It’s just like launching a multi-stage rocket into orbit. The latest stage that has ignited is the final one, the one projecting Obama as an international figure, the commander-in-chief of the world’s most powerful military and the planet’s political leader.
It seems that Rices most recent visit will be her last as the Secretary of State, and as she goes so will the Annapolis peace process: a process which typified the expression heavy on process, light on peace.
Vice President Joe Biden hit the nail right on the head: That certain letter addressed to Tehran, through which 47 senators aimed to attack a nuclear deal with Iran, is way beneath the Senate’s dignity.