – AT 9:17 A.M. ET:  We reported yesterday how some nutbag "educators" in Highland Park, Illinois (outside Chicago) have cancelled the trip of the high-school girls' basketball team to Arizona because of that state's adoption of an anti-illegal-immigration law. Seems the "educators" don't like Arizona values.

But the scholars didn't count on Sister Sarah, who happens to be in Illinois right now.  From the Chicago Sun-Times:

With 4,000 Chicago area fans cheering her on, former Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin trained her sights Wednesday night on Highland Park High School, which conservative talk radio has targeted for canceling the girls basketball team’s trip to a tournament in Arizona.

“Them are fightin’ words when you say a girl can’t play in the basketball tournament … for political reasons … so we’re going to see about that,” Palin said.

Sarah was a basketball champion in Alaska.  It was on the basketball court that she got the nickname, "Sarah Barracuda." 

Arizona’s strict crackdown on illegal immigration is projected to cost that state millions in tourism from such cancellations.

“I said, ‘Wait, I thought it was already a crime for an illegal alien [to be here],” Palin said to raucous cheers at the Rosemont Theatre.

Noting that the Highland Park girls held bake sales to pay their way to the national finals for the first time in 26 years, Palin suggested conservatives could get the girls to Arizona despite High School District 113’s decision to keep the girls home this winter.

Quoting her book “Going Rogue,” Palin said: “Everything I ever needed to know, I learned on the Basketball Court: self-discipline, setting goals, teamwork, responsibility.  She later added: “faith.”

And...

Palin said the school is still sponsoring a trip to China.

“You know how they treat girls in China?” Palin said. “It makes no sense. Even if they have to do this on our own. ... If the kids have to ‘Go Rogue’ girls."

COMMENT:  Now this is political theater.  I'd love it if Sarah broke through the school bureaucracy and escorted those girls to Arizona.  The country would eat it up.

Go Sarah.  Let's see that barracuda instinct.

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PENNSYLVANIA JOKER – AT 8:52 A.M. ET:  The Democratic primary in Pennsylvania is Tuesday.  It couldn't be closer.  Incumbent Senator and recent convert to Demism Arlen Specter is battling Congressman Joe Sestak:  The latest, from RealClearPolitics:

The latest Muhlenberg College tracking poll (5/9-12, 405 LVs, MoE +/- 5%) of the Pennsylvania Senate race shows Sen. Arlen Specter and Rep. Joe Sestak still neck-and-neck with just days to go.

Senate Primary Election Matchup
Sestak 44 (-1)
Specter 44 (-1)
Und 12 (+3)

Specter is a known quantity.  Sestak is a former Navy vice admiral, something that might help him draw independents in the general election, should he win the nomination. 

However, there's a shadow over Sestak's service career, and it involves his leaving the Navy.  An informed source sends Urgent Agenda the following:

One of Admiral Michael Mullen's first acts as chief of naval operations was to tell then Vice Admiral Sestak it was time to go home. When he announced his decision at a meeting of three- and four-star admirals, Admiral Mullen received a standing ovation.  Sestak was a very difficult case who treated people - including other flag officers - with disdain and rudeness....

That is bound to come out in a general-election campaign.  Americans revere their military, and correctly so, but have a long tradition of looking at retired officers as they would any other candidates.  That is healthy in a democracy.  Douglas MacArthur, a hero when President Truman relieved him of command in Korea in 1951, thought he could return to the U.S. and name his ticket.  But his extreme statements turned off the electorate, which embraced another five-star, Dwight Eisenhower, elected president in 1952.  

How will Sestak do, if he gets the Senate nomination?  Well, a statewide Pennsylvania campaign against GOP star Pat Toomey is different from being elected to Congress in a Democratic district.  Sestak's unfavorable separation from the Navy is bound to hurt in conservative areas, which might ordinarily lean toward a military officer.

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BRILLIANT, REALLY BRILLIANT – AT 8:29 A.M. ET:  Just when we thought the Obamans were learning a thing or two about responding to terror, they retreat to their old ways.  This will do them a lot of good.  From the New York Post: 

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration will announce tomorrow it has slashed anti-terror funds for New York City, despite the attempted Times Square bombing less than two weeks ago that underscored the enormous threat to the city.

The Department of Homeland Security informed New York officials yesterday that grants to the city were cut 27 percent for mass transit security and 25 percent for port security.

The mass transit funds dropped $42 million, from $153 million last year to $111 this year.

Port security funds suffered a $11.2 million cut, from $45 million to $33.8 million, officials said.

Look, every community in America should be prepared for a terror attack because you never know what the bad guys' next strategy will look like. After all, remember Fort Hood.

But does anyone doubt that New York is the main target?  It's the symbol of everything the terrorists want to destroy.  To cut anti-terror funds right now is a kind of tin-ear madness.  But the Obamans have done it before, and they'll do it again.

The timing of the announcement drew howls from New York lawmakers on Capitol Hill, whose recent pleas for increased anti-terror spending in the Big Apple – along with the same plea from Mayor Bloomberg – fell flat.

They said the Times Square bomb attempt shows that New Yok remains the top target for terrorists and that the city deserves the lion’s share of federal spending on security.

"For the administration to announce these cuts two weeks after the attempted Times Square bombing shows they just don’t get it and are not doing right by New York City on anti-terrorism funding," Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said.

Schumer, a passionately loyal Democrat, is obviously ready to throw Obama under the bus if his own career is in jeopardy.  Democrats can occasionally go kamikaze in New York, and haven't elected a Democratic mayor in New York City since 1989 – that's the last century.  So Schumer understands the dynamics.

Once again, the lack of seriousness in the administration shows.  They can't help themselves. 

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GOP GAINS IN POLLS – AT 8:12 A.M. ET:  GOP solidifying support from voters who may have drifted away.  From The Wall Street Journal:

Republicans have solidified support among voters who had drifted from the party in recent elections, putting the GOP in position for a strong comeback in November's mid-term campaign, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.

The findings suggest that public opinion has hardened in advance of the 2010 elections, making it tougher for Democrats to translate their legislative successes, or a tentatively improving U.S. economy, into gains among voters.

Republicans have reassembled their coalition by reconnecting with independents, seniors, blue-collar voters, suburban women and small town and rural voters—all of whom had moved away from the party in the 2006 elections, in which Republicans lost control of the House. Those voter groups now favor GOP control of Congress.

And...

A big shift is evident among independents, who at this point in the 2006 campaign favored Democratic control of Congress rather than Republican control, 40% to 24%. In this poll, independents favored the GOP, 38% to 30%.

Suburban women favored Democratic control four years ago by a 24-point margin. In the latest survey, they narrowly favored Republicans winning the House. A similar turnaround was seen among voters 65 and older.

COMMENT:  So far, so good.  But the election is five and a half months away, about three lifetimes in politics.  Don't underestimate this White House, or blind luck.  Suddenly, the Senate race in Florida is up in the air.  So is the one in Pennsylvania.   Obama could pull a few presidential gimmicks.  And divisions within the GOP could do damage.  The party itself remains unpopular:

While the survey results foreshadow a strong showing for Republicans, they also show that voters were far more motivated by their frustration with Democrats and government in general than by an affinity for the GOP. 

Just 30% in the survey said they felt positively about the Republican Party—a smaller share than for the Democratic Party and the tea party movement.

Of those who want to see Republicans control the House, less than one-third said that was because they support the GOP and its candidates.

Rather, nearly two-thirds said they were motivated by opposition to Mr. Obama and Democratic policies.

You can't run on negatives forever.  The Republican Party must create a positive program and image.  Otherwise, it's at the mercy of the other guy failing, which is not a recipe for continued success.

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WEDNESDAY,  MAY 12,  2010

THE DEMS AND EUROPE, A GOP OPPORTUNITY? – AT 7:50 P.M. ET:  This is an original, fascinating take on an issue that hasn't quite made it to the surface yet – the Democrats' reverent attitude toward things European, and how that might affect the November elections.  From pollster Peter A. Brown in The Wall Street Journal:

Over the past decade or so, and especially since Barack Obama’s ascendancy to the presidency, conservatives have fretted about what they see as liberal efforts to make American more like Western Europe. But now, with the financial problems in the Eurozone, Republicans may be able to profit from the change they have long decried.

And...

...it does appear to many that within the Obama administration and the Democratic congressional leadership there is the sentiment that America would be a better place if it were more to resemble Western Europe.

An Opportunity for GOP Candidates

And with Western Europe on the ropes, this could provide a political opportunity for the Republicans in the November elections.

Here’s one potential way the confluence of the European financial problems and the Obama administration’s efforts to move the U.S. more towards the European model could rear its head come November.

And...

Even before the European economic problems surfaced, Republicans were planning on using the debt issue this November to brand Democrats as fiscally irresponsible.

The European economic crisis is likely to make that argument more effective. With other nations in addition to Greece facing severe financial problems because of government overspending, the story isn’t going away any time soon.

Moreover, the example of how the average Greek citizen is going to take a hit in his and her standard of living because of the nation’s past fiscal sins is something that the GOP may be able to use to drive home its message.

If so, the Democratic soft spot for Western Europe could become a political liability for party candidates this November.

COMMENT:  The writer has a solid point.  America is largely the child of Europe, but Americans don't want to be Europeans.  They really don't like it when Europeans parade their "superior" values before us or their more "humane" societies. 

Americans actually do know something of history, and know that it's the United States that has had to save Europe, repeatedly, and not the other way around.  Americans also know that some of the ugliness of Europe – fascism and extreme socialism – are not especially humane. 

They also know that some of the "advances" in Europe were made possible by a Western defense alliance largely created by and financed by the United States.

If Democrats come off as having a special passion for the Euro, they could become French toast.

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DESCENT INTO MADNESS – AT 7:23 P.M. ET:  We become increasingly concerned at the rapid advance of political correctness at the high-school and elementary-school level, and we'll track these developments.  Here's a new gem out of the great, incorruptible state of Illinois.  From Fox:

Parents in Illinois are outraged over a move by a local high school to scrap its girls basketball team's trip to Arizona over the Grand Canyon State’s new immigration law.

The Highland Park High School varsity basketball team has been selling cookies for months to raise money for a tournament in Arizona.

Now, after winning their first conference title in 26 years, the girls are being denied the opportunity to play in the tournament due to uncertainty over how a new Arizona law that makes it a crime to be in the country illegally will be enforced -- and because the trip “would not be aligned” with the school's “beliefs and values,” Assistant Superintendent Suzan Hebson told the Chicago Tribune.

And...

Parents said there was no vote or consultation regarding the decision, which they called confusing, especially since they say no players on the team are illegal immigrants.

“I’m not sure whose values and what values and what beliefs they’re talking about, we were just going to Arizona to play basketball and our daughters were very disappointed to find out the trip had been canceled,” Michael Evans, a father of one of the players told Fox News.

Well said, Mr. Evans.  This is just disgraceful.  And get this:

Evans said he also failed to understand why the school allowed so many other trips, but not this one.

“The school has sent children to China, they’ve sent children to South America, they’ve sent children to the Czech Republic, but somehow Arizona is more unsafe for them than those places,” he said.

“The beliefs and values of China are apparently aligned since they approved that trip,” he added.

COMMENT:  Given what's taught in schools of education these days, the "educators" who made this decision probably think China is just fine.

This is a classic case of school officials imposing their left-wing views on students.  It is a time for parental action.  Will we see it? 

If I were the governor of Arizona, I'd invite this girl's team to come to the state as honored guests.  And if I were on the school board in Highland Park, I'd be looking for some new school officials.

May 12, 2010     Permalink

VIGILANCE II – AT 9:50 A.M. ET:  From the Santiago (Chile) Times:

Mohamed Saif Ur Rehman (28), a student of Spanish and Hotel Management in Santiago, was visiting the U.S. embassy on Monday to request a work visa to the United States when the alarm of an explosives detector went off. The student denied any connection to unauthorized materials.

U.S Ambassador to Chile Paul E. Simons told the Santiago Times that after embassy security officials detected the explosive residue on the Pakistani man "the case was turned over to Chilean police." “The U.S. Embassy keeps close contact to Chilean law enforcement," said Simon.

Rehman had been living in Chile four months and arrived at the embassy at 15.00 p.m. on Monday. Security officials contacted a special Chilean police unit (Gope de Carabineros), which then sent agents with a detection dog that reacted immediately at smelling the student.

A second test with a detection machine by the police had the same result. The possible presence of explosive residue was established on the student’s hands, pockets, cell phone and his documents.

COMMENT:  We must be careful, but the story is fascinating.  A hotel management student, ay?  Remember the attacks on hotels in Mumbai? 

By the way, why would a Pakistani study hotel management in Chile?  Is there a big tourist trade between Pakistan and Santiago?  That must be it.

Curioser and curioser.  Eternal vigilance, as they say.

May 12, 2010     Permalink

VIGILANCE – We're sure he's just a sportsman.  From AP:

CAIRO — Airport officials in Cairo say police have detained an American-Egyptian man who arrived on a flight from New York with several weapons in his luggage.

The officials say the man was taken into custody as he tried to pass through customs with a metal box containing two 9 mm handguns, 250 bullets, several swords, daggers and knives.

They say customs officials had been alerted after the weapons were discovered when the box was examined upon arrival Wednesday on an Egypt Air flight from New York's JFK International Airport in Cairo.

A police official confirmed the man was under investigation by prosecutors.

The officials all spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters.

COMMENT:  Just another well-equpped traveler.  Question:  Why weren't these munitions detected in New York?  There'll be a probe, a serious one.

May 12, 2010     Permalink

NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD – AT 8:23 A.M. ET:  I know it's a lot of fun to play the "purge the impure" game in politics, but it usually winds up destroying a political party.  Now, according to The Politico, another Republican is in trouble because some see him as impure:

The Utah Republican delegates who unceremoniously dumped Sen. Bob Bennett at their state convention last weekend also left an ominous warning for their longest-serving senator: You could be next.

Sen. Orrin Hatch’s expected bid for a seventh term won’t happen until 2012 — a lifetime away in political terms. But while it’s impossible to predict the level of anti-establishment fervor or the staying power of forces like the tea party movement two years from now, there are plentiful telltale signs that Hatch may have real reason to start worrying.

Roughly half of Utah voters would vote for someone other than Hatch if he were up for reelection this year, according to a Mason-Dixon poll released Tuesday and commissioned by the Salt Lake Tribune.

And the same sentiment was easy to find at this year’s convention. Many of the same delegates who helped bring down Bennett signaled that Hatch could encounter similar problems with grass-roots conservatives who view any break from ideological purity as a betrayal of the cause.

“He’s toast,” chimed in delegate Saima Leon, when she overheard a reporter inquiring about Hatch’s political vulnerability.

COMMENT:  Now let's just control ourselves, shall we?  If Orrin Hatch, a fine, solid, conservative senator isn't considered conservative enough, who is? 

This is exactly what happened to the Democratic Party, starting in 1968.  The greats – including the legendary Scoop Jackson ("Mr. National Defense") were cast aside in favor of this year's trendies.  You see the result.

America is an idealistic, but not an ideological country.  We like our political parties a bit more flexible than do the Europeans.  We are a nation of 305 million, with vast territory.  We have always respected local traditions.

A conservative in one region may not be exactly the same as a conservative in another.  Thus, we embrace Rudy Giuliani, even though some of his views will not mesh with those of Tom Coburn.  We backed Scott Brown, even though a Massachusetts senator has to make certain compromises. 

A party must be a large tent, although, clearly, not an infinite one.  I'm afraid we have some people who want to start tossing loyal Republicans out of the tent because they're not pure on every issue.  If you agree with them, I'll simply ask you how the phrase "minority party forever" appeals to you. 

It's time for the grown-ups to assert themselves.  We expect reasonable adherence to party ideals.  But the idea of demanding every crossed "t" and dotted "i" is absurd.  By the standards of some of these purists, Ronald Reagan would, today, be shown the door.

May 12, 2010     Permalink

"SCIENCE" STRIKES AGAIN – AT 8:08 A.M. ET:  We include this story because it's another great reminder that many "discoveries" reported by "researchers" turn out not to be true.  A cautionary tale, which we unabashedly link to the "global warming" craze.  From The New York Times:

Many who think they have food allergies actually do not.

A new report, commissioned by the federal government, finds the field is rife with poorly done studies, misdiagnoses and tests that can give misleading results.

You mean, scientists can make mistakes? 

While there is no doubt that people can be allergic to certain foods, with reproducible responses ranging from a rash to a severe life-threatening reaction, the true incidence of food allergies is only about 8 percent for children and less than 5 percent for adults, said Dr. Marc Riedl, an author of the new paper and an allergist and immunologist at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Yet about 30 percent of the population believe they have food allergies. And, Dr. Riedl said, about half the patients coming to his clinic because they had been told they had a food allergy did not really have one.

Dr. Riedl does not dismiss the seriousness of some people’s responses to foods. But, he says, “That accounts for a small percentage of what people term ‘food allergies.’ ”

COMMENT:  Right.  And "science" used to tell us that heart patients should lie in bed for six weeks after a heart attack, and polio victims should not be moved at all and...  Science progresses.  Some research accepted for decades is later found to be flawed.

So when Al Gore tells you the science of global warming is "settled," recall this and other stories.  Science is never settled.  It's an unending search for the truth, with plenty of detours.

The Earth is flat, you know.  I read it in an old science book.

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BRITAIN TODAY – RELIEF – AT 7:34 P.M. ET:  Dr. Liam Fox, originally trained as a medical doctor, has been named the new British secretary of state for defense, the equivalent of our defense secretary.

That is a relief for us.  Fox is the closest thing you'll get to a Maggie Thatcher in today's Britain.  Profoundly pro-American and pro-defense, he'll safeguard, to the extent budget cuts allow, British defense.

Britain's Ministry of Defense is not in good shape.  Fox, on a trip to New York last year, told us the extent to which leftish political correctness has crept into the place.  Under current policy, officers are not permitted to wear their uniforms to work, on grounds it might make civilian workers uncomfortable.  I kid you not.  That policy will be reversed.

William Hague will be foreign secretary.  He's basically an okay guy who sometimes strays a bit from the true transatlantic faith, but is committed to the alliance.  From the Wall Street Journal, reporting on a new interview with Hague:

Hague also said the new government would have a "solid but not slavish" relationship with the U.S., saying that undoubtedly disagreements would arise but that the special relationship between the two countries remained important.

He said the U.S. remains "in intelligence matters, in nuclear matters, in international diplomacy, in what we're doing in Afghanistan, the indispensable partner of this country."

I hope our White House feels the same.  Better put that bust of Churchill back up in the Oval Office.  There's a new sheriff in London town.

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