“Bringing the neighbors in and starting to get our troops out are necessary, but not sufficient. We need to give each of Iraq’s major groups a way to pursue their interests peacefully,” stated Senator Biden.

On Thursday, Sudan’s president rejected a proposal to send UN peacekeepers to Darfur to boost a beleaguered 7,000-member African Union force, crushing hopes for a quick solution to the violence spreading across central Africa.

From Elizabeth Williamson for The Washington Post, excerpts below:
“Fake fur and real fur and jewelry and Jet Skis,
Crystal and Segways and bubbly and Caddies,
Race cars and leather and plasma TVs -
These are a few of Kim’s favorite things….”
But effective this holiday season, there will be none of those things coming into North Korea, the United […]

While every eye on Capitol Hill will be on that (Iraq Study Group) report before the ink is dry, just as anticipated will be Senator Joe Biden’s (D-DE) reaction to the group’s advice for George W. Bush on the conduct of the war.

A person who participated in the Commission’s debate said that unless the government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki believed that Mr. Bush was under pressure to pull back troops in the near future, “there will be zero sense of urgency to reach the political settlement that needs to be reached.”

“A Bust in Bakersville” - Iraq can no longer be won or lost. Why the Study Group won’t solve anything.

Democratic Senators - like Joseph Biden - have been emboldened by their victory in elections earlier this month and are in no mood simply to fall into line with the president’s choices.

Frank McMahon said he favors Biden for the Democratic nomination because Biden has the potential to be “a serious world leader who could lead America into the near future.”

Ms. Arbour told the UN’s Human Rights Council that the Sudanese government and militias linked to and supported by it were “responsible for the most serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law” in Darfur.

Get ready for the ‘Biden Report’ - The incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has his own answer to Baker-Hamilton on Iraq.