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George Mitchell stories: 36 news summaries

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Obama to Israeli, Palestinian Leaders: Get to Work

President meets with Netanyahu, Abbas, calls for progress on negotiations

Sep 22, 09 2:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to restart peace talks, saying it was “time to move forward” on finding compromises to the contentious final status issues, the New York Times reports. Obama delivered his comments today after separate one-on-one meetings with Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas and just... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Mahmoud Abbas • Benjamin Netanyahu • George Mitchell • Israel and Palestinians • President Obama

(AP) - President Obama will host a meeting Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in an effort to lay the groundwork for renewed negotiations on Mideast peace. The three-way meeting, which will be on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly forum, will take place... More »

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Mahmoud Abbas • Benjamin Netanyahu • George Mitchell • Israel and Palestinians • Mideast peace • President Obama

Quietly, Israel Backs Off New Settlements

Netanyahu talks tough, but US pressure keeps building suspended

Aug 19, 09 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu has struck a hawkish tone on settlements since returning to the Israeli premiership, and his cabinet ministers insisted as recently as Monday that "there is no choice but to continue building." But quietly, his government has agreed to Barack Obama's demand to end new construction in... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Benjamin Netanyahu • West Bank • George Mitchell • settlement • Obama administration • Arab-Israeli conflict

(Newser) - The Israeli government approved the construction of 50 new West Bank homes today, seemingly defying President Obama’s call for a freeze on new settlements. But Defense Minister Ehud Barak plans to offer a temporarily halt on some construction, officials tell the New York Times, if Palestinians agree to... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Ehud Barak • West Bank • George Mitchell • Israel and Palestinians • settlements

Mitchell Pushes Two-State Solution in Israel

Palestinians must first accept Jewish state, Netanyahu responds

Apr 16, 09 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration’s envoy to the Middle East told the Israeli government today that Washington will “vigorously pursue” the creation of a Palestinian state, Reuters reports. George Mitchell stated America’s purpose as a means to organize statehood talks with Israel; PM Benjamin Netanyahu said it would first... More »

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Israel • Benjamin Netanyahu • George Mitchell • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinians • Avigdor Lieberman • peace talks • Palestinian statehood • Mideast peace talks • two-state solution

ANALYSIS

In Middle East, Clinton Faces New Troubles

Netanyahu, Hamas complicate Hillary's already difficult mission

Mar 2, 09 8:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton arrived in Egypt last night, beginning her trip to the Middle East at a conference aimed at raising reconstruction money for Gaza. The secretary of state has enlisted a team of diplomats with long experience in Mideast negotiations, led by former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell. But as... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Hillary Clinton • Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • State Department • Benjamin Netanyahu • George Mitchell • Obama administration

(Newser) - As Hillary Clinton takes over the State Department, it's worth remembering that her train-wreck presidential campaign followed an "audacious 2000 run for Senate" and an excellent record as a legislator, Michael Crowley writes for the New Republic. "The question—not only for Hillary's legacy but for US... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • State Department • secretary of State • George Mitchell • bureaucracy • Madeleine Albright • Susan Rice • Obama administration • Dennis Ross • Richard Holbrooke • President Obama • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet • James Steinberg

Mitchell Calls for Lasting Peace as New Violence Hits Gaza

18 injured in Israeli counterstrike

Jan 29, 09 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Fresh violence in Gaza today threatened the fragile ceasefire as George Mitchell called for a lasting truce between Hamas and Israel, AFP reports. An Israeli air strike wounded 18 Palestinians, including 11 children and a pregnant woman. The Israeli army said it was targeting a Hamas policeman responsible for a... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Fatah • George Mitchell • smuggler • weapons • Gaza blockade • Obama administration

OPINION

No Way Mitchell Hits Latest Pitch Out of Park

Bungled baseball steroids report bodes
ill for Mideast efforts

Jan 28, 09 2:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Those who think George Mitchell will achieve progress in the Middle East point to his record of robust diplomacy in Northern Ireland 10 years ago. One hopes, for the sake of peace, that Mitchell follows his work there and not a more recent example, Will Leitch writes for the New ... More »

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steroids • Gaza • Hamas • George Mitchell • Israel and Palestinians • Mitchell Report • Palestinian statehood • Will Leitch • Deadspin • Obama administration

(Newser) - Newly appointed Middle East special envoy George Mitchell will make his first trip to Israel next week, possibly as early as Wednesday, the Jerusalem Post reports. Mitchell is expected to meet with top Israeli officials and leaders of the Palestinian Authority. The main priority will be ensuring that the... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Israel • Middle East • Gaza • George Mitchell • Palestinians • ceasefire • Obama administration • President Obama • special envoy

analysis

New Mideast Envoy Is
Old Hand at Peacemaking

Israel-Palestine negotiations just 'another assignment' for Mitchell

Jan 24, 09 10:44 AM CST
(Newser) - As the Obama administration’s new Middle East envoy, former Sen. George Mitchell has  the toughest of diplomatic tasks on his hands: negotiating peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. But “if anyone can succeed in this difficult endeavor," it's Mitchell, said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Mitchell... More »

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Israel • Northern Ireland • Palestine • George Mitchell • Mideast envoy • negotiations • Arab Israeli conflict • Northern Ireland peace deal

Mitchell, Holbrooke Named Special Envoys 

Former senator gets Mideast portfolio; ex-ambassador Afghanistan and Pakistan

Jan 22, 09 3:11 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama and newly minted Secretary of State Hillary Clinton moved quickly today to build the administration’s diplomatic efforts, naming George Mitchell and Richard Holbrooke special envoys, Reuters reports; both appointments were expected. Former Sen. Mitchell will focus on facilitating peace talks between Israel and Palestine, while ex-UN ambassador... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Israel • Palestine • State Department • secretary of State • George Mitchell • Obama administration • Richard Holbrooke • President Obama • special envoy

 Mitchell Considered 
 for Mideast Post 

Former senator's portfolio could take chunk out of Clinton's at State

Jan 19, 09 1:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Former Sen. George Mitchell, who led a 2000 commission examining Middle Eastern violence, is being considered as special envoy to the region by the Obama administration, the New York Times reports. The appointment of such a high-profile negotiator would signal Obama’s seriousness about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but could deprive... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Israel • Middle East • Palestine • George Mitchell • President Obama • special envoy

Federal Grand Jury Will Look at Clemens' Perjury Case

McNamee, Radomski may help get indictment for lying to Congress over drugs

Jan 12, 09 2:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Federal prosecutors have convened a grand jury to investigate whether Roger Clemens committed perjury when he told Congress he’d never taken steroids, ESPN reports. The grand jury has subpoenaed Kirk Radomski, who says he supplied Clemens with drugs through the pitcher’s trainer, Brian McNamee. More »

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Congress • steroids • Roger Clemens • George Mitchell • perjury • Kirk Radomski • performance-enhancing drugs

 Protester Tries 
 to Handcuff Rove 

San Francisco woman attempts citizen's arrest for treason

Oct 22, 08 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - A protester attempted to slap the cuffs on Karl Rove in San Francisco yesterday, in what she called a citizen's arrest for treason, the LA Times reports. Rove was having a debate with former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell at a mortgage bankers' convention when a well-dressed woman walked... More »

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 Players OK More Drug Tests 

Tougher doping rules kick in immediately

May 24, 08 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Baseball players agreed to more frequent drug tests yesterday and gave more clout to the drug program's independent administrator, the AP reports. The tougher guidelines follow recommendations made in the Mitchell Report and mark the third time the league has toughened its doping policy since 2002—each time under the... More »

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steroids • MLB • Bud Selig • George Mitchell • Jose Guillen • Major League Baseball Players Association • baseball • Jay Gibbons • Mitchell Report • Mitchell steroids investigation

McNamee Counsel: Rocket Can Rely on Bush Pardon

Poppy pal has nothing to worry about, he says

Feb 14, 08 5:50 PM CST
(Newser) - A lawyer for trainer Brian McNamee said today if pitcher Roger Clemens is ever charged with lying to Congress about steroid use, he would be pardoned by President Bush, the AP reports. "Even if he's prosecuted, he will never have to serve jail time or face a trial,”... More »

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Congress • steroids • Roger Clemens • George Mitchell • George HW Bush • human growth hormone • baseball • Brian McNamee • Richard Emery • George W. Bush

Rocket Refused to Address 'Roids Allegations: Mitchell

Players were notified of accusations in advance

Jan 14, 08 3:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Roger Clemens twice declined entreaties by George Mitchell to respond to allegations that he had used steroids, USA Today reports. Mitchell said that last summer and fall, as his investigation developed, he sent the players union requests to interview players who faced accusations of drug use. Clemens never responded, Mitchell... More »

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Roger Clemens • George Mitchell • human growth hormone • Major League Baseball Players Association • Mitchell Report • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee • Jason Grimsley

Hall Announcements Loom

McGwire, Rice, Gossage hoping to get more votes this year

Jan 8, 08 10:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Hours before baseball's Hall of Fame voting announcements, Mark McGwire can only hope that early polling is inaccurate. It seems the eighth leading home run hitter will receive nowhere near the 75% necessary to be enshrined in Cooperstown, the New York Times reports. The genial redhead's widely presumed steroid use... More »

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steroids • MLB • George Mitchell • Mark McGwire • baseball • Goose Gossage

Schilling: Take Back Clemens' Cy Youngs

If Rocket doesn't clear his name, he's guilty, pitcher opines

Dec 20, 07 8:40 AM CST
(Newser) - If Roger Clemens doesn’t fight to clear his name, then he’s guilty in Curt Schilling’s book, and his post-1997 stats should be cleared from the record books. “There aren’t many options as a fan other than to believe his career 192 wins and 3 Cy... More »

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steroids • MLB • Boston Red Sox • Curt Schilling • Roger Clemens • George Mitchell • human growth hormone • baseball • Mitchell Report

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