ICYMI: Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday afternoon that U.S. authorities had uncovered and stopped a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador and blow up the embassies of Saudi Arabia and Israel in Washington, D.C.
And video of Holder taking questions on the alleged terror plot
‘A Moment of Opportunity,’ President Obama Full Remarks
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I want to thank Hillary Clinton, who has traveled so much these last six months that she is approaching a new landmark – one million frequent flyer miles. I count on Hillary every day, and I believe that she will go down as of the finest Secretaries of State in our nation’s history.
The State Department is a fitting venue to mark a new chapter in American diplomacy. For six months, we have witnessed an extraordinary change take place in the Middle East and North Africa. Square by square; town by town; country by country; the people have risen up to demand their basic human rights. Two leaders have stepped aside. More may follow. And though these countries may be a great distance from our shores, we know that our own future is bound to this region by the forces of economics and security; history and faith.
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“The public expects me to keep doing this, I can’t just stop at this point.”
NPR’s Andy Carvin on his curated Twitter stream, where he has been a go-to source for tweets from and about the situations in Tunisia, Egypt, Iran, Bahrain and more.
