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November 5, 2011

Palestinians Strike Blow at U.S. Leadership

Nikolas Gvosdev, World Politics Review

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Scarcely was the ink dry on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s interview with Time magazine in which she extolled U.S. global leadership than the Palestinian bid for membership in UNESCO called into question the secretary’s optimistic appraisal of American influence around the world.

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