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Who Cares Who We Talk to?

The only way to revive US influence is to stop empowering our foes with oil dollars

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted May 21, 2008 1:42 PM CDT

(Newser) – Though politicians and pundits alike are caught up in which foes the US should or shouldn't be reaching out to, Thomas Friedman, in the New York Times, points out that few world leaders of any stripe are sitting by the phone waiting for our call.... Read full story »

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