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The State Department looks ready to remove an Iranian opposition group’s designation as a terrorist organization thanks to its high-level bipartisan connections in Washington.
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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been retained as an adviser by Peruvian presidential candidate Keiki Fujimori, who is hoping to toughen her reputation on fighting crime in the South American country.
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Could it be that Republican former presidential contender Rudy Giuliani made a couple of passing references to terrorism during his speech at last week’s Republican National Convention? Perhaps he did, and you can see them, along with other key moments from the RNC, in this priceless exercise in video editing by HuffPo’s “23/6” division.
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Sure, it can’t help but be at least momentarily interesting that The New York Times’ editorial posse has announced its pick of the Republican and Democratic litters for this presidential election cycle. But far more compelling than Team Gray Lady’s rationale for choosing its favorites is what it had to say about fellow New Yorker Rudy Giuliani.
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By Bill Boyarsky — As mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani honed his skills in creating a public persona that obscured some of his less savory behind-the-scenes activities. But now, Giuliani’s facing serious resistance from the likes of filmmaker Robert Greenwald, who’s turning his lens on the wily GOP candidate in a series of Web-ready shorts.
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Rudy Giuliani’s factually challenged claims about how he probably would have fared in his battle against prostate cancer had he sought treatment in Britain instead of America might have raised only a small stir, but, for his part, columnist Paul Krugman thinks it should have been a much bigger deal.
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Not everyone buys Rudy Giuliani’s 9/11-generated alter ego: “America’s Mayor.” The International Association of Firefighters is out to make its case that Giuliani’s leadership after the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks was not as stellar as the Republican presidential candidate would have voters think.
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By Bill Boyarsky — Truthdig is pleased to welcome Bill Boyarsky, one of the top political journalists in America, to the site. Bill will be adding his insights, honed over decades of reporting about presidential elections for the L.A. Times, to our political coverage in upcoming months.
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