A secret cable dated Sept. 3, 2009, was recently released for the first time by WikiLeaks. Sent to Secretary of State Clinton, it reported Japan's Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka telling U.S. Ambassador John Roos that "the idea of President Obama visiting Hiroshima to apologize for the atomic bombing during World War II is a 'nonstarter.'" The Japanese feared the apology would be exploited by anti-nuclear groups and those opposed to the defensive alliance between Japan and the U.S.
Samir Khan, the al-Qaida propagandist and recruiter, was killed along with the terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki with a drone strike in Yemen. The U.S. State Department contacted his family to "express its condolences."
Whatever your political viewpoint, this is a peculiar administration.
Samir Khan, the al-Qaida propagandist and recruiter, was killed along with the terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki with a drone strike in Yemen. The U.S. State Department contacted his family to "express its condolences."
Whatever your political viewpoint, this is a peculiar administration.
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